Placement/Basic Skills assessment Test

Asnuntuck Community College assesses the basic skill level of students in order to provide them with a solid foundation in reading, writing, and basic mathematics or algebra. This program, mandated by the Board of Governors for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges is required for certain groups of students. They are:

All new, full time students (12 or more credits)
All new students who wish to pursue a degree program (matriculate)
Any new student who has entered the college since the Fall of 1989 semester and now wants to register for the twelfth credit, and English class, or a math class.

Exemptions from Basic Skills Assessment:

Students who have an Associate Degree or higher (must present appropriate documentation, i.e. transcripts or diploma)
Students who have taken a college level course in English or math at another institution (must present the college transcript)
Students who self-select to take ENG 043 and/or ENG 073 or MAT 075 and/or MAT 095 do not need to take the assessment test but must have a "waiver form" signed by a counselor or academic advisor.
SAT Verbal and Critcal Reading score of 500 or higher allows exemption from the Basic Skills Test and placement in ENG 101 - Composition. SAT Math score of 400 or higher places a student in MAT 095 (Elementary Algebra Foundations)

To register for a Basic Skills Assessment, please call (860) 253-3012.

The next test dates are:

Tuesday, March 18th at 5PM

Wednesday, March 26th at 2:30PM

Tuesday, April 1st at 5PM

Tuesday, April 15th at 5PM

You must be accepted to Asnuntuck Community College prior to the time you take the Basic Skills Assessment test.

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