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Assessment Services

Assessment Services provides students, faculty, staff and the community with professional, secure, quality testing services, as well as information, registration and administration of a wide range of tests. Our Assessment Specialists are here to assist you throughout your college experience with placement testing, instructor make-up exams, exams to earn college credit, GED® diplomas, distance learning and specialized program testing. Assessment Services also assist with the Assessment of Prior Learning Experience (APLE) program. Assessment Services adhere to the Professional Standards and Guidelines set forth by the National College Testing Association (NCTA) and the Florida Association of College Test Administrators (FACTA). Students can take the following assessments at Daytona State College:

  • Daytona State placement tests - Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.), the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE), Adult Education - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (AE-CASAS), English For Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) – CASAS, and College Board Next Generation Accuplacer
  • Daytona State program entrance exams - Florida Department of Law Enforcement Basic Abilities Test (BAT) and Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS)
  • CLEP (College Level Exam Program) exams
  • DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) exams
  • Certification Exams - IT, SOCE, MSSC, FTCE, AHIMA, FLORIDA FIRE STANDARDS & PREVENTION
  • GED® (General Education Development) exam

All placement test score results, and test scores used for exemption to the placement test, are valid for 2 years. There is an exception for Adult Education placement testing.

New Student Assessment

Per Florida state rule 6A-10.0315, a degree-seeking student who entered 9th grade in a Florida public school in the 2003-2004 school year, or any year thereafter, and earned a Florida standard high school diploma or a student who is serving as an active duty member of any branch of the U.S. Armed Services shall not be required to take the common placement test and shall not be required to enroll in developmental education. Students who entered the 9th grade in a Florida public school prior to the 2003-2004 school year or did not attend a Florida public high school must take the Florida Post-Secondary Education Test (P.E.R.T.) or submit SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer scores that exempt them from the college preparatory program or they must submit college transcripts that show the completion of Freshman English I or Intermediate Algebra.

New students admitted to a degree or certificate program who are not eligible for the above rule may be required to take a placement test unless they meet one of the exemptions listed below. The results will help with your placement into appropriate courses to ensure your academic success. Placement instruments are not used for admission to the college; although, they may be used as a guide for admission to certain limited access programs.

Exemptions to the Placement Tests

You are not required to take the related portions of a placement test if the following conditions are met:

  • SAT scores of 24 or above on Reading and 25 or above on Writing and Language, or 24 or above on math for placement into Intermediate Algebra (MAT1033), or 26.5 or above on math for placement into College Algebra (MAC1105)
  • ACT scores of 19 or above on the reading or 17 or above on English or 19 or above on math for placement into Intermediate Algebra (MAT1033), or 21 or above on math for placement into College Algebra (MAC1105)
  • Proof of successful completion of the equivalent of ENC 1101 (Introduction to Composition) or MAT 1033 (Intermediate Algebra) at another college
  • Accuplacer (Traditional) scores of 83 or above on both the reading and language or for math 85 or above on arithmetic and 72 or above on the elementary algebra
  • Accuplacer (Next Generation) scores of 245 or above on both the reading and language or for math a 242 or above on Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics
  • 2014 GED Test Reasoning through Language Arts and Mathematics Reasoning minimum score of 145 (TABE and AE-CASAS test only).

For Career and Technical Education (CTE) certificate programs and Office Support, the School of Adult Education offers CTE preparatory instruction for the TABE and AE-CASAS exam for those students who have not met the basic exit-level test requirements.