Why do you need placement testing?

All new students admitted to a degree or certificate program may have to take a placement test. The results will help with your placement into appropriate courses to ensure your academic success. Placement tests are not used for admission to the college, although they may be used as a guide for admission to certain limited access programs.

HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE!

PLACEMENT TESTS ARE NOT PASS/FAIL.

YOUR SCORES DO NOT AFFECT YOUR ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE.

DO THE BEST YOU CAN TO ASSURE PROPER COURSE PLACEMENT.

The placement test for degree programs (the Associate of Arts degree and Associate of Science Degrees) and College Credit Certificates is the CPT (College Placement Test).
The placement test for vocational certificate programs is the TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education).

You may be exempt from taking a placement test if you meet one or more of the following criteria:

• if you've earned a score of 440 on the verbal and/or 440 on the math section of the SAT within the previous two years
  
  OR
  

• you've earned a score of 18 on the reading and a 17 on the writing and/or 19 on the math section of the ACT within the previous two years
  
  OR
  

• you have successfully completed a college level English and math course from a regionally accredited college or university