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2025-2026 Policies and Procedures 
    
2025-2026 Policies and Procedures

3357:12-14-20-1-Placement Procedures


PROCEDURE GUIDELINES

 

Zane State College uses a Multiple Measures placement process to ensure that enrolling post-high school students’ skills are assessed as accurately as possible. The following table defines the placement guidelines currently in use.

Students who do not meet the established placement criteria for a specific English and/or math course, but choose to enroll in the course, must complete a course waiver acknowledging the potential academic implications of this decision.

English 1500 Composition I

Measure

Course Placement

HS GPA 2.5 or higher OR

ACT 18+ in English OR

Writeplacer 5+

ENGL 1500

Students Not Meeting Above Criteria

ENGL 1500 with Co-Req (ENGL 0990)

Math 1650-Statistics

Measure

Course Placement

HS GPA 3.0 or higher OR

ACT 22+ in Math OR

Accuplacer 263+ OR

ALEKS 30+

Math 1650

HS GPA 2.0 to <3.0 OR

ACT 16 to 21 OR

Accuplacer 258-262 OR

ALEKS 20 to 29

Math 1650 with Co-Req (Math 0650)

HS GPA <2.0 OR

Math 0995

 

 

ACT <16 OR

Accuplacer <257 OR

ALEKS <20

 

 

Math 1050-Quantitative Reasoning

Measure

Course Placement

HS GPA 3.0 or higher OR

ACT 22+ in Math OR

Accuplacer 263+ OR

ALEKS 30+

Math 1050

HS GPA 2.0 to <3.0 OR

ACT 16 to 21 OR

Accuplacer 258-262 OR

ALEKS 20 to 29

Math 1050 with Co-Req (Math 1051)

HS GPA <2.0 OR

ACT <16 OR

Accuplacer <257 OR

ALEKS <20

Math 0995

 

Math 1250-Algebra Trig and Math 1340-Algebra

Measure

Course Placement

HS GPA 3.0 or higher OR

ACT 22+ in Math OR

Accuplacer 263+ OR

ALEKS 46+

Math 1250 or 1340

HS GPA 2.0 to <3.0 OR

ACT 16 to 21 OR

Accuplacer 258-262 OR

ALEKS 30 to 45

Math 1250 or 1340 with Co-Req (Math 1251 or

1341)

HS GPA <2.0 OR

ACT <16 OR

Accuplacer <257

Math 0990

 

 

OR

ALEKS <30

 

 

Placement into Higher Level Math via ALEKS Math 1350 Pre-Calculus - 61 to 75

Math 2510 Calculus I - 76 to 100

 

Placement into Biol 2400 Anatomy and Physiology I

Requires a C or better in Biol 1210 General Biology or a 70% on the Accuplacer A&P readiness test

 

Procedure Owner

Academics

Procedure Reviewers

Senior Team

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Effective Date

August 6th 2026

Next Review Date

August 2026