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.

Guided Placement for English

• Guided Placement for English is an online assessment activity to help inform the student’s best placement into English courses. Students will need to have access to a computer, the internet, and a place to work undisturbed for two hours. This assessment can be completed at home or students can come to campus to use the BBCC Library computers.
• What to Expect: Students will receive video instructions to read a short article and write a short essay in response. At completion of the assessment, meet with an English Placement Specialist at the scheduled time to determine English course placement.
  • Fill out the Placement Evaluation Request form to see if you need the Guided English Placement. If you need Guided English Placement, you will receive an email from the BBCC Testing Center with a link to the assessment.
• Take the assessment. Read the provided article, read the prompt, and then write the best essay that you can.
• Schedule a 15-minute block to meet with an English Placement Specialist by completing the online form sent to you after you complete the assessment. At the meeting you will go over the best English course placement for you.

*New students may challenge the English placement they received with their high school grades or GPA by scheduling a Guided Placement for English appointment. 

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

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

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.
4. College Ready GED test scores of 165 and higher will be placed into college-level English (ENGL& 101) and math (MATH& 107, 131, 132, and 146), as well MATH 099 (pre-requisite to MATH& 141 : Pre-Calculus I)