The Accuplacer Placement test is used to place students in appropriate English and Math courses, and also identifies prerequisite skill levels for certain courses and programs.

As of June 15th, 2020, new students without placement scores or other multiple measures will be required to take EdReady Math and English. UH Maui College will accept previously taken Accuplacer Scores for placement.

Test Sections
Additional Information
Test Resources

Next Generation Accuplacer Test Sections

WritePlacer (Written Essay)

The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express your ideas in writing. You will first read a short passage and an assignment question that are focused on an important issue. You will then write an essay in which you develop your own point of view on the issue. You should support your position with appropriate reasoning and examples. The position you take will not influence your score. The following six characteristics of writing will be considered:

  • Focus: The extent to which you present information in a unified and coherent manner, clearly addressing the issue.

  • Organization: The clarity with which you structure your response and present a logical sequence of ideas

  • Development and Support: The extent to which you elaborate on your ideas and the extent to which you present supporting details

  • Sentence Structure: The effectiveness of your sentence structure

  • Mechanical Conventions: The extent to which your writing is free of errors in usage and mechanics

  • Critical Thinking: The extent to which you communicate a point of view and demonstrate reasoned relationships among ideas.

Math

Next-Generation Arithmetic focuses on computation, order of operations, estimation and rounding, comparing and ordering values in different formats, and recognizing equivalent values across formats. The following knowledge and skills categories are assessed:

  • Whole Number Operations

  • Fraction Operations

  • Decimal Operations

  • Percent

  • Number Comparisons and Equivalents

Next-Generation Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics (QAS) assesses the following knowledge and skills:

  • Rational numbers

  • Ratio and Proportional Relationships

  • Exponents

  • Algebraic Expressions

  • Linear Equations

  • Linear Applications and Graphs

  • Probability Sets

  • Descriptive Statistics

  • Geometry Concepts

Next-Generation Advanced Algebra and Functions (AAF) assesses the following knowledge and skills:

  • Linear Equations

  • Linear Applications and Graphs

  • Factoring

  • Quadratics

  • Functions

  • Radical and Rational Equations

  • Polynomial Equations

  • Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

  • Trigonometry

Source: https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/student/inside-the-test

Additional Information about the Accuplacer Test

Transferring to or from UH Maui College

Transferring from another UH Community College:

You do not need to take the Accuplacer again if:

  1. Accuplacer Scores are valid within two years of registering at UH Maui College.
  2. AND/OR You took a Math or English Course at a UH Community College and completed with a C or better.

Transferring to a UH Community College:

You do not need to sumbit your scores to any of the UH Community Colleges, Kapiolani, Honolulu, Hawaii, Kauai, Windward or Leeward Community College. All UH Community Colleges will have access to your scores after you take ACCUPLACER at UH Maui College. Your scores must be valid within 2 years of registering for the college, and or if you have completed a Math or English class with a C or better.

You should allow approximately one hour for the Writeplacer ACCUPLACER Test and one hour for the math test. ACCUPLACER is a self-paced, computerized test, which allows you to proceed at your own rate. The last ACCUPLACER exam will be administered 1 hour prior to closing.

Transferring to a Non-UH Community College:

If you have already taken your Accuplacer test at UH Maui College and wish to send your scores to another campus, you must fill out test the disclosure form. The cost to send ACCUPLACER scores to another college is $25.00.

Requirements to Take ACCUPLACER

Required Items for Testing:

  1. Photo ID (driver’s license with photo)
  2. Your UH ID number. If you have not applied to attend Maui College, you may obtain a UH ID number from the Admissions and Records Office.

You may NOT bring books, dictionaries, notes, papers, or other aids into the testing room. Cell phones must be turned off and put away.

Receiving Your Results

Your scores will be given to you when you have completed the test. Placement results, together with advising from counselors and faculty, should insure correct course placement and assist with planning an academic program.

Retaking ACCUPLACER

ACCUPLACER can be taken once every 2 years without a fee. For this reason, you should take the test seriously and try your best. If you choose to retake your ACCUPLACER Placement Test without having to wait the normal 2-year wait period, you will be charged a $25 fee.

Test Preparation Resources

Web-Based Study App

https://accuplacerpractice.collegeboard.org/login

WritePlacer Sample Essays

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/professionals/accuplacer-writeplacer-sample-essays.pdf

Next Generation Reading

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/accuplacer/next-generation-sample-questions-reading.pdf

Next Generation Arithmetic

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/accuplacer/next-generation-sample-questions-arithmetic.pdf

Next Generation Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/accuplacer/next-generation-sample-questions-quantitative-reasoning.pdf

Next Generation Advanced Algebra and Functions

https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/next-generation-sample-questions-advanced-alegbra-and-functions.pdf