Placement Assessments
Columbus State uses many different methods and assessments to determine your beginning coursework.
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Types of Assessments
We provide the following types of assessments to evaluate your skills. Click on each one for more information.
Schedule Your Assessment
Appointments are required. The last appointment will be two hours before closing.
Schedule your placement assessment online using RegisterBlast:
Schedule Your Placement Assessment
Placement Assessment Locations
PLACEMENT ASSESSMENTS ARE ADMINISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
- Columbus Campus: Madison Hall, Room 202 - 518 Mt. Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH 43215
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- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Wednesday: 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Saturday, Sunday: Closed
- Delaware Campus: Moeller Hall, Room 157 - 5100 Cornerstone Dr, Delaware, OH 43015
- Dublin Regional Learning Center: Room 311 - 6805 Bobcat Way, Dublin, OH 43016
- Columbus Campus, Accessibility Testing: Eibling Hall, Room 101 - 255 Jefferson Ave, Columbus, OH 43215)
- Hours of Operation for Delaware, Dublin, and Accessibility Testing
- Virtual Testing: Zoom
- Virtual Testing Session availability is limited. We offer virtual testing to students who reside outside Central Ohio (40 miles from Columbus State testing locations). We will use the address on file with the College to verify your location. Extenuating circumstances may be taken into consideration. Students approved for virtual appointments will receive an access code to schedule an appointment. Submit a request at the link below.
- Friday: 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
- Request a Virtual Appointment
- Please submit only one request. Allow 3 business days for a response to your request.
- Please submit only one request. Allow 3 business days for a response to your request.
ESL PLACEMENT TESTING DEADLINES
- SPRING Semester 2025: Thursday, December 19, 2024. We recommend that testing be completed by December 1, 2024.
- SUMMER Semester 2025: Friday, May 16, 2025. We recommend that testing be completed by April 25, 2025.
Assessment Day Information
Follow these guidelines to make your assessment day go smoothly:
- Identification: Everyone is required to present valid photo identification when reporting to the
Testing Center. Examples of valid photo IDs include a current Cougar (Student) ID
card, state-issued ID, passport, work/school ID, or other legitimate ID bearing a
photo and full name.
- Pictures of IDs will not be accepted.
- The name on the ID must match the name in our records.
- Middle School and High School students who do not have photo identification can ask their school to complete the Accuplacer Student ID Form
- Parking: Please visit www.cscc.edu/parking for parking information.
- No additional materials are needed for placement assessments.
- All personal belongings will need to be placed under the table or in a locker (where available), and they may not be accessed during the assessment session.
- Cell phones and electronic devices (including headphones, earbuds, photo/video capturing devices, fit-bits, calculator watches, smart watches, Google glasses, etc.) are not permitted in any testing location. You will need to power it off /silence it, remove it, and store it. No personal belongings can be accessed during testing.
- Headcoverings: All students will be asked to remove headcoverings, including hats and hoods.
- Exceptions can be made for religious or medical reasons. When preparing for testing in one of our testing centers or when testing virtually, we will need to confirm that you are not using earbuds and that your eyes are visible to our proctors.
- Short Breaks may be taken between assessments.
- No food is permitted in the testing locations.
- Children may not accompany a student to a testing location for purposes other than inquiry. Children may not be left unattended on campus, nor can a staff member be asked to take responsibility for a child, while a student is testing.