Exams Included:
- Administered in a Testing and Assessment Center
- National Assessments
*Degree-seeking students entering a Florida public postsecondary institution are required to demonstrate placement into the appropriate level of reading, writing, and mathematics courses. Common placement testing is not a 'Pass' or 'Fail' assessment. It is used to determine the best academic starting point for students to be successful in college.
State Statute 1008.30, State Rule 6A-10.0315, College Policy 6Hx2-5.14, and College Procedure A6Hx2-5.14, there are two categories all students will fall into related to common placement testing; exempt and non-exempt.
- Exempt = No need to test!
- A student who entered 9th grade in a Florida public school in the 2003-2004 school year, or any year thereafter, and earned a Florida standard high school diploma.
- A student who is serving as an active duty member of any branch of the United States Armed Services.
- A transfer student who earned a C or better in an approved college-level mathematics and English course.
- A student who achieved the appropriate college-level cut-scores on an approved common placement test within the last two years.
- Non-Exempt = Must test.
- Any students who does not qualify for an exemption as listed above.
- Non-native English-speaking students, see the EAP Placement Test information below.
- Secondary students taking a common placement test for admission to Dual Enrollment or College Academy are considered non-exempt.
*A student enrolled in a Technical Certificate or Applied Technology Diploma program that contains courses requiring college-level placement in reading, writing, and/or mathematics will be required to meet the common placement testing requirement.
Exams Included:
- Administered in a Testing and Assessment Center
- LOEP
- College credit credential seeking non-exempt, non-native English-speaking students must show proof of English proficiency by taking an EAP placement test.
Per State Statute 1008.30, State Rule 6A-10.0315, College Policy 6Hx2-5.14, and College Procedure A6Hx2-5.14, degree seeking non-exempt non-native English-speaking students must show proof of English proficiency.
- Exempt from taking an EAP Placement Test:
- Credential-seeking students who meet the criteria for exemption from common placement testing as described in the Common Placement Test tab above.
- Students whose native language is other than English and who completed two (2) years of regular high school English in the United States or in an American high school abroad accredited in the United States.
- Students who took an EAP Placement Test less than 1 year ago.
- Students who are currently enrolled in an EAP skill area.
- Students with ELL test scores less than *2 years old and that meet the minimum cut-scores on a Common Placement Test.
- Required to take an EAP Placement Test:
- Credential-seeking and non-credential-seeking students who do not meet the criteria for exemption from common placement testing described Common Placement Test tab above.
- Students whose native language is other than English and who did not complete two (2) years of regular high school English in the United States or in a American high school abroad accredited in the United States.
- Students who earned a GED in Spanish.
- Students who took an EAP Placement test more than one year ago.
- Students who took the LOEP test more than one year ago, whose scores were used for placement decisions, but who have not registered for classes for one year or more.
- Students with expired ELL test scores more than *2 years old and that meet the minimum cut-score to take a common placement test.
*ELL test scores used for International Student Services Office (ISSO) admissions are valid for 2 years which allows students who meet the minimum cut-score to take a common placement test first. Students who do not score college ready on a common placement test must take an EAP Placement test and be placed into the appropriate EAP course levels. ELL scores on the EAP Placement Test Table are only valid for 1 year as it places students directly into EAP courses without the need to take a local EAP Placement test.
EAP Placement Table EAP Placement Flowchart ELL Admission Placement Table
Common Placement Test Eligibility for EAP Students:
All non-exempt EAP students must take:
- the reading and writing subtests of a common placement test prior to enrollment in ENC1101.
- the math subtest of a common placement test prior to enrollment into their first eligible math course.
Reading Subtest:
- EAP students are eligible to take the reading subtest of a common placement test:
- during enrollment in EAP0420C or higher.
- if placement on the LOEP reading places the student into EAP0420C or higher.
Writing Subtest:
- EAP students are eligible to take the writing subtest of a common placement test:
- during enrollment in EAP0485C or higher.
- if placement on the LOEP writing places the student into EAP0485C or higher.
Math Subtest:
- EAP students are eligible to take the math subtest of a common placement test:
- during enrollment in EAP0420C.
- if placement on the LOEP reading places the student at the EAP0420C.
- EAP students can enroll in to a math course during enrollment in EAP1520C.
Common placement test subtests can be taken separately or in any combination together.
Exams Included:
- Administered in a Testing and Assessment Center
- HLM (Higher Level Math) Test
- Student wishing to test into a higher level math course such as trigonometry or pre-calculus must take the HLM test.
- Eligibility to take the HLM requires one of the following minimum Common Placement Test math scores:
- ACCUPLACER Classic EA = 83
- ACCUPLACER NG QAS = 259
- PERT Math = 123
- ACT Math = 21
- SAT Math Test = 26.5
- TBE (Trigonometry Bypass Exam)
- Students wishing to test into calculus 1 must take the TBE test.
- Eligibility to take the TBE requires the following minimum HLM score:
Additional information can be found on the Common Placement Test Table webpage.
Common Placement Test, HLM, and TBE scores are only valid for 2 years.
The Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) test is used as the assessment to meet the Basic Skills Requirement for placement for Postsecondary Adult Vocational (PSAV) and Applied Technology Diploma (ATD) Students per Florida State Board of Education Administrative Rule, Chapter 6A-10.040. The TABE test is aligned to the National College and Career Readiness Standards for the three core subject areas: Reading, Mathematics, and Language. The current version of the TABE is 11 & 12. Broward College administers the TABE 11 & 12 Level A for all PSAV, ATD, and academic programs.
The TABE is also used for pre and post testing for Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs to measure learning gains.
Students enrolled in a PSAV or ATD program of 450 clock hours or more or students pursuing an Applied Technology Diploma, shall complete a basic skills examination (TABE test) within the first six weeks after admission into the program.
Exemptions from Testing:
- Attainment of a college degree at the associate in applied science level or higher.
- Achieve college ready scores on one of the common placment tests in each core subject area.
- Attainment of a state, national, or industry certification or licensure examination that is identified in the most recent list 20XX-20XX Basic Skills Licensure Exemption List.
- No student is exempt because of language deficiencies. Limited English Proficient students must achieve the minimum grade level/scale score or higher on one of the designated tests as required by the Department to be awarded a certificate in a vocational program.