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What is the format of the Mathematics Placement Exam?

April 26, 2017exam format Mathematics placement

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What is the format of the Mathematics Placement Exam?

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The Mathematics Department has transitioned from the pencil-and-paper exam that was given in the past to a computerized placement exam (ACCUPLACER). The two main advantages for students of taking the ACCUPLACER exam rather than the paper exam are that they get their placement results immediately upon finishing the exam, and that the exam is adaptive in nature. This means that the level of difficulty of the questions that the students are asked to answer is dependent upon their mathematical background (as supplied by them) and upon how they are doing on the exam. Calculators are NOT permitted on the ACCUPLACER exam.