The tests used by many community colleges and universities across the nation to determine whether incoming freshmen are ready for college-level courses are often inaccurate and pose roadblocks to ...

College readiness is getting examined like never before. As tricky as it is to define exactly what “college readiness,” it could be even trickier to figure out how to assess such readiness. Colleges ...

From pre-algebra practice to statewide policy shifts, course placement is a critical bridge between high school and college success. Minnesota and other states are refining how they assess readiness, ...

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 ...

ACT decides to drop its popular Compass placement test, with a nod toward research showing that Compass funnels too many community college students into remedial courses. ACT is phasing out Compass, a ...

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 ...

One three-hour exam decides the fate of many Massachusetts college students. It isn’t the much-feared SAT exam, but it’s proving to be nearly as controversial. Called the Accuplacer, the test is taken ...

EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students This is a transition year for the California State University’s Early Assessment Program, a decade-old ...

The GED will soon attempt to measure college readiness as well as being the learning equivalent of a high-school diploma, thanks to an upgrade the GED Testing Service hopes will make it a substitute ...

At CU Boulder, students have several math courses to choose from, based on their intended major. While some courses do not require a prerequisite or prior math experience, others will require a math ...

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 ...