College Readiness
Assessment Tests
To qualify
for acceptance to a College Transfer Pathway, the student must meet required
cutoff scores for all subjects on one of the following test (PLAN, PSAT, Asset,
COMPASS and Accuplacer) during a single test session. (Combining scores from multiple tests or
multiple test administrations of the same tests is not permitted.)
Cutoff
scores for PLAN, PSAT, ACT, and SAT tests are recommended by ACT and College
Board as indicators of college readiness.
College Readiness* Benchmarks
on Approved Diagnostic Assessment Tests
|
Test
|
PLAN**
|
PSAT**
|
ASSET
(NCCCS Cut Score)
|
COMPASS
(NCCCS Cut Score)
|
Accuplacer
(NCCCS Cut Score)
|
|
English
|
15
|
49
|
41 Writing
|
70 Writing
|
86 Sentence Skills
|
|
Reading
|
17
|
50
|
41 Reading
|
81 Reading
|
80 Reading
|
|
Mathematics
|
19
|
50
|
41 Numerical Skills and
41 Intermediate Algebra
|
47 Pre-Algebra and
66 Algebra
|
55 Arithmetic and
75 Elementary Algebra
|
In addition
to the diagnostic assessments, colleges may use the following SAT and ACT
scores recommended by the testing companies as benchmarks for college
readiness:*
|
SAT
|
ACT
|
|
English
|
500
|
English
|
18
|
|
Critical
Reading
|
500
|
Reading
|
50
|
|
Mathematics
|
500
|
Mathematics
|
22
|
*To be
eligible for enrollment in a College Transfer Pathway, the student must
demonstrate college reading in English, Reading, and Mathematics on an approved
test.
**PLAN and
SAT scores are recommended by ACT and College Board as indicators of college
readiness.