"What's the Accuplacer?"
The Accuplacer exam is a placement test for students who wish to study at technical colleges, community colleges and universities in the United States. Accuplacer testing includes general assessments in sentence skills, reading comprehension, arithmetic, elementary algebra and college-level mathematics.
The testing assessment measures whether incoming freshman students have the necessary skills for college or university study, or whether they would benefit from taking developmental courses designed to improve key academic skills. The exam is a computer-adaptive placement test and is delivered online, and its questions on each part of the test generally get more difficult as the test progresses. Pine Technical College uses the Accuplacer test to check student skill levels and place new students in either college-level classes or foundations classes.
Lucky for PTC applicants, Sally Seville of the St. Croix River Education District (SCRED), teaches "Accuplacer Prep" courses -- all right at home, on campus at PTC. Seville also teaches Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes for students preparing to gain their high school general equivalency diplomas (GEDs). All courses are funded by the state and free to students.
"Many older students have been away from coursework for a number of years and need to brush up on basic skills before taking the test," Seville says. "And, anyone can benefit from going online and taking an Accuplacer pretest, which shows them what will be on the test. Plus, it will show them where they need to improve their academic skills before attempting the Accuplacer," Seville explains.
The Accuplacer Prep class is a two-hour weekly class. For more information about Seville's class, call 320-629-5100 (PTC's main number), and PTC's helpful Student Affairs staff will provide you with a brochure. To contact Seville directly, e-mail sseville@scred.k12.mn.us.
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