HCC PLACEMENT TABLES

 

The current KCTCS Assessment and Placement Policy, (Section 3.2.  Special Provisions, F. Waivers), states that

“A college may establish procedures to exempt students from assessment and placement criteria. The procedure must include the conditions under which a waiver will be granted, including clearly identifying the students being granted a waiver and the reason for the waiver. The college’s waiver policy must be on file at the college and in the KCTCS Chancellor’s Office.”

Given the inability to assess/test potential students in proctored settings and the opportunity to waive current assessment and placement criteria so that the student is not a conditional admit for financial aid purposes, the Academic Council recommends the following waiver criteria for all Colleges to be effective for all terms beginning Summer 2020 through Summer 2021:

Dual Credit/Recent High School Graduates

1. The current Dual Credit Placement Policy will be suspended, and those students will be placed using these recommendations.
2. Students may be admitted and placed into general education courses with a high school GPA as recommended on the  placement guidance below.
3. Students with a minimum high school GPA of 2.0 may be placed into appropriate technical courses. Course prerequisites listed in the KCTCS catalog remain in place and can also be met using the GPA indicators.
4. High school freshman without a GPA may be admitted to one course with a high school guidance counselor’s recommendation in their first term of dual credit until they earn a GPA.
5. If a student has both recognized test scores and a GPA, they may be placed at the highest levels demonstrated by either scores or GPA.

Adult Learners

1. Suspend the CPE 4-year limit on acceptable test scores.  Students would be placed using the placement guides below.
2. Adult learners with a high school diploma or equivalency but without a KCTCS recognized placement score or GPA will be placed into a corequisite math and English course and a reading supplemented general education course as their default placement. A college may utilize additional local assessments and advising practices to improve placement accuracy early in the term. 

Note: Dual credit student success rates in particular will be reviewed after fall term 2020 in an effort to see if using these placement criteria make a difference in student success.

Effective Summer 2020—Summer 2021*
Math Placement Table

Math ACT	Cumulative High School Unweighted GPA	GED College Readiness	EdReady	KYOTE	KCTCS Courses
27 or higher		NA	95 or higher	KYOTE Calculus 15 or higher	MAT 175, MAT 170 or any course listed below
22 or higher	3.0 or higher	Mathematical Reasoning 175 or higher	86 or higher	KAlg 14 or higher	MAT 150, MAT 155¹, or any course listed below
19 or higher	2.8 or higher	Mathematical Reasoning 165 or higher	68 or higher	KAlg 7 or higher or CMath 22 or higher College Readiness Math 22 or higher	MAT 150 with MAT 100, MAT 110, MAT 126, STA 151² or any course listed below
14 or higher	1.0 or higher	NA	53 or higher	KMath 6 or higher	MAT 061
Any		Any	Any	Any	Skills U (formerly Adult Basic Education)

¹We have traditionally allowed students with an ACT of 19 into MAT 155

²The Math Dept. is flexible with STA 151 and may allow students who almost qualify entrance with supplemental support. See Scott Taylor for specifics.

The four-years or older policy has been temporarily suspended per KCTCS SO.

If a student has both recognized test scores and a GPA, they may be placed at the highest levels demonstrated by either scores or GPA.

Students without a KCTCS-recognized placement score or GPA will be placed into a corequisite math and English course and a reading supplemented general education course as their default placement.

*In accordance with the KCTCS Assessment and Placement Waiver Due to COVID-19

Effective Summer 2020—Summer 2021*
Reading Course Placement

Reading ACT	Cumulative High School Unweighted GPA	GED College Readiness	EdReady	KYOTE	TABE	KCTCS Courses
20 or higher	2.6 or higher	165 or higher	95	Reading 20 or higher	Reading 12.5	No reading required
16 or higher	2.2 or higher	NA	72	Reading 12 or higher	10.0 or higher	Reading Intensive Course (e.g., PSY 110, HIS 108, etc.) linked with Co-requisite (RDG 100)   IRW 95, RDG 185
11 or higher	Any	NA	43	Reading 6 or less	6.0 or higher	IRW 85
Any	Any	Any	Any	Any	Any	Skills U (Formerly known as Adult Basic Education)

The four-years or older policy has been temporarily suspended per KCTCS SO.

If a student has both recognized test scores and a GPA, they may be placed at the highest levels demonstrated by either scores or GPA.

Students without a KCTCS-recognized placement score or GPA will be placed into a corequisite math and English course and a reading supplemented general education course as their default placement.

*In accordance with the KCTCS Assessment and Placement Waiver Due to COVID-19

Effective Summer 2020—Summer 2021*
English Placement Table

ACT	Cumulative High School Unweighted GPA	GED	EdReady	KYOTE	TABE A	KCTCS Courses
18 or higher	2.8 or higher	165 or higher	95	English 6 or higher	12.8 or higher	ENG 101
14 or higher	2.2 or higher	NA	72	English 5 or higher	9.0 or higher	ENG 101 with ENG 100 IRW 95
12 or higher	Any	NA	43	English 3 or higher	6.1 or higher	IRW 85
Any	Any	Any	Any	Any	Any	Skills U (Formerly Adult Basic Education)

The four-years or older policy has been temporarily suspended per KCTCS SO.

If a student has both recognized test scores and a GPA, they may be placed at the highest levels demonstrated by either scores or GPA.

Students without a KCTCS-recognized placement score or GPA will be placed into a corequisite math and English course and a reading supplemented general education course as their default placement.

*In accordance with the KCTCS Assessment and Placement Waiver Due to COVID-19

Math Course Placement

Math ACT	GED College Readiness	EdReady Diagnostic	EdReady Study Path	KYOTE	Henderson Courses
27 or higher	NA			KYOTE Calculus 15 or higher	MAT 175, MAT 170 or any course listed below
22 or higher	Mathematical Reasoning 175 or higher	65	86	KAlg 14 or higher	MAT 150, or any course listed below
19 or higher	Mathematical Reasoning 165 or higher	55	68	KAlg 7 or higher or KMath 22 or higher	MAT 150 with MAT 100, MAT 1551, MAT 110, MAT 126, STA 1512 or any course listed below
14 or higher	NA	33	53	KMath 6 or higher	MAT 061
Any	Any	Any	Any	Any	Skills U (formerly Adult Basic Education)

¹We have traditionally allowed students with an ACT of 19 into MAT 155, although this is lower than the System policy of an ACT of 22.

²The Math Dept. is flexible with STA 151 and may allow students who almost qualify entrance with supplemental support. See Scott Taylor for specifics.

General note: No scores four years or older may be used to place students into coursework. Students qualify to take the highest-level course available for that student based upon placement scores. However, placement should be based upon all forms of evidence and a conversation with the student.

Reading Course Placement

Reading ACT	GED College Readiness	KYOTE	TABE A	High School GPA (for HCC-only classes)	Henderson Courses
20 or higher	165 or higher	Reading 20 or higher	Reading 12.5	3.0 or higher AND Advisor Permission*	No reading required
16 or higher	NA	Reading 12 or higher	10.0 or higher	3.0 or higher	Reading Intensive Course (e.g., PSY 110, HIS 108, etc.) linked with Co-requisite (RDG 100) OR RDG 185
11 or higher	NA	Reading 6 or less	6.0 or higher	NA	IRW 85 (Or Skills U)
Any	Any	Any	Any	NA	Skills U (Formerly known as Adult Basic Education)

General note: No scores four years or older (including high school GPA, which must be cumulative unweighted high school GPA at the end of the first semester senior year) may be used to place students into coursework. Students qualify to take the highest-level course available for that student based upon placement scores. However, placement should be based upon all forms of evidence and a conversation with the student.

*Advisor Permission: Consider other factors – the rigor of HS classes, HS grades in English, reading ability, writing and reading test scores

English Placement Table

ACT	KYOTE or	GED	TABE A	High School GPA (for HCC-only classes)	Henderson Courses
18 or higher	English 6 or higher	165 or higher	12.8 or higher	3.0 or higher AND Advisor Permission*	ENG 101
14 or higher	English 5 or higher	NA	9.0 or higher	3.0 or higher	ENG 101 with ENG 100
12 or higher	English 3 or higher	NA	6.1 or higher	NA	IRW 85 (Or Skills U)
Any	Any	Any	Any	NA	Skills U (Formerly Adult Basic Education)