Placement tests help you and your advisor determine the appropriate classes for you to take; you will not receive academic credit for placement tests. Miami requires placement tests in Foreign ...

College readiness is getting examined like never before. As tricky as it is to define exactly what “college readiness,” it could be even trickier to figure out how to assess such readiness. Colleges ...

1. Placement testing: Students can take placement tests in the subtest area(s) in which they score below the readiness standard or do not have ACT scores. (For example, a student who scores 19 in ...

EdSource · California gears up for a big shift in how we teach kids to read Mathematics plays a central role in winnowing opportunities for students to enter and succeed in college. In California, ...

Do tests or high-school grades better determine whether a student is ready for college-level math and reading? For public universities and community colleges, increasingly the answer is both—or no ...

ACT has announced it will phase out using its Compass placement tests, citing declining use and research questioning their predictive value. Officials from the Iowa City, Iowa-based testing company ...

Miami University Regionals prides itself on “meeting you where you are.” If math, writing, or critical reading have been an obstacle for you in the past, we have special courses and supports available ...

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - High school juniors taking the Smarter Balanced assessment this spring or next may be spared from taking a two- to three- hour college placement test if they score high enough on ...

September 18, 2025 - Meet Allison Saiki, who teaches students how to manage money, pay rent and open retirement accounts, with a class currency she calls "Saiki Cents." Brandon Tran, a senior at ...

If you have taken less than one year of high school language, you can register for 101 in Spanish and American Sign Language (ASL). For Spanish placement beyond 101, you must complete the language ...

WHAT makes for a successful accelerated-learning student can be boiled down to motivation and attitude. Several years ago I took the summer training to be an Advanced Placement United States History ...

The pandemic has spurred more community colleges to experiment with additional measures for determining placement into college-level math and English courses other than a single standardized placement ...