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Last updated:
Jan 24, 2012

Testing...

Test Days for the 2011-2012 Season:

• Mon. November 28, 2011 (High/Low) - Test Results 
• Mon. January 23, 2012 (Low Only) - Test Results **NEW**
• Mon. March 5, 2012 (High/Low) 
• Mon. April 30, 2012 (High/Low)

Test Days for the 2010-2011 Season:

• Mon. November 29, 2010 (High/Low) - Test Results
• Sun. December 19, 2010 (Low) - Test Results
• Mon. January 24, 2011 (Low) - Test Results 
• Sat. March 19, 2011 (Low) - Test Results      
• Thurs. March 31, 2011 (High/Low) - Test Results
• Thurs. April 28, 2011 (High/Low) - Test Results   

Preparing for Test Days:  

Your coach will let you know when you are ready to take a test. 

• Coaches are responsible for letting the Test Chair know that you are going to be taking the test a minimum of two weeks prior to the Test Day.
• You will be provided with a Test Day envelope by your coach to fill out and return with the test fees one week before the Test Day. 
• The schedule for testing will be posted at the Arena and on the Club website a few days prior to the Test Day. 
• The Club Test Chair will process the Test Day envelopes and fill out a test sheet for each skater. The Club Test Chair maintains a record of all tests attempted and passed by our members. The official records are also kept by Skate Canada.
• When Club skaters try a test there are 2 fees:
  • Skate Canada fee of $10 per test tried.
  • Pickering Skating Club Administration Fee of $5.

Low Tests & High Tests

Tests in the StarSkate Program are classified according to Level for the disciplines of Skills, Dance, Freeskate and Interpretive.

• Low Tests:
  • Preliminary, Junior Bronze, Senior Bronze tests in Freeskate, Dance and Skating Skills

• High Tests:
  • Junior Silver, Senior Silver and Gold tests in Freeskate, Dance and Skating Skills;
  • Interpretative tests: Introductory to Gold
  • Diamond Dances

All tests are evaluated according to a set standard outlined by Skate Canada. Each component of a test is evaluated on the scale of Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, and Needs Improvement. Skaters are not compared to each other. Depending on the level of the test being taken, there are certain passing criteria that must be met. That means that there are a certain number of components that must be rated at least satisfactory.

High Test Evaluators are obtained for test days by the COS Judges Bureau.  Low Test Evaluators are obtained by the Club Test Chair. Every attempt is made to have Low Test Evaluators judge Low Tests. All Evaluators are volunteers.

Intrepretive tests: If a skater is trying more than one level of Interpretive test at a test day, the skater must skate their program for each level they are trying. The COS Judges Bureau has limited the number of attempts to 2 per test day.

Diamond tests: All Diamond Dance tests are evaluated at the club level on scheduled High Test days. They may also be submitted by application to the Winter Season Centralized competitive test days which take place in November, January and March.