Placement Testing

You can register for on-campus testing by clicking the link above. We are only administering placement exams for Hennepin Technical College students with scheduled test appointments. Unfortunately, we are not able to test students with placement test vouchers from other schools.

You are required to present a valid photo ID both at the time of check-in and upon request at any point during exam completion! No one will be permitted to test without a scheduled appointment and photo ID.

If you are not comfortable coming to the campus to complete your placement testing, you can complete your placement test from your own home or office using Examity, a FREE 24/7 remote proctor testing service.

Our Remote Placement Test Process

1. Submit a Placement Test Voucher Request. Not everyone will need to complete placement testing, so we strongly encourage you to first meet with a Student Success Advisor to create a Placement Test Plan tailored and considerate of your previously completed coursework, test scores, and earned grade point average (high school or college).
2. Once your request has been reviewed and processed (please allow 5-7 business days), you'll receive an email from CollegeBoard/ACCUPLACER containing your voucher code and a registration link.
3. Click the Examity registration link. Enter your first name, last name, email address. Click Register.
4. Your Examity confirmation email will have personalized login info. Log in to the Examity dashboard to set up a profile and schedule your exam. You'll need your voucher code!

• Request a Placement Test Voucher

Have questions about Examity?

The Examity FA webpage should answer the most common questions students have about Examity- registration, profile creation, scheduling an exam, pre-test, taking a test, and technical requirements!

Computer Literacy and/or Keyboarding Test

Any student unable to visit a campus Testing Center to complete the Computer Literacy placement test or the Keyboarding test, has the option to test remotely using Zoom. To schedule an appointment and/or learn more about remote testing requirements, please click the schedule link above.

You may not need to test if you meet one of the following criteria:

1. Earned a qualifying Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) score:

   Qualifying Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) Scores

   Subject	MCA Score*
   Reading	1047
   College Algebra	1158
   Statistics	1148
   Liberal Arts Mathematics	1150

   **MCA Scores recorded on a High School Transcript are accepted.
   *Score expires after 5 years.
2. Earned a qualifying ACT/SAT score

   Qualifying ACT/SAT Scores

   Subject	ACT Score*	SAT Score*
   English	18+	480+
   Reading	21+	480+
   Mathematics	22+	530+

   *Score expires after 5 years.

   Please email ACT/SAT or MCA score results to Registrar@HennepinTech.edu. Your first and last name must be on the document.

3. Completed an ACCUPLACER Math test within the last two years, or completed ACCUPLACER Reading and/or Sentence Skills tests within the last five years.

   Please email ACCUPLACER score results to Registrar@HennepinTech.edu.

4. Completed approved prerequisites at another college for the English and Math courses in which you plan to enroll, and you received grades of "C" or higher in the prerequisites.

   An official/unofficial copy of your transcript with the prerequisites must be submitted to Hennepin Technical College, and the courses must be approved by the college to satisfy prerequisite requirements; Math prerequisites must have been completed in the last two years.

   **Submit electronic Official/Unofficial college or university transcripts for test waiver to Transfer@HennepinTech.edu or mail physical copies to:

   Hennepin Technical College
   Transfer Center
   13100 College View Drive
   Eden Prairie, MN 55347

   **Unofficial transcripts will not be evaluated for transfer credit.

   Please contact the Registrar's Office at Registrar@HennepinTech.edu with additional questions regarding testing exemptions/waivers.

Our Testing Centers are able to offer services to students who require reasonable accommodations for testing. Please follow the procedures outlined below.

1. Complete the Accuplacer Test Accommodations Request form. While you complete this form, be prepared to upload documentation of your disability (i.e., IEP, psych evaluation, doctor’s letter, etc.)
2. You will receive a confirmation email from Access Services staff.
3. After you've received your confirmation email from Access Services, schedule your placement test.
4. On the day of your placement test appointment, bring a photo ID with you.

Students are strongly encouraged to devote as much time possible to prepare for placement testing. This applies whether you are taking a placement test for the first time or if you are retaking an exam. Proper preparation and study time usually leads to higher test scores. Higher test scores can help reduce (or eliminate) the need to take additional developmental courses and can save both time and money.

The purpose of the computer-based assessment test is to provide you and the college with information about your current academic skill levels in reading, writing, mathematics, and computer literacy. This will help you select appropriate courses, plan a course of study with your Counselor or Academic Advisor, and identify which student services you might want to utilize during your journey.

Hennepin Technical College's ACCUPLACER Course Placement Chart to determine developmental course placement.

• Accuplacer Scores & Placement Chart

Reading assesses four broad knowledge and skills categories:

• Information and Ideas
• Rhetoric
• Synthesis
• Vocabulary

The Reading test assesses your ability to derive meaning from a range of texts and to determine the meaning of words and phrases in short and extended contexts. Passages on the test cover a range of content areas, writing modes, and complexities. Both single and paired passages are included.

1. Arithmetic assesses the following knowledge and skills:
   • Whole Number Operations
   • Fraction Operations
   • Decimal Operations
   • Percent
   • Number Comparisons and Equivalents
2. Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics assesses the following knowledge and skills:
   • Rational numbers
   • Ratio and Proportional Relationships
   • Exponents
   • Algebraic Expressions
   • Linear Equations
   • Linear Applications and Graphs
   • Probability Sets
   • Descriptive Statistics
   • Geometry Concepts
3. Advanced Algebra and Functions assesses the following knowledge and skills:
   • Linear Equations
   • Linear Applications and Graphs
   • Factoring
   • Quadratics Functions
   • Radical and Rational Equations
   • Polynomial Equations
   • Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
   • Trigonometry

Computer Skills Proficiency (CSP) test is a literacy exam assessing three broad knowledge and skill categories :

• Word Processing
• File Management
• Information and Communication

The CSP test is untimed and comprised of 30 questions- a combination of multiple choice and task-oriented simulation questions. Some of the topics, concepts and functions students can potentially see in the exam include:

• Basic computer information and operations
• Text editing
• Working with icons
• Working with Windows
• Managing files, directories, and folders
• Creating, saving, opening, editing, and formatting documents
• Inserting, selecting, editing, formatting, duplicating, moving, and deleting text within documents
• Mail merging
• Using web browsers, accessing and navigating web pages, activating hyperlinks/images, organizing bookmarks

For a more extensive listing of potential test question topics, please refer to the 3 Computer Skills Exam documents below!

Within an academic year, all students are permitted to take any program- or course-required placement test(s) twice, a test and a retest, free of charge. Any additional retesting beyond this policy must first be approved by a Student Success Advisor or Counselor.

You may not need to test if you meet test exemption criteria. See Testing Exemptions.

• You must bring a valid, photo ID to your appointment (ex. driver's license, student ID, passport, etc.)
• If you have received a Test Waiver Checklist, you should bring it with you

If you can't come in to our Testing Center to take the placement test, here are two possible alternatives:

1. Find a local community college or university willing to proctor the test. Please contact the Hennepin Tech Testing Center at either campus by calling 763-488-2590 or Testing@HennepinTech.edu. Please allow one to two weeks in advance to request a Testing Voucher to be used at the local community college. Proctor fees may apply, which will be your responsibility to satisfy.
2. Use a virtual proctoring company, Examity. This option will require a quiet, undisturbed testing environment, strong internet access and a webcam. Please contact the Hennepin Tech Testing Center at either campus at 763-488-2590 or Testing@hennepintech.edu to set up an Examity account. Please allow one to two weeks to process.
3. A $25 proctor fee to Examity applies, which will be your responsibility to satisfy.

Upon completion of your placement testing, you will receive a printed copy of your ACCUPLACER test scores. You will also be offered an opportunity to meet or schedule a time to meet with a Hennepin Tech Student Success Advisor for an in-person or phone appointment. You can also email questions to an Advisor as well.