Corrected: The original version of this story misspelled the name of Gretchen Schmidt, a program director in Boston for Jobs For the Future. College-placement tests can make or break a student’s ...

The U.S. community college course-placement system is a mess. That includes the many well-regarded two-year colleges in the Washington area. You want to stop reading now, don't you? My page-view ...

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - High school juniors taking the Smarter Balanced assessment this spring or next may be spared from taking a two- to three- hour college placement test if they score high enough on ...

EdSource · From housing to basketball, Fresno schools invest in the whole child Mathematics plays a central role in winnowing opportunities for students to enter and succeed in college. In California, ...

When students transition into a community college, the results of their placement tests determine a great deal about their future. More than half of all entering students end up being funneled into a ...

Placement tests and auditions are scheduled over an extended period of time so that you may take more than one. Placement tests are important if you intend to continue in any of these areas at any ...

McLennan Community College students enter the Michaelis Academic Center on campus. The state has instituted a Texas Success Initiative placement exam to determine whether incoming college students are ...

After researching how students are placed in remediation classes, I began to wonder how someone who already has a college degree would do on such a test. So I decided to take the Accuplacer. (Take ...

The problems surrounding remedial college requirements have been receiving a lot of attention lately. The conversation often focuses on the rising costs students pay for these classes and the high ...

Quadratic functions are something Round Lake High School seniors have learned before, but in preparation for college math placement tests, Craig Schrader’s applied math class has been going through ...

The nation’s colleges have made their admission decisions, and now, as college signing day draws near, high school seniors around the country are making their own decisions on where to attend. But ...

Placement into your courses in college can be scary. You might be wondering, “How do advisors decide which courses I belong in?” You might also be thinking, "I already have college credit from dual ...