Success Center HomePlacement Testing
The College uses the Assessing Student Success Entry Transfer/Computerized Adaptive Assessment and Support System (ASSET/COMPASS) test to determine whether students have met Developmental Studies prerequisites for Arts & Sciences courses. This test is given as part of RCC's admissions process. In place of the College's testing, students may present appropriate, prior college credit or adequate SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer test scores to document their meeting these prerequisites. Students are encouraged to contact a counselor for placement test interpretation.
Placement testing is held in the testing room of the Student Success Center on a first come, first-served basis. Students may walk in for placement testing on Monday & Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesday from 1 to 7 p.m., Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. There is no fee for placement testing. Archdale placement testing is by appointment. Students may call 336-862-7980 to make their appointments to test there.
Use of cell phones or other electronic devices by testers is not allowed.
To be allowed to take the placement test, a student needs to show a valid picture ID and know his or her social security number. Retesting is permitted one time; a student must wait two weeks after the initial testing to retest. Test results are good for three years.
A placement test evaluates a student’s academic skills in reading, writing and math. The score a student receives from each test determines which level of math and English classes you will need to take to be successful in continuing college classes. Your scores will not keep you from becoming a student at Randolph Community College.
To study for and prepare to take the Compass test, please see these websites for sample questions:
www.act.org/compass/sample/index.html
http://www.compasstestquestions.com/
RCC Samples (Sign in as a "Guest")
Once you have taken the placement test, the table below will help you understand if you need any developmental level classes.
Compass Test Equivalencies
Reading ~ If score is below 81 you must take RED 090.
Writing ~ If score is below 70 you must take ENG 090.
NOTE - If the combined reading and writing score does not equal 109 or greater, the student must start with Eng 085.
Pre-algebra ~ If score is below 47 you must take MAT 060.
Algebra ~ If score is below 46 you must take MAT 070.
College Algebra ~ If score is below 66 you must take MAT 080.
