Students are required to identify an error and then to correctly select an appropriate revision. The passage errors assess sentence structure, grammar and usage, and punctuation. A final set of questions measures a student s organizational and rhetorical skills. The test determines placement into a developmental English course or an English Composition I course. The college algebra test items measure algebra knowledge and skill in operations with matrices, functions, and factorials.
Basic skills require the performance of a sequence of basic operations.
Application items use these same basic operations in complex settings. Analysis items require demonstrating a conceptual understanding of the essential principals and relationships that are relevant to each of the math skills. If you wear glasses or contacts, be sure to have them with you. Test scores will be used to place you in the appropriate classes. Calculators are not allowed, but you will be able to use scratch paper.