CC+ Testing Reminders

At this point everyone who is participating in College Credit Plus (CC+) classes next year at WKHS (or on a campus) should have applied to the college and submitted your required forms.  If you do not remember doing this, please check your school email or visit www.wkhscounselors.com to see the reminder of the steps you are supposed to complete for each college and which classes are being offered through which college.

The one aspect which is still remaining for many students is submitting your qualifying test scores to place you into a class.

If you are taking classes through COTC you were notified if you needed to achieve scores to take the math classes and will your placement tests in math and writing tomorrow or next week on the 14th.  You should have been assigned a time slot to do this - check your school email.

If you are taking classes through CSCC you must submit qualifying scores.  You can either submit ACT or SAT scores or you need to take the placement tests.  Here is the summary of what you will need to know/ scores you will need to achieve for CSCC:

- If you were already taking CSCC classes last year then you have met the qualifying scores and do not need to do anything else.

- If you took the ACT and earned an 18 on the English section and a 22 on the Reading section then you have met the benchmark standards required.  Hopefully you already listed CSCC as one of the colleges to receive your scores - if so, you are all set.  If you didn't list CSCC, download your student score report and turn it into the Counseling Center before the end of the school year or pay to have your scores sent directly to CSCC.

- If you took the SAT and earned a 490 on the Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing section then you have met the benchmark standards required.  Download your student score report and turn it into the Counseling Center before the end of the school year or pay to have your scores sent directly to CSCC.

- If you have not taken the ACT or SAT yet or do not have the qualifying scores, then you will need to take the Placement Tests. You will have the option of taking these placement tests on Wednesday or Thursday this week at WKHS or you can take them at any of the testing branches at Columbus State.  (Delaware, Dublin, Westerville, or Downtown)

You will need to take the reading and writing placement tests.  This usually takes about 2 hours to complete (approximately 1 hour per test).

You will need to achieve the CSCC designated scores in order to reach the level required to take the CC+ classes.  You will need to earn a Reading Test score of 80 and a Writing Test score of 5.

Please note that you will need to have your Cougar ID number in order to test.  I strongly suggest that you visit the CSCC website (search testing on their site and it will take you to the right page) to review the information about what to expect on the placement tests so that you do as well as possible on your first attempt. It is possible to retake the placement test if needed. 

The deadline to submit scores and/or complete your placement testing is suggested by May 22nd, but students have until July 1st to meet the CSCC requirements and submit scores directly to CSCC.

With so many students taking CC+ classes, I cannot stress enough how critical it is that you take care of these testing requirements so that you are able to take your intended classes next year!  If you have testing questions, please check the college testing pages and if you still aren't sure, feel free to let me know.