Placement Testing
ACCUPLACER Next Generation placement testing is required only for applicants to the Basic Law Enforcement program and High School students applying for Dual Enrollment. The ACCUPLACER Next Generation is a series of computerized, multiple-choice placement tests in reading, writing, arithmetic, and algebra. The test is administered virtually, untimed, and calculators are provided for certain sections. Dual Enrollment applicants may exempt testing with a HOPE GPA of 2.6 or higher, SAT, ACT, Pre-ACT, or PSAT scores.
EXAM FEES
- If you are testing to attend 黑料不打烊, the test is covered under the $25 application fee.
- P.O.S.T Examinees, or others testing for employment, the cost is $45 and must be paid prior to testing. Call Admissions for more information at 706.771.4028.
STUDY GUIDES AND RESOURCES
Accommodations
Applicants requiring testing accommodations due to a learning or physical disability must notify Counseling Services on the Augusta Campus or Student Services at the Thomson, Waynesboro Sites, or Columbia County Center at least two days prior to testing. Appropriate documentation will be required before accommodations are approved.
MINIMUM SCORES*
|
|
Reading Comprehension |
Sentence Skills |
Arithmetic |
Elementary Algebra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ACCUPLACER |
64 |
70 |
34 |
57 |
|
Next Generation |
236 |
249 |
229 |
245 |
|
|
||||
|
|
Reading |
Writing/English |
Math |
Algebra |
|
COMPASS |
79 |
62 |
26 |
37 |
|
SAT (Old) |
450 |
440 |
||
|
SAT (New) |
25 |
24 |
||
|
ACT |
17 |
16 |
19 |
|
|
GED |
145 |
145 |
||
|
|
Reading Comprehension |
Sentence Skills |
Arithmetic |
Elementary Algebra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ACCUPLACER |
55 |
60 |
34 |
57 (if required) |
|
Next Generation |
224 |
236 |
229 |
245 (if required) |
|
|
||||
|
|
Reading |
Writing/English |
Math |
Algebra |
|
COMPASS |
70 |
32 |
26 |
28 |
|
SAT (Old) |
430 |
400 |
||
|
SAT (New) |
24 |
22 |
||
|
ACT |
13 |
12 |
17 |
|
|
GED |
145 |
145 |
||
MINIMUM SCORES*
|
|
Reading |
Writing |
Arithmetic |
Algebra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Next Generation |
236 |
249 |
229 |
245 |
|
|
Reading Comprehension |
Sentence Skills |
Arithmetic |
Elementary Algebra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ACCUPLACER |
64 |
70 |
34 |
57 |
|
|
||||
|
|
Reading |
Writing/English |
Math |
Algebra |
|
COMPASS |
79 |
62 |
26 |
37 |
|
SAT (Old) |
450 |
440 |
||
|
SAT (New) |
25 |
24 |
||
|
ACT |
17 |
16 |
19 |
|
|
GED |
145 |
145 |
||
|
|
Reading |
Writing |
Arithmetic |
Algebra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Next Generation |
236 |
249 |
229 |
245 (if required) |
|
|
Reading Comprehension |
Sentence Skills |
Arithmetic |
Elementary Algebra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ACCUPLACER |
55 |
60 |
34 |
57 (if required) |
|
|
||||
|
|
Reading |
Writing/English |
Math |
Algebra |
|
COMPASS |
70 |
32 |
26 |
28 |
|
SAT (Old) |
430 |
400 |
||
|
SAT (New) |
24 |
22 |
||
|
ACT |
13 |
12 |
17 |
|
|
GED |
145 |
145 |
||