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Placement Tests for Admitted Students

Math Placement:

In order to be registered for Math courses, students admitted into a Bachelor of Science degree program (go here to see the full list of majors) are required to complete a Math placement test online via Blackboard Learning Management System. The Math Placement Test is a one-hour timed test. The test is composed of 35 questions, and the student has a maximum of one hour to complete the test, and it must be finished in one sitting.

Students may use a calculator for the Math Placement Test.

Accessing the Math Placement Test:

Login in to Blackboard by visiting CougarApps using your NETID (which is the username you were given for your Caldwell Email without using @caldwell.edu).

  1. Your NETID and password was previously emailed to your personal email account, if you have not already received it, please check your spam filters. If you are having trouble with your password, please email ccnetid@caldwell.edu.
  2. Once you are in Cougar Apps, select ‘Blackboard/Blackboard Learn’ to enter Blackboard.
  3. Proceed to the Placement Testing area to take the Math Placement Test.
  4. If you were asked to input a password for any placement test, it means you tried to start the exam from a shortcut such as a “notifications link” (calendar event, to-do list, etc.) instead of navigating to a course content area to directly start the exam. Please log out, restart the computer, and try again.

Students that are admitted into a Bachelors of Arts degree program DO NOT have to take a Math Placement Test. Students in the Bachelors of Arts degree program will be placed in a Math course based on their high school grades in Math, along with their overall average.

Students that are required to take the Math Placement Test will be reminded via email if they have not yet completed the test.

English Placement:

An English Placement Test is NOT required for admitted students. All admitted will be placed in an English course based on the results of their overall and English courses in high school. A student that would like to be placed in a higher English course may speak with an academic advisor and may be required to take an English Placement Test.