Placement and Admission Testing

As a part of the admission process most after-high-school education options will require that students take a test that will either predict their success in the program or place them in coursework matching their skill level.  The most popular assessments used by Community, Technical and Four-year colleges are listed below.  Private career schools and apprenticeship programs also have testing procedures.  For information about the testing required as a part of the admission process, please contact the specific schools you are hoping to attend.

 

It is definitely to the student’s advantage to have previewed the testing and engaged in a study and preparation plan prior to testing.  Links to your favorite Washington options are found here.

 

ASVAB

· Richland High School will sponsor this test on April 16, 2010 beginning at 12:00 pm in the RHS Career Center You may also schedule ASVAB testing through the recruiting offices. 

 

· Test preparation strategies and sample questions are available at  http://www.testprepreview.com/asvab_practice.htm

· Information about scoring minimums is available at

http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/genjoin/a/asvabminimum.htm

 

SAT

· Register for the SAT—http://www.collegeboard.com/splash

· Sample questions for the SAT—http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/prep_one/prep_one.html

· Complete practice tests for the SAT,  ACT , CLEP and ASVAB are available  at http://www.collegecountdown.com/ccd/testprep.asp?sponsor=3211

ACT

· Register for the ACT—http://www.actstudent.org/index.html

· Sample questions fro the ACT—http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/index.html

 

ASSET and COMPASS

· Study guide and sample questions for the ASSET—http://www.testprepreview.com/

· Sample questions for the COMPASS—http://www.act.org/compass/sample/index.html

 

· Information about placement testing at Columbia Basin College—http://www.cbc2.org/sserv/assessment/index.html

 

Academic Placement Testing Program

This is the placement test used for math placement at Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University , University of Washington, Washington State University and Western Washington University.  Registration forms for testing are mailed to students with the acceptance materials from the university offering admission.

 

· Testing dates and schedules are available at www.washington.edu/oea/

· Sample problems are available at http://www.washington.edu/oea/probs.htm

 

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