CCAC Placement Testing

If American English is not your native language, you should take the EAL (English as an Academic Language) placement test, instead of the Reading Placement Test. You will meet with Dr. Anyango who will assist you to set up a time to take the reading test online. She will also set up a Zoom meeting with you to take the oral test. 

Contact Dr. Anyango-Kivuva at lanyango-kivuva@ccac.edu after obtaining your 7-digit student number from the welcome email.

Practice Tests

Writing

Writing Practice Placement Test (EAL)

Reading

Reading Practice Placement Test (EAL)

Accommodations can be requested for the placement test. You must do this prior to taking any of the tests.

To request accommodations, please contact Supportive Services for Students with Disabilities at SupportiveServices@ccac.edu 

If you have limited access to a computer or technology to take the placement test or if you do not have internet access or limited access, you can talk with CCAC counselors.

To request technology assistance, please contact CounselingServices@ccac.edu

You may not need to take all or part of the placement tests if any of the following circumstances apply to you:

• Students who submit a high school transcript with an unweighted cumulative (overall) GPA of 2.7 or better (or 80% for schools with a percentile grading system) are exempt from taking the English and Reading placement tests and will be placed in ENG 101, English Composition I.
  • Transcript must include the grades from the first half of the senior year in high school or show high school graduation within 5 years of the date the transcript is submitted to be eligible.
  • International, home school and GED documentation are not accepted under this exemption. (Effective Spring 2019)
  • For high schools that do not have an unweighted GPA, the weighted GPA will be used.
• You already have a college degree.
• You have already taken college-level English and/or mathematics with a grade of "C" or better.
• You plan to register for a class or classes that have no specified skill requirements.
• Students with SAT Verbal test score of 510+ or ACT Verbal test scores of 21+ will be exempt from the reading placement testing, but still must take the English writing test (there is no SAT/ACT exemption for English.) 
• Students with SAT Math test score of 550+ or ACT Math test score of 21+ will be exempt from developmental math courses, but must complete the placement test if intending to take a course above the Intermediate Algebra MAT-108 level. 
• Students who have taken the TOEFL or IELTS exams may submit these scores for exemption or placement into English as an Academic Language (EAL) courses.
• A student may re-test for placement out of a course in which he/she was enrolled after four years.
  • Once a student has re-tested after four years and scores into the same course(s) for which he/she was enrolled, there is no further alternative, regardless of the results.