Placement Testing

Placement test results aren't pass or fail, but are used to ensure you're enrolled in courses that match your skill level and subject knowledge.

Your results also help identify opportunities for you to bypass any courses not required for your degree or transfer pathway.

Placement Tests

ALEKS PPL

Math assessment to ensure your best course placement.

Accuplacer Test

Reading & English comprehension tests to ensure your best course placement.

Levels of English Proficiency

For students whose first language is not English.

Placement Scores

ALEKS PP

All students must take the ALEKS math assessment test prior to enrolling in a math course unless you have completed the corresponding prerequisite math course at another college or university within the last three years.  The assessment can be taken through your Online Center.

Course ALEKS Placement Score
MA 094 - Pre-Algebra Lab and co-requisite MA 097 Pre-Algebra 0–6
MA 097 - Pre-Algebra 7–13
MA 098 - Elementary Algebra or MA 99 Mathematical Literacy 14–29
MA 105 - Basic Geometry 30–45
MA 107 - Intermediate Algebra 30–45
MA 124 - Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students 30–45
MA 108 - Trigonometry 46–60
MA 110  - College Algebra 46–60
MA 127 - Finite Mathematics with Applications 46–60
MA 210 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 1 46–60
MA 211 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 2 46–60
MA 215 - Statistics 46–60
MA 129 - Survey of Calculus 61–75
MA 131 - Precalculus 61–75
MA 133 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry 1 76–100
MA 245 - Discrete Mathematical Structures 76–100

*MA 134, MA 255 and MA 257 do not have ALEKS Placement Scores. They only have course prerequisites. 

*MA 138 must be taken concurrently with MA 133.

Accuplacer Scores

Score Class Recommendation
0 Retake test or take LOEP
Writing 1-3 IRW 97
Writing 4 and Reading below 65/245  IRW 98
Writing 4 and Reading 65/245 or higher

IRW 99/EN 101 - must be taken together

  • Students in IRW99/EN101 may opt for IRW 98
Writing 5 and Reading below 65/245

IRW 99/EN 101 - must be taken together

  • Students in IRW99/EN101 may opt for IRW 98
Writing 5 and Reading 65/245 or higher EN 101
Writing 6-8 EN 101

English Placement

If you have taken the SAT or ACT you will be placed into the following English course based on your test scores.  The scores for placement are below:

SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing ACT English and Reading Total Score

450 or higher = EN 101

31 or higher = EN 101

400-440 = EN 101 and IRW 99 (must be taken together)

  • Students in IRW 99/EN 101 may opt for IRW 98

26-30 = EN 101 and IRW 99 (must be taken together)

  • Students in IRW 99/EN 101 may opt for IRW 98

380-420 = IRW 98

24-28 = IRW 98

370 or lower = IRW 97

23 or lower = IRW 97

LOEP Scores - Listening

Score Class Recommendation
Listening 56-67 ES 101
Listening 65-74 ES 102
Listening 75-80 ES 103
Listening 81-90 ES 104
  • Scores below 56 indicate need for additional community education- survival English before enrolling at GRCC.

LOEP Scores - Reading

Score Class Recommendation
Reading 56-77 ES 121
Reading 78-86 ES 122
Reading 87-93 ES 123
Reading 94-105 ES 124
  • Scores below 56 indicate need for additional community education- survival English before enrolling at GRCC.

LOEP Scores - Writing/Grammar

Writing Grammar Class Recommendation
Writeplacer  1-2  Language  Use 56-72 ES 111
Writeplacer  2-3  Language Use 73-86 ES 112
Writeplacer  3-4  Language Use 87-97 ES 113
Writeplacer  4-5  Language Use 98-106 ES 114
Writeplacer 6 NA No Placement
  • Scores below 56 indicate need for additional community education- survival English before enrolling at GRCC.
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