The Reading Skills
Placement is an
untimed 11 - 15 item test that measures reading comprehension.
Five types of reading comprehension
passages are included:
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Practical Reading
- Prose
Fiction
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Humanities
- Social
Sciences
- Natural
Sciences
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The Math Skills
Placement is untimed and
has multiple-choice items that test the following:
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basic
skills—performing a sequence of basic operations
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application—applying
sequences of basic operations to novel settings or in complex
ways
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analysis—demonstrating
conceptual understanding of principles and relationships in
mathematical operations
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The Writing Skills
Placement is an untimed test based on 2 -
4 short essays. Questions include the following:
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usage and mechanics: punctuation, basic grammar
and usage
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rhetorical skills:
strategy, organization, style of standard written English
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