What is ALEKS?


ALEKS consists of three parts:

  • An initial placement assessment (Required)
  • The Prep and Learning Module, an individualized, self-paced online review (Optional)
  • Access to four additional Placement Assessments (Optional)


What is the purpose of placement testing? The Placement Assessment results will be used to determine the most appropriate courses for each student as they move forward with college coursework. After taking a Placement Assessment, students should meet with their advisor to review their results and enroll in the best classes based on their scores.

This is a “Placement Assessment," NOT A TEST. The difference is that a Placement Assessment is designed to determine what a student knows and what a student needs to work on. At the end of the ALEKS PPL Assessment, a student will have a much better sense of his/her strengths and weaknesses in math. Students then have a chance to brush on topics that may have been forgotten or haven't been practiced for some time.