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Placement Testing
Placement into gateway English and Math courses for new students is determined by the RISE placement policy. RISE uses a student’s unweighted US high school GPA to determine placement rather than requiring placement testing for all new students. Students can only attempt the RISE EdReady placement test 2 times within 10 years.
The following students are required to take the RISE EdReady placement test unless they have transferable credit or placement test scores from other colleges or universities that eliminate the need for placement testing:
- Students who graduated from a foreign high school
- Students who earned an Adult High School Diploma
- Students whose GED (must socre 145 in all subject areas of the GED) or HiSET (15 in all subject areas and 4 on the essay) scores do not demonstrate mastery
Applicants who do not meet the criteria of 145 in all subject areas on the GED or 15 in all subject areas (4 on the essay) of the HiSET will be admitted and given the option to take the placement test or begin in transition courses.
Schedule Placement Testing
To schedule an appointment for placement testing, fill out the Placement Testing Request Form. If you have any trouble, please contact the Testing Center at [email protected].
English Test Overview
The RISE test consists of two self-paced, multiple-choice English modules that take approximately two hours each to complete.
Topics Covered:
Tier I:
- Introduction to College and Writing
- Identifying Main Ideas
- Discovering Implied Meaning
- Interpreting Bias
- Analysis through Definition
- Learning across Disciplines
Tier II:
- Exploring Comparative Elements
- Applied Critical Analysis
- Using sources in Critical Reading and Writing
- Informal Opinions through
- Casual Chains
Study Resources
- Grammarbook
- Infoplease
- Study.com
- Khan Academy (you do not have to pay!)
Math Test Overview
The RISE test consists of three self-paced, multiple-choice Math tiers that take approximately two hours each to complete. The testing center staff will provide a calculator.
Topics Covered:
Tier I:
- Operations with whole numbers and real numbers
- Relationships between fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals
- Conceptual application problems containing ratios, rates, proportions, and percentages
- Graphical and algebraic representations of lines
- Interpretations of basic graphs
- Applications using U.S. customary and metric units of measurement
- Geometry of all shapes
Tier II:
- Concepts in Statistics
- Solving Equations and Inequalities
- Exponents, square roots, and order of operations
- Polynomial operations
- Graphing
Tier III:
- Factoring/functions
- Systems of Equations/Inequalities
- Rational Expressions
- Quadratic Equations
Study Resources
- Khan Academy
- PurpleMath
- Visual Fractions
- Virtualnerd
- IXL
- Math Planet (Algebra I)
- Math Planet (Algebra II)
- MathTV.com (English & Spanish)
- OpenAlgebra
Practice Tests and Resource Documents
English
RISE English Placement Practice Test
Answers with explanations are at the end of each test tier.
Math
RISE Math Placement Test Practice Test
Answers with explanations are at the end of each test tier.
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