Placement Assessments

Placement assessments are free to take and are used to help you begin your college journey at the best starting point for you.

Placement Assessment Options

Learn more about the three placement assessments RVC offers and the learning features available to help you improve your readiness for college-level work and optimize your course success.

ACCUPLACER

Assesses readiness for college English and math courses. The score report provides access to free, targeted resources to help improve skills before a re-test is taken.

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About ACCUPLACER

  • Used for English and math placement
  • Format: online, multiple choice, untimed
  • Average test time: 40 minutes per subject
  • Tests included: Writing (English) and Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics (QAS) or Advanced Algebra and Functions (AAF) math test

ALEKS

Assesses readiness for college math and provides free access to customized, self-paced learning modules to help fill knowledge gaps before a re-test is taken.

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About ALEKS

  • Used only for math placement
  • Format: online, three hours allowed
  • Average test time: 90 minutes
  • Initial test and up to four retests may be used for placement
  • Remote testing option available

EdReady

Assesses readiness for college English and provides free access to a personalized study path of lessons to help build skills to improve placement and course success.

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About EdReady

  • Used only for English placement
  • Format: online, untimed
  • Average test time: 90 minutes
  • Initial test or earning a higher score on assigned modules may be used for placement
  • Remote testing option available

 

Ready to test?

Please contact the RVC Testing Center for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Remote testing option:

Students seeking to take a placement assessment remotely will need to ensure they have the technical requirements needed. They should contact the Testing Center to verify placement and other possible measures. If an assessment is needed, the Testing Center will provide the student with remote instructions, a voucher/class code, and assistance needed to begin remote testing. Rock Valley College uses Honorlock, an online proctoring service. 

Contact Us

  • Testing Center
  • (815) 921-2385
  • RVC Main Campus
    Student Center, Ground Floor
  • Placement Testing (Hours subject to change during class breaks):
    Walk-In Placement Testing:
    Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
    No appointment needed.
    Select Tuesday & Wednesday evenings available by appointment only – email with request.
  • Classroom, Make-Up, & Accommodated Testing (Hours subject to change during class breaks.):
    Monday & Thursday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    Tuesday & Wednesday: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
    Friday: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.