TESTING SERVICES
Welcome to GSCC Testing Services! Please
refer to the following information regarding all the tests administered by the
WHAT IS THE PLACEMENT TEST?
Appropriate class level placement
for English, reading, and math helps to ensure success in a college
career.
Each
incoming student should take the Compass placement test before talking
with an advisor or registering for classes.
However, you must have your
application for admission turned in to the Admissions Office before you will be
permitted to take the placement test.
The Compass placement test is not designed as a “pass or fail” test; rather, it is administered to determine your placement in math, English and reading. Because of the importance of the placement test, you should not take the test on a day when you are physically ill, fatigued, or experiencing a high level of emotional stress.
**DETAILED
information (automated) regarding the Compass placement test is available any
time by calling 256/549-8211. Sample
test questions can be obtained on-line at www.act.org/compass.
ARE YOU EXEMPT FROM TAKING THE PLACEMENT TEST?
With the appropriate proof, the following students are exempt from all or part of the placement test:
1. Students scoring 20 or above on the ACT English or math, 480 or above on the SAT verbal, or 480 or above on the SAT math who enroll in Gadsden State within three years of high school graduation, (Students must provide scores to the Test Center at Gadsden or Ayers to be cleared to enroll in classes.);
2. Students who have an associate degree or higher;
3. Students who transfer degree-creditable college-level English or mathematics courses with a grade of C or better;
4. Students who have completed required developmental course work at another Alabama College System institution within the last three years;
5. Students who can provide documentation of assessment (COMPASS or ASSET) scores that are within the last three years;
6. Senior citizens and other non-award seeking majors who are taking continuing education/vocational classes;
7. Transient students; and,
8. Audit students.
what is the placement test re-test policy?
The
Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education mandates that each student is
permitted to re-test one time only.
Although there is no fee to take the test the first time, a fee of $8 is
required when retesting. The re-test fee
should be paid in the Business Office in Allen Hall before coming to the