ALEKS Math Assessment: Thoughts, Questions, Concerns

jlhpsu
Sun, 01 Mar 2015 20:26:19 +0000

Do not stress about it Bruce. There is really no way to prepare for it. My daughter had to take this already because she is a dual enroll. It is a placement test, so you can’t fail it. It is strictly to put them in a math class. I think my D only needed a 38% or something like that on the ALEKS to get into Math 021…which she is in right now at a PSU branch campus.

What’s really strange is that they are making her take this test AGAIN in order to register for fall. It makes no sense to me since they obviously won’t place her below Math 021 since she is in that class now (and has an A). We are going to an accepted students day tomorrow and I plan to ask them about this as it doesn’t make sense.

Good luck, but don’t have him stress over it. If he has to take a ‘beginner’ math class then he will still get credit for that under general education.