During a test day at a club, skaters taking tests perform specific maneuvers in front of judges or evaluators to see if they are eligible to move on to the next test level.  Evaluation of most tests are now done by one person.  Because of this, doing a few tests more frequently during regular sessions is becoming more popular than doing several tests on special test days each skating season.

For now, most test days involve more than one test.  Each skater will get time to warm up their test.  If there is more than one skater skating the same test, the order of skating will be determined by the test chairperson.

The skater should be at the rink approximately one half hour before he/she is scheduled to skate.  Skates and laces should be clean, polished and tidy.

Tests are observed by the evaluator and the test elements are assessed as excellent, good, satisfactory, or needs improvement for the particular level.  The skater needs to obtain a specific number of satisfactory or better ranking to successfully complete the test.
 

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