1. Compass/Esl Reading
The Compass/Esl Reading Skills Test is a computerized placement and diagnostic assessment tool. It measures reading comprehension as a combination of referring and reasoning skills. Five types of reading comprehension passages are included:
Practical Reading, Prose Fiction, Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences.
All test items have multiple-choice response options. Detailed information and samples can be accessed at http://act.org/compass/sample/reading.html

2. Compass/Esl Writing
The Compass/Esl Writing Skills Test is a computerized placement and diagnostic assessment tool. It measures your understanding of the conventions of American English in three major writing skills areas: usage and mechanics (punctuation and grammar); sentence structure; rhetorical skills. You are presented with an essay and are asked to look for errors in grammar, usage and style. When you find what you believe to be errors, you are able to choose a correct response from the multiple-choice response options. Detailed information and samples can be accessed at http://act.org/compass/sample/write-s.html

3. Compass/Esl Mathematics
The Compass/Esl Mathematics Test is a computerized placement and diagnostic assessment tool. It measures your knowledge of mathematical concepts such as basic skills, application and analysis. There are five areas of evaluation: Numeric Skills/Pre-algebra, Algebra, College Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry. All test items have multiple-choice response options. Detailed information and samples can be accessed at http://act.org/compass/sample/math.html

4. CUNY/ACT Writing Sample Essay
The CUNY/ACT Writing Skills Sample Essay is a 60-minute pencil/paper test that measures your ability to write a college level essay. It requires you to write an essay that takes and supports a stand on a social issue. The test does not require any specialized knowledge or research, only an ability to discuss your opinions and your reasoning. The test offers you two choices of test prompts. Trained and certified faculty readers from the City University of New York will read your essay. Detailed information and samples can be accessed at http://www1.cuny.edu/cunytesting/act/examples_essay.html

5. CUNY Mathematics
The CUNY Mathematics Assessment Test is a pencil/paper diagnostic measure designed to evaluate your knowledge of a number of topics in mathematics: arithmetic, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, trigonometry and pre-calculus. All test items have multiple-choice response options. You are not permitted to use a calculator or other technical/mechanical aids. Detailed information and samples can be accessed at http://www1.cuny.edu/cunytesting/act/math.html

6. Baruch Mathematics Placement
The Baruch Mathematics Placement Test is a pencil/paper diagnostic measure designed to evaluate your knowledge of a number of topics in mathematics: elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, trigonometry, and pre-calculus. All test items have multiple-choice response options. You are not permitted to use a calculator or other technical/mechanical aids. Your scores are used to determine your placement in mathematics and mathematics related courses at Baruch College.

7. City University of New York Proficiency Examination (CPE)
The CUNY Proficiency Examination requires you to demonstrate your competence in aspects of academic literacy that the CUNY faculty considers important for success in upper-division studies. The exam is designed to resemble typical college assignments in which writing is produced in response to reading material, data, or observations. The CPE tests some of the skills that you have developed through the course work that you have taken: reading and interpreting text books and material of general interest; organizing and presenting your ideas about what you have read and connecting those ideas to other information or concepts; writing clearly and effectively for an audience; and interpreting and evaluating material presented in charts and graphs. The CPE is read by members of the CUNY faculty from a range of disciplines and departments. Detailed information and a full description of the CPE can be accessed at http://www1.cuny.edu/cunytesting/cpe/overview.html