ALEKS Practice Test 2024 Math Assessment Placement

ALEKS Practice Test 2024: Math Assessment Placement Exam: Try our free ALEKS Math Assessment Placement Review question. ALEKS scores of 30 or higher reflect adequate preparation for college-level math.

If you want to place into a higher-level course, you may use ALEKS learning modules to practice your skills and retake the assessment up to two additional times.  The ALEKS assessment subscription is available to students for 1 year and the scores will be valid for up to 18 months.

What is ALEKS?

ALEKS is a proven, online learning platform for Math and Chemistry that helps you get to know each student and provides the equitable support required for all students to succeed. In one single solution, you can design and control your course with both personalized learning to prepare students and your choice of adaptive and non-adaptive assignments and assessments that align with your approach. And, no matter your course format, with ALEKS actionable insights, you can intervene before it’s too late and has more time to create more lightbulb moments.

ALEKS (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces) is the product of more than thirty years of research by software engineers, mathematicians, and cognitive scientists in the application of Knowledge Space Theory. With support from the National Science Foundation, the research efforts by New York University and the University of California, Irvine has been transformed into a ground-breaking artificial intelligence engine designed to improve student performance.

ALEKS Math Assessment Placement Practice Test

In some universities, all incoming first-year students must complete the ALEKS Mathematics Placement Assessment before attending orientation and enrolling in classes, including incoming first-year students who have already received AP math credit.

There will be a maximum of 30 open-ended questions that take 60-90 minutes to complete. None of the questions are multiple-choice. The exact number of questions will vary due to the adaptive mechanism of the assessment. Students who are unable to answer many of the first questions may end up with a shorter assessment. If you come across material that you have not learned, you may answer, “I don’t know.” Do your best to answer each question.

ALEKS Practice Test 2023

ALEKS Math Practice Test 1

Total Questions: 30

Time Limit: 60 minutes

Click on theStartQuizButton to start the test

ALEKS Exam

The ALEKS Assessment covers a broad range of material from basic Algebra to Precalculus. The ALEKS assessment subscription is available to students for 1 year and the scores will be valid for up to 18 months.

Test Name ALEKS
Test type adaptive test
Purpose to determine the appropriate math course for a student to take based on his/her prerequisite knowledge.
Total question 30 questions
question type a single question with no options
time limit 90 minutes to 120 minutes
ALEKS score immediate
re-take chance Yes
Score validity 12 months
Test cost  $40 per student

Topics covered:

  • Real numbers (including fractions, integers, and percentages)
  • Equations and inequalities (including linear equations, linear inequalities, systems of linear equations, and quadratic equations),
  • Linear and quadratic functions (including graphs and functions, linear functions, and parabolas), exponents and polynomials (including integer exponents, polynomial arithmetic, factoring, and polynomial equations), rational expressions (including rational equations and rational functions
  • Radical expressions (including higher roots and rational exponents)
  • Exponentials and logarithms (including function compositions and inverse functions, properties of logarithms, and logarithmic equations)
  • Geometry and trigonometry (including perimeter, area, and volume, coordinate geometry, trigonometric functions, and identities and equations).

ALEKS Score

The score will be visible in CaneLink within 48 hours of completing the assessment. If the desired placement is not achieved, the ALEKS Prep and Learning Modules will be available for you to review, learn material, re-take the assessment and improve your ALEKS score. It is crucial that the scores be reflective of your current mathematical knowledge. Therefore, the scores are valid for 12 months.

Retaking the Math Placement Assessment

It is highly encouraged to retake the assessment at least one other time. You have up to three attempts on the Placement Assessment. Before retaking the assessment however, you will need to practice your learning modules. To access your modules for the first time, you will need to log back into your ALEKS account as if you are going to take the test again. You will not be able to access your third attempt until you log three hours or more of Prep and Learning module work between the second and third attempts.

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