Review the PPAT® submission window dates and deadlines to determine which submission window fits your schedule and choose your window carefully. If you select a submission window and later decide to change to another window, you will be subject to a $30 reschedule fee. If you have begun to enter task responses or upload artifacts and change your submission window, you will lose that information.
Submission Windows
Note: Registration, Reschedule and Cancellation deadlines take effect at 11:59 p.m. ET on the date indicated.
Task submission deadlines take effect at 2 p.m. ET on the date indicated.
Registration and the submission schedule for the fall 2019 and spring 2020 windows will be available in July 2019.
Fall 2018
| Deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Registration Opens | July 25, 2018 |
| Registration Closes | September 14, 2018 |
| Reschedule Deadline | September 14, 2018 |
| Cancellation Deadline | September 14, 2018 |
| Task Submission | |
| Task Submission Opens | July 25, 2018 |
| Task 1 Deadline | September 20, 2018 |
| Task 2 Deadline | October 18, 2018 |
| Task 3 Deadline | October 18, 2018 |
| Task 4 Deadline | November 15, 2018 |
| Task Resubmission Window | |
| Resubmission Registration Opens | December 11, 2018 |
| Resubmission Registration Closes | January 2, 2019 |
| Task Resubmission Deadline | January 3, 2019 |
Spring 2019
| Deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Registration Opens | July 25, 2018 |
| Registration Closes | February 13, 2019 |
| Reschedule Deadline | February 13, 2019 |
| Cancellation Deadline | February 13, 2019 |
| Task Submission | |
| Task Submission Opens | January 4, 2019 |
| Task 1 Deadline | February 15, 2019 |
| Task 2 Deadline | March 14, 2019 |
| Task 3 Deadline | March 14, 2019 |
| Task 4 Deadline | April 11, 2019 |
| Task Resubmission Window | |
| Resubmission Registration Opens | May 3, 2019 |
| Resubmission Registration Closes | May 22, 2019 |
| Task Resubmission Deadline | May 24, 2019 |
Task Deadlines
Each of the four tasks is due by 2 p.m. ET on the date indicated.
All tasks and artifacts must be submitted within the same submission window.
Tasks are accessible and submitted in a specified order. As you submit a task, you will be able to access the next task.
- Task 1 must be submitted first
- Tasks 2 and 3 must be submitted (in any order) after Task 1 but before Task 4
- Task 4 must be submitted last
If you miss the Task 1 deadline, you will not be permitted to complete the assessment. You will not receive a score report. You will not be eligible for resubmission, your registration will be cancelled and you will have to register for a future submission window.
If you miss the task 2, 3 or 4 deadline, you will receive a score of zero for the task(s) not submitted.
If you miss deadlines, you are not eligible for fee refunds.
Late Submission Service
This service is not available for the resubmission window.
Candidates who do not submit tasks by the original submission window task deadline (found above) may request an extension. The fee for this service is $50 per task. To register and pay for this service, candidates must contact ETS customer service no later than 2 p.m. ET one day after the original submission window task deadline. The extension deadline to submit tasks is 11:59 p.m. ET on the second day after the original submission window task deadline. There are no additional extensions after that deadline and there are no refunds to candidates who register for this service and do not submit tasks.
Resubmitting a Task
During the resubmission window, you may be eligible to register to resubmit responses to Tasks 2, 3 and/or 4 if you were not able to obtain the passing score for the assessment. For more information about resubmissions, see Resubmitting Your Tasks.
System Maintenance Windows
Several times during the year, ETS schedules downtimes where maintenance work is performed on ETS systems. The fall 2018 and spring 2019 scheduled system downtimes that will impact your access to the registration and task submission system are listed below. The specific timeframe for each of the outages will be posted on your account prior to the outage. Plan your work in the system accordingly.
Remember, you can prepare task responses, artifacts and video files outside the system independent of these outages.
| Scheduled System Outages |
|---|
| Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
| Sunday, January 6, 2019 |
| Sunday, January 20, 2019 |
| Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
| Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
| Sunday, June 9, 2019 |