Preparing for Assessment

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Preparing Students for the Assessment Test

What is Assessment?

How the Assessment test works?

How to help students prepare?

WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?

• The Accuplacer assessment measures a student’s current skill level in English, Reading and Mathematics.

• The test questions are multiple choice and “adaptive".

• The assessment test does not have a time limit. (Average test time takes about 1.5 hours but could take up to 3 hours.)

• Since the test is designed as a one time only test, we highly recommend students study before taking the test.

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Accuplacer Assessment Test

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The Accuplacer assessment is separated into 2-sections:

• Math Section – Arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions,

decimals, and percentages. (17 questions)– Elementary Algebra: algebraic expressions, graphs, factoring, and ratios. (12

questions)– College Level Math: covers trigonometry and calculus. (20 questions)

• English Section – Reading Comprehension: read a passage and answer questions pertaining

to that passage. (20 questions)– Sentence Skills: rearrange sentences to make them grammatically correct

(20 questions)

How the Assessment test Works?

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SS Score 120 110 100

RC Score 87.3 97.3 107.4

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English Section For a student to be placed into College Level English (English 101), the test system looks at the Sentence Skills and Reading Comprehension section to determine the student’s English placement.

• Possible score range is 20 to 120

• Since the test is adaptive each question is weighted differently.

• The better the student does the harder the questions the higher the overall score. Reading Comprehension = RC / Sentence Skills=SS

How the Assessment test Works?

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Math Section

Before starting the test the student will answer a background question asking if they have had algebra before and received a “C” or better.

• If they answer Yes…• If they answer No…

There are two ways to place into college level math 1. Algebra score of 103.5 or higher 2. College level math section score of 61.5 to 76.5. 20

Reminder score range is from 20 to 120

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HELPING STUDENTS PREPARE

Steps to Preparing Online Video

Steps for Students– Step One: Be Mentally Prepared– Step Two: Be Physically Prepared– Step Three: Take your Time– Step Four: Relax

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Mt. San Jacinto CollegeAssessment Center Website

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Review materials are available at: www.msjc.edu/assessment

The app provides interactive sample questions on the following ACCUPLACER tests: Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, College-Level Math, Reading Comprehension and Sentence Skills.

Official ACCUPLACER iPhone App

12/12Mt. San Jacinto College does not endorse or require you to purchase any of the sponsor's products.

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Accuplacer official web-based study app features practice tests in Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, College-Level Math, Reading Comprehension and Sentence Skills. You can access the app at any computer and familiarize yourself with the basic content areas of ACCUPLACER tests.

Coming Early 2013

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Assessment Locations

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San Jacinto CampusBuilding 1200, Room 1210

1499 N. State St. San Jacinto, CA 92583

(951) 487-3310

Temecula Education Complex27447 and 27463

Enterprise Circle West Temecula, CA 92590

(951) 308-1059

Menifee Valley Campus

Room 101428237 La Piedra Rd.Menifee, CA 92584

(951) 639-5310

San Gorgonio Pass Campus3144 W. Westward Ave.

Banning, CA 92220(951) 922-1327