Students new to Bates (Class of 2029 and transfer students) should take placement tests for languages and mathematics (follow the links below) by July 2, 2025. For more information on course selection ...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...

California math educators this fall have been locked in a vigorous debate: Will the implementation of a new law help more community college STEM students by skipping prerequisites and placing them ...

The purpose of the Math Placement Assessment (MPA) is to make sure that students begin their mathematical studies at UD in a course for which they are prepared and in which they can succeed. In that ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room The California community colleges will soon implement changes to STEM math placement in which more students will be enrolled directly in ...

A number of courses across the university use either the Miami Math Placement exam or an ACT or SAT mathematics test subscore as a prerequisite. Since ACT and SAT scores are optional, all incoming ...

Thousands more Santa Rosa Junior College students now are eligible to take transfer-level math and English courses as the college adjusts to a state law that eliminates placement testing for those ...

Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in pre-calculus, a blow for a ...

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 ...

The pandemic has spurred more community colleges to experiment with additional measures for determining placement into college-level math and English courses other than a single standardized placement ...