Review the PPAT® assessment 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 $40 reschedule fee. If you have entered task responses and then 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.
Fall 2019
| Deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Registration Opens | August 5, 2019 |
| Registration Closes | September 16, 2019 |
| Reschedule Deadline | September 16, 2019 |
| Cancellation Deadline | September 16, 2019 |
| Task Submission | |
| Task Submission Opens | September 3, 2019 |
| Task 1 Deadline | September 19, 2019 |
| Task 2 Deadline | October 17, 2019 |
| Task 3 Deadline | October 17, 2019 |
| Task 4 Deadline | November 14, 2019 |
| Task Resubmission Window | |
| Resubmission Registration Opens | December 6, 2019 |
| Resubmission Registration Closes | December 26, 2019 |
| Task Resubmission Deadline | December 27, 2019 |
Spring 2020
| Deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Registration Opens | August 5, 2019 |
| Registration Closes | February 11, 2020 |
| Reschedule Deadline | February 11, 2020 |
| Cancellation Deadline | February 11, 2020 |
| Task Submission | |
| Task Submission Opens | January 3, 2020 |
| Task 1 Deadline | February 14, 2020 |
| Task 2 Deadline | March 12, 2020 |
| Task 3 Deadline | March 12, 2020 |
| Task 4 Deadline | April 9, 2020 |
| Task Resubmission Window | |
| Resubmission Registration Opens | May 1, 2020 |
| Resubmission Registration Closes | May 20, 2020 |
| Task Resubmission Deadline | May 22, 2020 |
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. After you submit Task 1, you will be able to access the remaining tasks.
- 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 are not able to submit Task 1 by the deadline, you will not be able to complete the remaining tasks during the submission window and you will have to register again 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 call ETS customer service no later than 4 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 2019 and spring 2020 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, August 18, 2019 |
| Sunday, October 20, 2019 |
| Sunday, January 12, 2020 |
| Sunday, January 26, 2020 |
| Sunday, February 9, 2020 |
| Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
| Sunday, June 28, 2020 |