Beginning Fall 2019, due to the passage of Assembly Bill 705, assessment exams are no longer used for placement into English or math courses.  Students may access transfer-level courses based on  their U.S. high school academic record, their credit ESL coursework, and/or the multiple measure placement process.

What is AB 705?

California Assembly Bill 705 requires that a community college maximize the probability:

• That a student will begin and complete transfer-level coursework in English within a one year timeframe
• That a student will begin and complete transfer-level coursework in Math within a one year timeframe
• That a student enrolled in English-as-a-second-language (ENSL) instruction will complete ENSL and transfer-level coursework in English within a three year timeframe

Placement of students into English and Math courses will be based on one or more of the following:

• high school coursework,
• high school grades,
• high school grade point average, and/or 
• a self placement questionnaire

Placement of students into English as a Second Language courses is based on a self placement questionnaire.