The researchers determined that 72 percent of incoming community college students could be placed directly into college-level English courses by using high school transcript measures instead of their ...

The issue is especially acute in California, where about 85% of students entering a two-year college are assigned to remedial English classes and 73% to remedial math, mostly based on placement tests.

Students enrolling at a California State University campus will no longer have to slog through math or English placement tests to take classes for college credit. Instead, the schools will look at ...

Two studies from the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, find many students are misplaced in remedial classes and suggest high school grades would be better ...

English Course Placement Students who have not earned credit for English Composition (EH 101) with a grade of C or better must take the English Placement Survey and Writing Sample. Exceptions Minimum ...

The Virginia Community College System is implementing a new program allowing some recent high school graduates to skip the math and English placement tests.

Santa Rosa Junior College scraps math, English placement tests. During 2017-18 school year, about 3,000 SRJC students were placed in remedial English classes, and 4,200 in remedial math classes.

Bill Comey, vice president for student and instructional support, said some students who came close to the required mark on the English placement test are allowed to take a for-credit composition ...

Considering Grades, Not Just Tests, in College Course Placement Pays Off By Catherine Gewertz — September 20, 2018 3 min read Share article ...

The college believes students who are highly motivated may be able to handle a higher-level math or English course than a standardized test suggests they need. For the English placement test ...