2023-2024 Catalog

Placement Testing Requirements

SAU Tech does not require an admissions test; however, Arkansas law requires that all students enrolling in state-supported colleges and universities demonstrate mastery of basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics. Prior to enrollment in a math, English or a college-level reading course, students are required to submit the appropriate test scores or have necessary prerequisite courses. Students who have not taken a placement test within the last five years are required to take the Accuplacer, Accuplacer Next Generation, ACT, or SAT test before they register. Academic counselors and advisors use the test results for course placement.

Students who do not achieve designated scores on the reading, writing and mathematics component of Accuplacer, Accuplacer Next Generation, ACT, ASSET, COMPASS, or SAT tests will be required to successfully complete basic skills courses. Students who enroll in basic skills courses may not be allowed to register for classes that require college-level competency in English, reading and mathematics. All test scores must be available at registration for verification. The following table provides placement information based on required test scores and *indicates which test to be taken:

SAU Tech’s placement plan includes an evaluation of high school performance measures, remedial course completions, and the examinations. SAU Tech tests students upon initial admission using ACT, Accuplacer, Accuplacer Next Generation, or SAT exams and uses results to place them into freshman-level courses, or, when test scores fall below the required cut-off, into remedial courses. Students who have taken ASSET or Compass within the last five years may utilize those scores for placement. High school concurrent students are not eligible for remediation.

English Assessment

Meet One
Alternative Measure
COURSE ENROLLMENT  ACT English  SAT ERW COMPASS  Writing  ASSET Writing  ACCUPLACER Sentence Skills ACCUPLACER NEXT GEN Writing GED College Ready HIGH SCHOOL GPA  ACT English  and  High School  GPA  ACCUPLACER English and High School GPA ACCUPLACER NEXT GEN English and High School GPA
ENGL 113 Composition I* 19+ 510+ 77+ 45+ 98+ 263+ 165+ NA 17-18 and 3.0+ 87-97 and 3.0 250—263 and 3.0
ENGL 1113 Composition I AND ENGL 1121 Composition I Lab 0-18 0-509 0-76 0-44 0-97 0-262 NA 3.0 NA NA NA
Reading Assessment

  Meet One
Alternative Measure
COURSE ENROLLMENT ACT Reading SAT ERW COMPASS Reading ASSET Reading ACCUPLACER Reading
ACCUPLACER NEXT GEN Reading GED College Ready HIGH SCHOOL GPA ACT Reading and High School GPA ACCUPLACER Reading and High School GPA ACCUPLACER NEXT GEN Reading and High School GPA
ENGL 113 Composition I*  19+ 510+ 81+ 43+ 90+
259+ 165+ NA 17-18 and 3.0+ 79-89 and 3.0 252-258 and 3.0
ENGL 1113 Composition I AND ENGL 0121 Composition I Lab  0-18 0-509 0-80 0-42 0-89
0-258 NA 3.0+ NA NA NA

*Eligibility for Composition I is based on both English and Reading Assessments.

COLLEGE ALGEBRA TRACK
  Meet one placement scores AND high school GPA AND high school math core class 
COURSE ENROLLMENT   ACT Math SAT Math  COMPASS Pre-Alg
 
ASSET Elem Alg/Int Alg  ACCUPLACER Elem Alg  ACCUPLACER NEXT GEN QAS*  GED College Ready  HIGH SCHOOL GPA Successful Completion of High School Math Classes 
 MATH 1023 College Algebra (credit granted)  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA NA  175-200 NA   NA
MATH 1023 College Algebra (no remediation required)   19+  510+  58+ (P)
35+ (A)
43+ I  97+  264+  165-174  NA   NA
 MATH 1023 College Algebra (no remediation required)  17-18  470-509 43-57 (P)
27-34 (A) 
 35-42 I  63-96  249-263 NA  3.0+   Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry
 MATH 1023 College Algebra & MATH 0121 College Algebra Lab  0-18 0-509 0-57 (P)
0-34 (A) 
 0-42 E 0-96  0-263    NA  NA 

*QAS = Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics

CALCULUS/PLANE TRIGONOMETRY TRACK

Meet either completion of high school or college level math classes
COURSE ENROLLMENT Successful completion of High School Math Classes Successful completion of College Math Classes Co-Requisite
MATH 1525 Calculus and Analytic Geometry Pre-Calculus with a C or higher MATH 1023 College Algebra AND MATH 1033 Plane Trig MATH 1033 Plan Trig
MATH 1033 Plane Trigonometry
MATH 1023 College Algebra
PRE-CALCULUS TRACK
Meet one placement score
COURSE ENROLLMENT ACT Math SAT Math COMPASS Pre-Alg ASSET Elem Alg/Int Alg ACCUPLACER Elem Alg ACCUPLACER NEXT GEN QAS* GED College Ready
MATH 10645 Pre-Calculus Math 17+ 470+ 43+ (P)
27+ (A)
35+ 63+ 249+ N/A
MATH 0121 College Algebra Lab AND MATH 1023 College Algebra 0-16 0-469 0-42 (P)
0-26 (A)
0-34 0-62 0-248 N/A

Concurrent Placement Measures

In addition to the standard placement measures used for college placement, additional measures are available for students enrolling in concurrent courses.

ENGLISH ASSESSMENT
COURSE ENROLLMENT ACT English Accuplacer Next Generation Writing SAT ERW ACT Aspire 10th Grade English PSAT /PSAT 10
ENGL 1113 Composition I 19+ 263+ 510+ 428+ 45+/460+
ENGLISH ASSESSMENT
COURSE ENROLLMENT ACT English Accuplacer Next Generation Writing SAT ERW ACT Aspire 10th Grade English PSAT /PSAT 10
ENGL 1113 Composition I 19+ 263+ 510+ 428+ 45+/460+
READING ASSESSMENT
COURSE ENROLLMENT ACT Reading Accuplacer Next Generation Reading SAT ERW ACT Aspire 10th Grade Reading PSAT /PSAT 10
ENGL 1113 Composition I 19+ 259+ 510+ 428+ 47+/460+
MATH ASSESSMENT
COURSE ENROLLMENT ACT Math Accuplacer Next Generation Math SAT Math ACT Aspire 10th Grade PSAT /PSAT 10
MATH 1023 College Algebra 19+ 97+ 510+ 432+ 46+/470+
MATH 1063 Mathematical Reasoning 13+ 234+ 330+

American College Testing/College Board Testing. SAU Tech is a national test center for ACT. The ACT code number for SAU Tech is 6031. For additional information call the Testing Center at 1.870.574.4486.