Placement Options

See how grades are evaluated:

1. English Placement Chart
2. Math Placement Chart

Smarter Balance Assessment (SBAC)

1. Submit an official copy of your SBAC test scores by completing the Placement Evaluation Request.
2. Click here to see how your SBAC scores translate at BBCC.

• Visit CollegeBoard.org and request an PSAT, SAT, AP, or CLEP score report sent directly to BBCC 
• See how BBCC accepts your SAT or ACT scores.
• See how BBCC awards credits for your AP scores.
• See how BBCC awards credits for your CLEP scores.
• Visit IBO.org and request an IB transcript sent directly to BBCC for evaluation. 
• Contact ACT.org and have an official score report sent to BBCC.

• If you have no access to transcripts or test scores, you may qualify for alternative English placement.  Fill out the Placement Evaluation Request form to see if you need the Directed Self-Placement for English. If you qualify, you will receive an email from the BBCC Testing Center with a link to the assessment.
• There are no Running Start challenges for English Placement. 

BBCC Accuplacer Test (math placement)

1. The BBCC Accuplacer test is for students intending to enroll in math or a course that requires a math prerequisite and are not able to report high school grades or scores and do not have any previous college experience.

• • Accuplacer Sample Questions for Students
    • Arithmetic
    • College-level QRAS
    • For more on Accuplacer
  • Additional Resources
          • Emporium Math Videos

2. New students may challenge the Math placement they received with their high school grades by taking the BBCC Accuplacer Test. Please contact the Testing Center at testingcenter@bigbend.edu or  509-793-2068

3.  Retake Policy – Students may retake the math Accuplacer placement test one time, between 6 and 12 months after their original test. This is to allow time for study and preparation.

Note: If you have graduated in the past 2 years or are trying to qualify for Running Start, your high school transcript must be evaluated first. Please upload when filling out the Placement Evaluation Request.

Placement by GED Exam (math and English placement)

1. New students can earn placement for math and/or English based on their GED test scores for these subjects. 
2. You may submit screenshots of official scores from your GED testing account such as Pearson Vue, GED.com, etc. NOTE that the screenshot must include the entire screen, your full name, and the scores. 
3. To be placed using your math/English GED test scores, please complete the Placement Evaluation Request. You will upload your screenshot(s) as part of this request.

Placement tests or assessments taken at other Washington Community or Technical Colleges may be utilized for placement due to a state-wide reciprocity agreement.

Expires

• Expires 1 year from the date taken

For all entering students at any Washington community and technical college, system policy states:

1. A student who qualifies for a specific level of pre-college math, English, or reading, either through course completion or local skills assessment, will have that course placement level honored at another Washington Community or Technical college if the student so requests, even if the courses may not be exact equivalents.
2. A student who qualifies for entry into college-level math, English, or reading, either through course completion or local skills assessment, will be considered to have met the entry college-level standard at every community and technical college.
3. Students requesting reciprocity must initiate the process within one year of their initial placement assessment.

Please reach out to the Testing Center at testingcenter@bigbend.edu for more information and to request the reciprocity form.