If you are a new student admitted to a degree or certificate program, you are required to take a placement test unless you meet one of the exemptions listed below. The results will help with your placement into appropriate courses to ensure your academic success. Placement instruments are not used for admission to the college; although, they may be used as a guide for admission to certain limited access programs. There are two types of assessment instruments for general admission to the college: the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.) and the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE). Both measure reading, math and language skills. The placement test for degree programs (AA, AS and BAS) and business or computer related college credit certificates is the P.E.R.T. The placement test for vocational certificate programs and the EMT and Paramedic certificate programs is the TABE. All placement tests and tests used for exemption to the placement tests are valid for two years.
Exemptions to the Placement Tests:
Postsecondary Education Readiness (P.E.R.T.) - You are not required to take the related portions of the test if the following conditions are met:
- SAT scores of 440 or above on critical reading or 440 or above on math for placement into Intermediate Algebra (MAT 1033), or 500 or above on math for placement into College Algebra (MAC 1105)
- ACT scores of 18 or above on the reading or 17 or above on English or 19 or above on math for placement into Intermediate Algebra (MAT 1033), or 21 or above on math for placement into College Algebra (MAC 1105)
- Accuplacer (CPT) scores of 83 or above on both the reading and language or for math 85 or above on arithmetic and 72 or above on the elementary algebra.
- Proof of successful completion of the equivalent of ENC 1101 (College Composition) or MAT 1033 (Intermediate Algebra) at another college
Test of Adult Basic Education - You are not required to take the related portions of the test if the following conditions are met:
- SAT scores of 440 or above on critical reading, or 440 or above on math
- ACT scores of 18 or above on the reading, or 17 or above on English or 19 or above on math
- P.E.R.T. scores of 104 or above on the reading, or 99 or above on the writing, or 113 or above on the math.
- Accuplacer(CPT) scores of 83 or above on the reading, or 83 or above on the sentence skills or 72 or above on the elementary algebra
- You already have an Associate in Applied Science degree or higher.
