In Ohio, all public colleges administer
remediation placement exams to incoming freshmen, though the institutions are free to select the tests and cut - off values used to assess need for remediation.
Not exact matches
Community colleges give
placement exams to decide whether incoming students need
remediation, but in some instances those
exams test things that were never taught in high school.
We limited our sample to freshmen intending to major in disciplines not requiring college - level algebra, and to students who were assessed as needing mathematics
remediation (based primarily on their performance on the college -
placement COMPASS
exam).