ASSET Study Guide Review

The American College Testing Association (ACTA), which also administers the ACT test, conducts and administers the ASSET test in order to help students determine their strengths and weaknesses. At present, students of about 400 colleges and universities all over the United States take the test, predominantly to find out which course is best suited for them. Most schools require that the ASSET test be taken before admission to certain courses or colleges.

The entire test is composed of multiple-choice questions, but the test consists of 2 parts:

* Part 1: Basic Skills
o The basic skills portion is divided into reading, writing, and numerical reasoning.
o The writing portion tests the students understanding of the English language and usage of grammar.
o The reading portion meanwhile, measures how well a student can draw certain conclusions from a selected passage.

* Part 2: Advanced Mathematics
o The advanced mathematics part is broken down into algebra, intermediate algebra, college algebra and geometry.
o Each of these subtests is 25 minutes long.
o The time allotment excludes breaks.
o Scientific calculators are also allowed, in addition to the standard pencil and paper.

Results may be known immediately after taking the ASSET test, depending on the option that the examinee chooses:
* The examinee may opt to answer self-scored exam documents. This does not require any scoring machine or computer.
* Another option involves answering machine-scored documents, which is to be used with a stand-alone scanner.
* The third option makes use of the microcomputer database system. The computer immediately scores the exam, and prints out an ASSET student advising report. This report contains course placement recommendations and references to certain colleges and universities.

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