Optional Posttest

SEOs may take an optional Web-based posttest to cover the material taught in a classroom course. The test is not mandatory; it provides an opportunity for SEOs to earn additional continuing education credits.

Course Requirements to Take a Posttest

To be eligible to take a posttest, an SEO must have successfully completed the classroom course after July 1, 2006. Any successful completions of classroom courses prior to July 1, 2006, will not qualify an SEO to take a posttest.

You must successfully complete the classroom course to take the optional posttest for that course. After successfully completing the course, PSATS will register you to take the posttest. You will have three tries to score 70 percent or above on the test. If you do not score at least 70 percent on one of the three tries, you must take the classroom course again before you can try to take the test again. If the classroom course is retaken in a different certification cycle from the first time the course was taken, continuing education credits will be awarded for retaking the course.

For example, if you took a classroom course in the 2006-2008 certification cycle, you may take it again in the 2008-2010 certification cycle and receive credits again for successfully completing the course. However, the posttest may only be taken once for credit, even if you are taking the classroom course again.

For information about what courses you have taken, please call the state Certification Board at (717) 787-6045 or e-mail dabecker@state.pa.us. For information about the posttests, please contact PSATS at (717) 763-0930 or e-mail at seo@psats.org.

Posttest Content

The test questions will come from the workbook material for that particular course.

Test Availability

Web-based posttests can be accessed 24 hours a day by visiting www.seotraining.org, and clicking on the "Web-Based Posttests” in the navigation bar on the left. You will need to check the website to see when new tests are available.

Credit Hours

Upon successful completion of a posttest, the SEO will receive continuing education credit hours. Credit hours vary for each individual test. The credit hours for each test are listed below.

Fee

There are no fees to take the posttests.

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