Testing Services

Accuplacer

The Accuplacer test offered by Lee College is an approved initial test for first-time-in-college students. It can also be used for placement purposes. Accuplacer includes testing in reading, sentence skills, writing and mathematics. The reading, sentence skills, mathematics and the writing portion of Accuplacer are computerized and the scores are available upon completion of the tests.

The scores from these tests are not used to grant or deny admission to the college. However, with the implementation of the Texas Success Initiative, scores from Accuplacer may be used to test for college readiness. These scores must be on file with Lee College before the student begins classes.

Lee College usually offers the Accuplacer tests on a daily basis. Persons wishing to take the tests may come to the Testing Center and begin testing on a walk-in-basis if a computer is available; however, it is recommended to schedule an appointment. The tests require about three hours to complete. The cost for taking all sections of Accuplacer is $20 and will be added to the student’s tuition and fees. For more information about Accuplacer tests go to: http://cpts.accuplacer.com/docs/StudentGuide.html

What kinds of questions are on Accuplacer?

Reading Comprehension

The Reading Comprehension test contains 20 questions. This test is designed to measure how well you understand what you read. Some questions are the sentence relationship type in which you must choose how sentences are related. Other questions refer to reading passages of varying lengths.

Sentence Skills

The Sentence Skills test contains 20 questions. Two kinds of questions are given in this test. Sentence correction questions ask you to choose a word or a phrase to substitute for an underlined portion of a sentence. Construction shift questions ask that a sentence be rewritten in a specific way without changing the meaning. A variety of topics is included.

Arithmetic

The Arithmetic test contains 17 questions. The arithmetic test measures your skills in three primary categories. The first is operations with whole numbers and fractions. This includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and recognizing equivalent fractions and mixed numbers. The second category involves operations with decimals and percents. It includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as percent problems, decimal recognition, fraction and percent equivalences, and estimation problems. The last category tests applications and problem solving. Questions include rate, percent, and measurement problems, geometry problems, and distribution of a quantity into its fractional parts.

Elementary Algebra

The Elementary Algebra test contains 12 questions. There are also three categories in the Elementary Algebra Test. The first category, operations with integers and rational numbers, includes computation with integers and negative rationals, the use of absolute values, and ordering. The second category is operations with algebraic expressions. It tests your skills in evaluating simple formulas and expressions, and in adding and subtracting monomials and polynomials. Both of these categories include questions about multiplying and dividing monomials and polynomials, evaluating positive rational roots and exponents, simplifying algebraic fractions, and factoring. The third category tests skill in solving equations, inequalities, and word problems. These questions include solving systems of linear equations, quadratic equations by factoring, verbal problems presented in algebraic context, geometric reasoning, the translation of written phrases into algebraic expressions, and graphing.

College-Level Mathematics

The College-Level Mathematics test contains 20 questions The College-Level Mathematics test assesses proficiency from intermediate algebra through pre-calculus. Five categories are covered. The first category, algebraic operations, includes simplifying rational algebraic expressions, factoring, expanding polynomials, and manipulating roots and exponents. The category, solutions of equations and inequalities, includes the solution of linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, equation systems, and other algebraic equations. Coordinate geometry asks questions about plane geometry, the coordinate plane, straight lines, conics, sets of points in the plane, and graphs of algebraic functions. Applications and other algebra topics asks about complex numbers, series and sequences, determinants, permutations and combinations, fractions, and word problems. The last category, functions and trigonometry, presents questions about polynomial, algebraic, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions.