Assessment

Placement Testing

English writing and reading and math are crucial to your college success at Evergreen Valley College.  Evergreen Valley College offers tests in English and Math.  Evergreen Valley College offers two types of English placement tests.

The "English As a First Language: (EFL) test is the best English skills assessment for persons who speak English only or for persons who speak English and another language(s) and consider their skill in English to be stronger than their skill in the other language(s).

The "English As a Second Language" (ESL) test is the best English Skills assessment for persons who speak English and another language(s), and consider their skill in the other language(s) to be stronger than their skill in English.

Mathematics placement tests are offered to determine math skills on level ranging from basic mathematics to beginning calculus.

You will need to take the Assessment tests if you plan to:

• Transfer to a 4 year university
• Earn a degree or certificate
• If you plan to take courses that have pre-requisites that require certain levels of English, Reading or Math
• If you are a first time college applicant who wishes to take classes that have academic requirements, including high school students (with R-40 forms on file), junior high school students (with R-42 forms on file) are required to take placement test

  New students to Evergreen Valley College may be exempted from the Assessment component of matriculation if they:

  • are non-high school students 18 years of age or over, who enroll in open curriculum classes only;
  • have a transcript indicating successful completion of a college-level English and/or Math course needed as a prerequisite;
  • have a transcript indicating successful completion of a two-year (Associates) degree, four-year (Bachelors) degree or higher received from an accredited institution;
  • are persons who can demonstrate life experience that requires basic skills. (For example, a journalist would not have to take a writing assessment);
  • are persons enrolling in apprenticeship courses only
  • If you think your test results do not reflect your true ability, please discuss this with a counselor. You may decide to retake the test, or make a course selection based on your discussion with the counselor.

Click here to view a copy of the San José /Evergreen Community College District Placement Test Results and course sequence (pdf).
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For a current schedule of assessments please visit the Assessment Center site.

For an appointment please call 408-274-7900, ext 6636. You must have a current Evergreen Valley college application on file and a student identification number to schedule an appointment.