Preparation

Prepare for Your Placement Test

Find below free online resources and downloadable study guides to help you prepare for your placement test.

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Free Online Prep Resources

• PrepSTEP - Courtesy of the NSCC Library.

• Accuplacer Study App

• Longsdale Publishing practice tests - Contact NSCC’s testing center for Longsdale access codes.

• Khan Academy

• NSCC Arithmetic and Algebra 1 Prep Course 

• ALEKS (Free Trial)

  • Visit the ALEKS website and click Free Trial (upper right).
  • Under Independent Use, click Continue.
  • Under Explore Student Module, click Try ALEKS Now.
  • Review the Terms of Use, check the agreement box, and click Continue.
  • Complete the short form with your name and personal email (not your school email).
  • Choose College or K–12 Student
  • Select Higher Ed | Math
  • Choose Beginning and Intermediate Algebra Combined
  • ALEKS will create a Guest Account with a username and password. Save this information if you want to return for more practice.

After testing on Aleks (Free Trial), watch the Navigating Aleks Learning Modules video.

PDF Study Guides for Testing

For Communications

• Reading Competency Packet

• Writing the 5-Paragraph Essay

• Sentence Competency Packet

For ESL Communications

• ESL Reading Skills

• ESL Writing

For Arithmetic

• Arithmetic Study Guide

• Fractions Competency Packet

• Decimals Competency Packet

• Percent Competency Packet

For Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics

• Study Guide

For Advanced Algebraic Functions

• Study Guide