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Oakton's Math Placement Test is an untimed, adaptive test administered on computer. You will have a unique test based on your ability and performance. If you answer several questions correctly, you will progress to the next, more difficult level. If you answer several questions incorrectly, you may be given easier questions, or the test will stop. You will be assigned placement at the level you have not yet mastered. Placement test results are available immediately after the test. A calculator is provided on the computer screen, or you may bring your own.
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Find out which topics are covered in
the math placement test. |
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Attend Math
Placement Test Workshop(s) if you have not recently taken
a math class and need a rapid review.
Rapid Review Math Workshop Schedule Search: Testing Center Workshops
If you are not sure which workshop to take, contact the Math Placement Advisor at mathplace@oakton.edu or (847) 376-7110.
Register online or in-person at the Alliance for Lifelong Learning Office: Rm. 1420/Des Plaines (847) 635-1808 or Rm. A120/Skokie (847) 982-9888, option 3.
There is a nonrefundable $25 fee for each workshop. If registering online, have your credit card ready.
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| Math Placement Test
Workshop Topics |
| Prealgebra Review |
Elementary Algebra Review |
Intermediate Algebra Review |
Geometry Review |
| Trigonometry Review |
College Algebra Review |
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Visit an online math review |
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| ENGLISH
This test is given in two parts, and assesses your writing and reading ability.One part is writing, and the second part is reading. Some restrictions on course registration may occur based on test results.
Part 1: The Writing Skills Placement Test (WSAT) requires you to write an essay in 50 minutes.
A team of teachers will read your essay.
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Review Three Steps to Writing a Good Essay and the Criteria for Evaluation.
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View a 23 minute videotape, "How to Write a Timed Essay," available in the Learning Center. For tips on how to write a timed essay,
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Visit the writing resources page for helpful Web sites. |
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Stop by the Learning Center to use English software. |
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Review the online sample of the Writing Skills Assessment Test (WSAT). |
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Attend
a Writing Placement Test Workshop
if you have not recently taken an English class and want a rapid review
of how to write a timed essay.
Rapid Review Writing Workshop Schedule Search: Testing Center Workshops
Register online or in-person at the Alliance for Lifelong Learning Office:
Rm. 1420/Des Plaines (847) 635-1808 or Rm. A120/Skokie (847) 982-9888, option 3.
There is a nonrefundable $20 fee for each workshop. If registering online, have your credit card ready.
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Part 2: The Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) is a one-hour timed reading test. This test is a computer scored test.
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Review Tips for Taking the DRP. |
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Use
reading practice books at the Learning Center (Practice Book
for the Degree of Reading Power Test and Advanced Practice
Book for the Degree of Reading Power Test). |
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Review the online sample of the DRP. |
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For more information contact:
Learning Center
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Learning Center |
| Des Plaines Campus,
(847)635-1658 |
Ray Hartstein
Campus, (847)635-1434 |
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