ALEKS PPL: Math Placement, Preparation & Learning

Snow College uses ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning (ALEKS PPL) to determine readiness for mathematics courses.  ALEKS PPL gives students the opportunity to review math skills and then place each student into the math course where they will have the greatest chance for success. ALEKS PPL is a web-based program that uses artificial intelligence to map a student’s strengths and weaknesses

ALEKS PPL consists of three parts:

• An Initial Placement Assessment - this will give you an idea of where you place and what skills you can work on to improve that placement
• 1-year access to the Prep and Learning Module - this is an individualized, self-paced online review
• Access to up to four additional Proctored Placement Exams - this gives you the opportunity to retake the exam to improve placement
  

Testing Deadlines

• The last day to take the ALEKS PPL Exam for placement into classes for a given semester will be the first Friday of the semester (if the semester begins on a Monday) or the second Friday of the semester (if the semester begins on a Wednesday). After that date, there will be no ALEKS PPL testing allowed.
• We will open placement testing for Spring semester on October 1.
• We will open placement testing for Summer and Fall semesters on February 1.