CLT Test Day Checklist
What to set up, what to bring and what to expect on the day, for the remote CLT and the in-school CLT.
Updated October 2, 2026
Many problems on CLT test day are setup problems: a device that will not run the secure browser, an ID that does not match the account, a room that fails the scan. All of them can be found a week early.
A week before
- Sign in to your CLT account. Check the exam name (CLT, not CLT10), the date and your delivery route.
- Complete your profile. The name on your account has to match your photo ID.
- Install the LockDown Browser on the computer you will use on test day.
- Run the official test simulation on that same computer, in the room you plan to use. The simulation is not available on test day itself.
- If you have approved accommodations, confirm they are attached to the account you will test with.
Remote CLT: your equipment and room
If you do not have an accepted photo ID, CLT has an identification form. It has to be certified by an authorized person before test day, and a relative cannot certify it.
What is not allowed
- A calculator. The CLT is a no-calculator test unless you have a specific approved accommodation.
- Notes, books or anything written on your scratch paper before you start.
- Headphones or music.
- A phone, tablet or other mobile device anywhere in the room.
- A watch of any kind, including an ordinary wrist watch.
- Another person in the room.
Remote CLT: starting the test
- Start between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time on your test date. Start early in that window so you are not finishing at its end.
- Read the honor code aloud, show your ID, scan your desk, chair and room, show both sides of your blank scratch paper, then show your ears and wrists. This setup is untimed.
- Start the first section. The clock begins as soon as you start it, before you have read the directions, so do not linger on the directions screen.
- Work through Verbal Reasoning, Grammar/Writing and Quantitative Reasoning in order. You can review questions inside the current section only.
- Between sections you may take an optional one-minute stretch. There is no ordinary restroom break in the remote test, so plan for about two hours and twenty minutes in your seat including setup.
Once a section is submitted you cannot go back to it. You may submit a remote section early, but only do it when you are finished checking.
If you test at school
- Your school registers you and your proctor runs the session. Bring what the school tells you to bring.
- Everyone starts each section together. Do not move on to the next section ahead of the group.
- There is a ten-minute break after Grammar/Writing at standard timing.
- Your school may offer the optional 30-minute essay after the three sections if you are testing online.
- A proctor who does not know you may ask for photo ID.
If something goes wrong
Report a technical problem through CLT’s support channel, or to your proctor at school. Do not add a second device, leave the room or restart the exam on your own.