Attleboro Community College Receives Grant to Educate Targeted Job Seekers

Attleboro residents can now take advantage of Bristol Community College' s adult learners program, which offers low-income residents the opportunity to improve their math and reading skills.

The Adult Education program was able to secure a federal grant to help adult learners get ready for the workforce by helping them to develop the necessary credentials and skills. 

The program, Targeted Skill Building for Workforce Solutions, is aimed at adults in the community who do not have a high school diploma or GED and do not have the efficient reading skills to secure a job. 

Now, however, they have a chance thanks to a $8,975 Community Development Block Grant, a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

One portion of the grant will be used for a math readiness class that will coincide with GED studies. The focus of the class is to help students pass the math portion of the test. Sixty percent of students who do not pass the test the first time fail the math portion of the exam, according to the American Council of Education, the agency that oversees the GED test.

Another portion of the grant will be used to purchase Reading Horizon software to help English as a Second Language (ESL) students and non-readers improve their reading skills to the eighth-grade level.

“It’s a very targeted approach," according to Kristen McKenna, Adult Education Program director at BCC. "Students take a complete diagnostic test that shows them where they’re weak and they can use the software to develop those specific areas."

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All Placement Tests are taken at home during the summer and your responses are entered online. All tests can be accessed online at http://www.allegheny.edu/orientation/important-forms .

Chemistry does not have a placement exam.  Students wanting to register for advanced Chemistry courses (Chemistry 112 or Chemistry 231) should consult with the department during Orientation.

If you have any questions about Placement Testing, please call us in the Learning Commons at 814-332-2898 or send us an email at learningcommons@allegheny.edu .

MATHEMATICS PLACEMENT INFORMATION

The Math Placement Test is required of every first year and transfer student who plans to take a math course, except those who have taken Advanced Placement Calculus in high school or those who have received transfer credit for calculus at Allegheny.   The Math placement test will be available on WebAdvisor under the heading “placement tests” on your main student page beginning May 15 .

Based on the score on the Math Placement Test, the student places in Math 160 Calculus I or places in a category where the student is eligible to take any of the following courses: Math 110 Elementary Mathematical Modeling, Math 157 Calculus I for Social/Life Sciences, or Math 159 Precalculus. For the latter category, the course in which the student enrolls depends on the student’s background, confidence and intended major and/or career.   Further information on these courses and advice on placement can be found in the Allegheny College Catalogue and on the Math Department webpage.

Students can take the placement test online by clicking on the link found on the Important Forms page under the link “Math Placement Test” beginning May 15. The student then takes the test in compliance with the college’s Honor code. This means the student is expected to complete the test in the allotted time without outside assistance of any kind and without the aid of a calculator. We hope you take these exams seriously.  Do the best you can so that you begin with the right courses. The results of the placement test will be displayed immediately after the test.  Students are strongly encouraged to begin their study of Mathematics as indicated by their performance on the placement exam.

Those students who are not required to take the Math Placement Test will consult with their summer entrance advisor about an appropriate math course. There will also be time during orientation for the student to consult with a member of the mathematics department about their math placement.


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