Placement

The Placement Assessment is an untimed computer-based test designed to evaluate you reading, writing, and math skills. Your scores help determine the most appropriate starting point for your English and/or Math courses, ensuring you're placed in classes that align with your current skill level.

Key Information: 

• Valid for Two Years: Scores are valid for two years from date of testing.
• Course Sequence: The assessment does not allow students to skip courses in their English and/or Math sequence.  Once you've enrolled in courses based on your initial placement, you may not retake the assessment to place into higher-level courses.
• Exceptions: Any exceptions to this policy require instructor approval.
• Official Score Report: You will receive an official score report after completing the assessment, which include your placement results.

Need Help? 

Not sure  if you need to take the Placement Assessment? Contact one of our Student Success Coaches for guidance.

If you have taken the classic or Next-Generation version of the Placement Assessment, you can find corresponding placement below.

• Placement Based on Next-Generation Accuplacer
• Accuplacer Comparison Chart/Content Domains

Candidates are allowed up to three attempts per section per calendar year when using the Placement Assessment for placement into Olympic College courses.

• A minimum 48-hour waiting period is required between each attempt.
• Additional retakes may be available if you're using the assessment to qualify for entry into a specific program.

Important Reminder: 

The Placement Assessment cannot be used to skip courses in English and/or Math sequence. Once you have enrolled in a course passed on your placement results, you may not retake the assessment to place into a higher-level course.  Exceptions to this policy can only be made with instructor approval.

If you would like your placement assessment scores transferred to another community and/or technical college, or university please complete and sign our Test Score Transfer Form and send it to TestingCenter@olympic.edu Please make sure to include a valid fax or email address for the receiving institution. 

Receiving scores from another Washington Community or Technical College 

If you've taken a placement assessment within the last year, you may request the institution at which the assessment was taken to fax it to us at 360-475-7470 or email it to us at: @email to see if it can be used for Olympic College course placement. Students will be contacted via student email regarding corresponding OC course placement.

Please Note: We cannot accept score reports from students, either hand-carried or electronically transmitted. The report must be sent from the institution at which it was taken. 

The Placement Assessment reading test is required for application consideration for the Nursing Programs, regardless of previous higher education or degrees acquired. There is no waiver or exception from the requirement to complete at least the Reading portion of the Placement Assessment for application to the Nursing Programs. The results for the reading test do not expire for entrance into the Associate Degree Nursing, Transition to Associate Degree Nursing, and Practical Nursing Programs. If you plan on using the reading test results for placement in an English/Math course, the scores expire after two years.

Future applicants to the PSNS & IMF Apprentice Program should be prepared to meet the placement requirements for Olympic College's Business & Technology 150 and Math 94 courses.  

Please Note: The PSNS & IMF Apprentice Program does not accept transcripts. Only qualifying Accuplacer scores will be accepted.

Accuplacer Placement Assessment Scores

Those seeking financial assistance may be able to have their testing fee covered by Basic Food Employment & Training (BFET) or Workforce & Economic Development. Please review their website and contact them directly for eligibility requirements.