Assessment for Placement

Guided Self-Placement

Who should take Guided Self-Placement?

Guided self-placement is available for students who do not have a US-style 4.0 grade point average (GPA) scale transcript.

Students may not have high school transcripts because:

• You did not attend high school
• You did not complete high school
• You did not attend high school in the United States
• Your high school did not use a 4.0 GPA scale
• You do not have access to your high school transcripts

If any of these descriptions fit your situation, your placement will be completed through the guided self-placement process. Please email fhtesting@fhda.edu to request the guided self-placement.

What is Guided Self-Placement and how does it work?

Guided self-placement is a secondary placement tool reserved for students without a high school transcript. Through guided self-placement students will:

• Learn about the English, ESLL, and math courses offered at Foothill College 
• Self-reflect on your confidence level and proficiency in those areas
• Complete self-diagnostics, view sample problems and sample assignments
• Ultimately, you will choose an English, ESLL, or math course that is most appropriate for you

If you should need or want to retake the guided self-placement, you are able to do so.  The Guided Self-Placement for Math may be taken as many times as you like; the Guided Self-Placement for Language Arts or ESLL may be taken twice.

Once you have completed the guided self-placement, please allow 48 hours for your results to be posted on your MyPortal account. If at any time during the assessment you have questions contact us at fhtesting@fhda.edu.

Select a Subject

Learn more about each guided self-placement tool for Math and Language Arts.

Reclaim Student Rights AB 1705

Assembly Bill (AB) 1705 is a bill signed by the Governor that requires California Community Colleges to maximize the probability that students will enter and complete transfer-level coursework in English and mathematics within one-year, setting into motion changes that will severely restrict the ability of community colleges to offer remedial math and English courses.

AB 1705 builds off a 2017 law, Assembly Bill 705, that said colleges can’t place students in remedial classes unless they are deemed highly unlikely to succeed in transfer-level coursework. That bill was brought forward amid research showing that students who took remedial math and English classes often got stuck in those classes and were less likely to finish their degrees.

 

For more information on AB 705 & AB 1705; visit the California Community Colleges: Equitable Placement 

Watch the video Reclaiming Student Success: AB 1705