Assessment Services Provided

Testing Centers provide assistance to students with the following assessments:

• Make-up Tests
• Proficiency or Challenge Exams
• New Student Basic Skill Assessments: COMPASS and ASSET
• New ESL Student Assessments: ESL COMPASS and Michigan
• Make-up Course Conferencing Tests
• CLEP and DANTES/DSST Testing
• TOEFL
• Admissions Testing for Nursing and Allied Health

Assessment of New Students

If English is the student's primary language, the Testing Center staff will administer the COMPASS or ASSET assessment. Students that have taken the ACT and SAT exams within the last two years can also submit those scores to Metro for placement.

If English is the student's second language, s/he must meet with an advisor or counselor in Student Services. The advisor/counselor will then determine which assessment the individual will take. The Michigan is paper/pencil and is timed. The ESL COMPASS is computerized and there is no time limit. Practice software for the ESL COMPASS is available in the Learning Center.

Testing services are also provided in Student Services at the Sarpy Center, Offutt Education Center, and Fremont Area Center.