Placement Testing
Students are required to complete an approved MCCCD placement test (ASSET, CELSA or ACCUPLACER) when the following conditions apply:
- The student is taking his or her first college credit English, reading and/or math course, or any college course for which English, reading or math is a prerequisite.
- The student is pursuing a degree and does not have a current valid district approved placement assessment on file or does not have previous college credit in English reading and math.
- The student for whom English is not the primary language is required to take a test of English proficiency.
- A student taking teacher prep courses.
- Further information on placement exams as well as study material can be found here (PDF).