Your placement result is valid for up to 12 months.

This is a perfect opportunity to take advantage of the Prep and Learning Modules offered within ALEKS PPL. An individualized study plan will be created based on your performance on the Initial Placement Assessment. ALEKS will identify what you know and what you are ready to learn next so you can brush up on lost knowledge.

No, you must achieve the minimum placement result to take each corresponding class.

Congratulations! Continue to use your Prep and Learning Module to improve your chances for success. The placement result required is the minimum preparation for your course. Take advantage of the individualized review and learning features in ALEKS to get a better grade in your class.

Yes, you may take up to 5 Placement Assessments. However, to make each attempt worthwhile, it is important that you spend time working in your ALEKS Prep and Learning Module between Placement Assessments so that you can improve your skills. Include details about required Prep and Learning.

You must wait 24 hours between Placement Assessments. There is generally no benefit to re-taking the Placement Assessment immediately after completing a prior attempt. You cannot improve your results by simply re-taking the Placement Assessment without spending time in the Prep and Learning Module to refresh material that you may have forgotten.

You can retake the Placement assessment up to four additional times to improve your score. (The highest score will be used for math placement). Students are required to work in the Prep and Learning Modules for a minimum of 5 hours prior to each Placement Assessment to increase success.

If you have transfer credit for equivalent MATH course(s) and are finished with your math requirements, you do not need to take the MPA. If you have taken the MPA at another university using ALEKS PPL that score will transfer over to URI.

No, you are free to complete the Placement Assessment at your own pace. The system will allow you to access your Placement Assessment for 24 hours. If you need to exit the Placement Assessment for any reason, you will be able to log back in and pick up where you left off.

Students with accessibility questions should contact URI Disability, Access, and Inclusion at dai@uri.edu

ALEKS is not a multiple-choice Placement Assessment. It is open-response and requires you to work out solutions with a paper and pencil, then enter them into ALEKS. Be sure to have scratch paper with you.

ALEKS will provide an on-screen calculator if you need one to complete a particular problem. Otherwise, you may not use a calculator.

You may only use a pen or pencil, paper, and the resources provided within ALEKS. You should not receive assistance from friends, family, other websites, textbooks, or any other resource not provided by ALEKS. Using outside resources will lead to improper placement and potentially course failure.

Because ALEKS is adaptive, once you submit an answer, you cannot change it. Be sure to carefully check your answer before submitting your response.

It is likely that you will be asked questions on material you have not yet learned. On such questions it is appropriate to answer, I don’t know. On any question that you have familiarity with, however, it is important to do your best. I don’t know is interpreted by ALEKS to mean that you do not know how to solve the topic, and this will be reflected in the Placement Assessment results. There is no penalty for incorrectly answering a question on the Placement Assessment, it only helps ALEKS understand what you know and don’t know.

Simply close the browser, or log out and log back in. ALEKS will resume the Placement Assessment exactly where you left off, with no loss of your previous answers.

To transfer ALEKS results to another institution, students should first log in to their ALEKS account and navigate to the “My Classes” section. From there, they can find their cohort and click on the three vertical dots beside it. If the only available option is to download results, students can proceed by selecting this option. After downloading the results, they can then provide them to the receiving institution for transfer as needed.

You may be ineligible for the ALEKS placement test for several reasons:

Previous Enrollment: If you have previously enrolled in an MTH (Math) or BAI (Business) course, you are no longer eligible to take the ALEKS placement test.

Prior Placement Test: If you have already taken a placement test, you cannot retake the ALEKS placement test.

Deadline Requirements: The ALEKS test must be completed prior to the add/drop period of your first semester. For example, if you started in Fall 2024, your deadline to take the ALEKS placement test would be September 17, 2024, aligning with the end of the add/drop period.

If you meet any of these conditions, you will not be eligible to take the ALEKS placement test.