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Multiple Measures Assessment

Academics

Assessment for Course Placement

Multiple Measures Assessment are the evaluation tools used for student placement into appropriate college courses.

Please review the order in which Northland determines course placement:

  1. High School GPA
  2. ACT, SAT & MCA Score Minimums
  3. Guided Self Placement
  4. Accuplacer Score Minimums

1. High School GPA

A cumulative high school GPA of 2.8 or higher and the completion of Algebra II with an average of C- or better is college-level ready in math. A cumulative high school GPA of 2.6 or higher is college ready in reading/writing. High school transcripts and/or GED are valid for 10 years.

2. ACT, SAT & MCA Score Minimums

When ACT, SAT, and MCA scores are available; students will be advised about their course placement options. ACT, SAT, and MCA scores are valid for 5 years inclusive of the current calendar year.

The scores below indicate the student is ready for college-level courses.

Reading

ACT Min. ScoreSAT Min. ScoreMCA Min. Score
21 or 19-20 + 2.5 GPAERW 480 or
440-479 + 2.5 GPA		1047 or
1042-1046 + 2.5 GPA

English

ACT Min. ScoreSAT Min. ScoreMCA Min. Score
18 or 16-17 + 2.5 GPAERW 480 or
 440-479 + 2.5 GPA		N/A

Mathematics

ACT Min. ScoreSAT Min. ScoreMCA Min. Score
22 or 20-21 + 2.7 GPAERW 530 or
520-529 + 2.7 GPA		College Algebra: 1158 or
1152-1157 +2.7 GPA
 
Statistics: 1148 or
1146-1147 + 2.7 GPA
 
Contemporary Math: 1150 or
1146-1149 + 2.7 GPA

3. Guided Self Placement

If a student does not meet the minimum scores from ACT, SAT, MCA, or GPA, they will complete guided self-placement with their advisor to determine course placement.

Math
Reading

4. Accuplacer Score Minimums

When using Accuplacer scores for placement, students may take the following classes depending on their score. Accuplacer scores are valid for five calendar years, inclusive of the current calendar year, for reading and writing and within two calendar years, inclusive of the current calendar year, for mathematics.

Reading (R)

Min. SCORECourse
200ENGL 0095 Reading & Writing
225 – 300ENGL 1012 Applied Communications
250 – 300 or
236 – 249 +2.5 GPA		ENGL 1111 Composition I
ADMS 1116 Business Communications

Arithmetic (ARTH)

Min. SCORECourse
200 – 300MATH 0094 Pre-College Algebra

Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics (QAS)

Min. SCORECourse
200 – 249MATH 0094 Pre-College Algebra
250 – 300MATH 1102 Contemporary
CHEM 2205 Survey of Chemistry

Advanced Algebra and Functions (AAF)

Min. SCORECourse
200 – 249MATH 0094 Pre-College Algebra
MATH 1102 Contemporary
CHEM 2205 Survey of Chemistry
250 – 300 or
236 – 249 + 2.7 GPA		MATH 1111 College Algebra
MATH 1106 Trigonometry
MATH 1113 Pre-Calculus
MATH 2203 Statistics
CHEM 1020 Intro to Chemistry
CHEM 1121 General Chemistry I
PHYS  1111 General Physics
275 – 300MATH 2231 Calculus 1

See Northland’s Assessment for Course Placement Procedure (3340P) for more information.