Biotechnician Assistant Credentialing Examination (BACE)
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- UF Biotility
- Contact:
- Lisa Mrozinske, Credentialing Specialist
- Phone:
- +1386.462.3181
- Email:
- biotility@research.ufl.edu
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- School: Online
- Contractor's location
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- Yes
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 170
- Time Allowed (minutes):
270
- Passing Score (percent):
80
- Cost Per Test:
$150
- Test Specifics:
- Additional information:
The Biotechnician Assistant credential is an industry-recognized credential designed to verify that a candidate has mastered the foundational concepts and skills identified by the bioscience industry as valuable in a workplace setting. To earn the credential, candidates must demonstrate proficiency in biotechnology theory and techniques by passing the Biotechnician Assistant Credentialing Exam (BACE).
The BACE consists of two portions. The BACE knowledge and practical portions are administered as one assessment and delivered on the University of Florida’s education platform, UF e-Learning, under the observation of biotility-certified BACE exam site personnel.
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- Yes
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- Standard is 1.5x, but we accept requests for 2x if required by an IEP or 504.
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- Yes
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- Yes
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- Communication board or choice cards
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- Yes
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- Yes
- Augmentative communication device
- Yes
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- Read back student response
- Yes
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- Yes
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Flexible Schedule
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Test directions delivery
- No
- Visual aids
- No
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