Good Afternoon-

 

Here are the coaches certification exam updates.  Please let me know if you have any problems.

 

Ann

 

 

MEMORANDUM

 

        March 1, 2005

 

TO:     Division I Commissioners                     ]
           Division II Commissioners                    ] – of NCAA Conferences.
           Selected Division III Commissioners     ]   

FROM:   Bo Kerin
        Assistant Director of Membership Services.

SUBJECT:        Practice Test for Coaches Certification Examination and Changes to the 2005-06 Online Exam.

 

This is to announce that the practice tests for the NCAA Divisions I and II coaches certification exams are now available using the link http://web1.ncaa.org/coachesTest/exec/practiceexam?division=1 for Division I institutions or

http://web1.ncaa.org/coachesTest/exec/practiceexam?division=2 for Division II institutions on the NCAA Web site.  The practice test may be accessed on the NCAA Web site by selecting legislation and governance.  From the drop down menu, select compliance and from the resources choices, select certification and training.  You will find 2005-06 coaches’ certification practice tests in the next window.  The test is intended to be of assistance in the rules-education process for coaches at Divisions I and II institutions.  The use of the practice test in the rules-education process is left to the discretion of the conferences and institutions (e.g., mock exam for new questions, round-table discussion of questions).  The test may be taken using the online program or it may be printed from your Web-browser and administered in hard-copy format.  Tests taken using the online program may also be printed after completion for educational use.

During the last several months, the staff has been in the process of implementing enhancements to the online testing program based on feedback from the membership.  With the release of the 2005 practice test, several enhancements to the online program will be activated that will affect the administration of the 2004-05 coaches certification test.  While there have been no changes to the questions or the general functionality, institutions will need to enter an additional password in order to preclude other institutions in the same conference from accessing the results.  When prompted for the institutional password, after the userid and password, the proctor will need to enter the NCAA sports sponsorship password to enter the testing site.  The Web sites, conference and proctor user identification codes and passwords have not changed.

Please note that the actual Divisions I and II coaches certification examinations may differ in the level of difficulty and content from the practice tests.  The actual examinations consist of true, false and multiple-choice questions related to legislation contained in NCAA Bylaws 13 (recruiting), 14.02 (eligibility definitions and applications), 14.3 (freshman academic requirements), 14.4 (continuing eligibility), 14.5 (transfer regulations), 15.02 (financial aid definitions and applications) and 15.3 (terms and conditions of awarding institutional financial aid).  The use of the NCAA Manual during testing is permitted.

Finally, please be aware that as is the case with the actual online tests, it is possible for a user to be automatically logged out of the program due to the variety of servers that exist and basic Internet traffic.  Although a fail-safe mechanism is included in the online program for the actual tests, it is not available for the online practice test at this time and it is possible for a user to be logged off and the test will not be retrievable.  The user will need to access the testing link and begin the test again or will have the option to print a hard copy, including answers.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions concerning the practice test or the coaches certification program in general. 

 

BK:dks

 

DeAnna Stephens
Membership Services
NCAA
P.O. Box 6222
Indianapolis, IN 46206-6222
Telephone:  317/917-6222
FAX:  317/917-6622