ALEKS PPL Begins Spring Semester 2016!
ALEKS “Placement, Preparation, and Learning” (ALEKS PPL) uses adaptive, open-response questioning to rapidly and accurately assess each student in 30 questions or less. Students are correctly placed and given the opportunity to improve their placement with targeted learning with up to 6 months of access to the Prep and Learning Module. Although the background requirements for math course placement will be the same, ALEKS PPL has a different placement scale compared to the previous version of ALEKS. Thus, the ALEKS PPL placement policies (below) apply to all students entering Illinois in Spring 2016.
All new freshmen are required to take the ALEKS PPL Math Placement Exam prior to registration, even if you are expecting AP or IB course proficiency credit.
All transfer students who intend to enroll in a Calculus I or lower-level
math class are also required to take the ALEKS PPL Math Placement Exam. If you are transferring to Urbana with math credit earned elsewhere, you should check with your college to verify what other math courses, if any, your program requires. Click here for information about what your college expects you to complete.
Within four months of taking ALEKS PPL , students must enroll in the course that they place into. If you do not enroll in and complete the recommended course in the semester after taking ALEKS PPL , you will have to take the ALEKS PPL Math Placement Exam again at your own expense in order to obtain an updated course placement. Click here to learn
more about ALEKS PPL and about the Math Department's expectations.
The ALEKS PPL Math Placement Exam does not award proficiency credit. Click here for information about the Math Proficiency Exams.
Questions? Contact Measurement & Evaluation by emailing pnp@illinois.edu or by calling 217-244-4437 during business hours
NOTE TO STUDENTS WHO EARNED ADVANCED PLACEMENT OR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE CREDIT:
You will have more options than students who did not take AP or IB. You may accept your test-based credit and follow the placement recommendation that is based on your AP or IB score, or you may decline your test-based credit and enroll in the actual course. Please discuss your course enrollment options with your academic advisor, who will guide you through your particular program's requirements. Duplicate credit is not permitted.