Placement Testing
Course Placement:
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Where can I test?
Placement testing is offered in Union and Rolla. Process and availability vary by location. For more information, please visit the sites directly:
When can I test?
Placement Testing is typically offered Mondays through Fridays at both the Union and Rolla campus. In-person testing is not available on days that the college is closed (including national holidays and closure due to inclement weather).聽 Please check the 糖心vlog官网 website and the Testing Center websites when planning your test date.
How much does the test cost?
- The initial test is free to all incoming 糖心vlog官网 students
- To re-take the test, the fees are $10.00 per section, and you must wait 24 hours after the initial test.
- Students testing for other institutions will be required to pay a $20.00 proctoring fee. Visit the Testing Center page for fee exemptions.
What do I need to bring to the test?
Please arrive early and bring a current, government-issued, photo ID.
Prep Help
The Learning Center offers Accuplacer Test Prep sessionsto maximize your scores. Students are encouraged to attend a test preparation session available in-person or online. Additionally, students who attend a tutoring session before retaking will have their $10.00 re-take fee waived. These sessions are offered as a group or as individual sessions. Please call 636-584-6688 for more information. Additional study courses and materials are available online through the聽Learning Center聽site.聽聽Once a course sequence has begun, students are no longer eligible to re-test using Accuplacer. Please see Test-Out Policy below for further options.
Summer Bridge courses are free, non-credit, week-long courses offered to students whose placement test scores indicate they need additional preparation before taking college-level classes. The Summer Bridge courses combine diagnostic assessment, directed curriculum and retesting, in hopes to improve placement. Ideally, students who complete these courses will move more quickly into college-level classes and use less financial aid and/or out-of-pocket money in the process.
Test-Out Policy
Departmental Examination: Students who demonstrate a high level of proficiency within a subject area may petition the academic discipline or program faculty for credit by examination or review. If this petition is approved, discipline or program faculty would prepare an appropriate measure (test or other instruments) of proficiency to qualify the student. Upon completion of the examination, the student and faculty member will complete and sign a Recommendation for Credit by Departmental Examination and forward it to the Vice President of Academic Affairs for approval.
Posting Fee: Students will be assessed a fee to post Departmental Examinations. The fee is equivalent to one credit hour of in-district tuition at 糖心vlog官网. The student will receive correspondence from the Registrar鈥檚 office once appropriate documentation (official transcript, score report, faculty recommendation) has been reviewed. Credits will be posted to the transcript upon notification of payment from Financial Services.
*Students only have ONE attempt to test out of a course using a departmental exam for credit by examination. For additional attempts, please see other credit by examination options that can be found on the Registration page.
