About Us
Our Mission
The CSUN Testing Center contributes to educational access, student success and community enrichment through the administration of placement, proctored, professional and instructional testing in adherence with the National College Testing Association’s Professional Standards and Guidelines. We serve students, faculty and the community with a commitment to accessibility, equity and integrity.
CSUN's Testing Center has been certified by the National College Testing Association (NCTA) since May 2014. CSUN's Testing Center is a proud member of the NCTA Proctoring Network, which supports distance learning.
Promoting Academic Integrity
CSUN's Testing Center identifies academic integrity as the commitment to certain core values: truth, honesty, fairness, respect and responsibility.
Academic integrity is promoted by:
- Conducting testing in a supervised, distraction-free environment.
- Selecting qualified test proctors dedicated to protecting the integrity of the tests.
- Maintaining test security.
- Staff members who are trained to administer and monitor tests.
- Instructors who believe integrity is essential.
- Providing increased credibility to online courses.
Employment Opportunities
None at this time
Meet the Staff
Charity Chia
Testing Officer
charity.chia@csun.edu
Charity Chia directs development and operations for CSUN's Testing Center, which promotes access and continuing education. She has worked at CSUN for more than 20 years, 16 years as the Testing Officer. Ms. Chia earned her bachelor's degree in Accounting from Truman State University in Missouri.
Kambiz Khalili
Administrative Support Staff
kambiz.khalili@csun.edu
April Cowgur
Administrative Support Staff
april.cowgur@csun.edu
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at (818) 677-2369 or via email at testing.center@csun.edu.