Placement/Testing Office
Location
Student Services Building
Lot 8, Second Floor
Enter through 8212
Office Hours
Mon. and Tues., 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wed. and Thurs., 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri., 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Evening hours for Proctored Exams at Main Campus: email request to
fhtesting@fhda.edu
Contact Information
Placement Testing and other Questions
Phone: (650) 949-7286 or (650) 949-7743
Fax: (650) 949-7024
Proctoring Services Only
Phone: (650) 949-7230
Hotline: (650) 949-7650
Foothill College strongly advises placement testing to ensure your success.
You may be required to take a placement test in one or more of these areas.
OR
To choose between English and ESL, please answer the following questions:
- Is English the first language you learned as a child?
- Did you complete at least six years of education, including high school, in schools where all your subjects were taught in English?
- Do you usually speak English with your friends and/or co-workers?
If you answered "Yes" to two or three of the questions, select the English link for more information on placement testing. If you answered "No" to two or three of the questions, select the ESL link for more information on placement testing.
Appointments
Testing services are available by appointment only. Please look at a calendar and choose the date and time you want to test
before using the appointment system. You will not be able to change or cancel your appointment. If you are unable to keep
an appointment or need to change your future appointment, email fhtesting@fhda.edu with the date and time to which you want
to move your appointment.
If you are ready to schedule an appointment for placement testing or proctoring services, click on the link to the
scheduling system here:
Schedule an Appointment.
Testing Services
Students with documented disabilities may request reasonable test accommodations,
provided they are registered with the Adaptive Learning and Disability Services
and have met with an appropriate staff member to determine eligibility. Eligibility
for accommodations is based upon the nature of the disability and the course curriculum.
Accommodations may include but are not limited to the following: readers, scribes,
alternate formats, oral examinations for essay tests, extended time, permission to
write on an exam instead of a scantron, or a low distraction environment.
Visit Testing Services (http://www.foothill.edu/al/newstudents.php) for further information.
Evening Placement Testing
Please call (650) 949-6958 for hours and location of evening placement
testing at the Middlefield campus.
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