 Profile examinations help provide an initial assessment
of your basic skills as you enter Fayetteville State University.
Your scores are among the information that will be used to give you
good academic advisement. Profile scores may also be used for your
placement into courses, though they are never used as the exclusive
basis for placement, but are considered in conjunction with your SAT
score, high school GPA, and information provided on your
Freshman
Questionnaire.
The Standards for Proficiency are statements that
describe the range of knowledge, skills, and abilities that students
earning a particular score on each exam are likely to have. These
statements reflect the actual practices of colleges and universities
now using this system of assessment. Please find the range each of
your scores falls to determine the standards for proficiency you
have met according to this test score. You can compare your score to
the mean (average) score for test takers nationally.
For more information about the Profile
Examinations, visit the University
Testing website.
Mathematics
|
Score Range |
Standards for Proficiency |
| 20 -
43 |
Students at this
level have a minimal level of elementary algebra skills. |
| 44 -
81 |
Students at this
level can perform operations with signed numbers, perform
operations with algebraic expressions, combine like terms,
multiply binomials, and identify common factors. |
| 82 -
108 |
Students at this
level have sufficient knowledge of elementary algebra skills,
including the ability to add radicals, simplify algebraic
expressions, add algebraic fractions, factor the difference
squares, square binomials, evaluate algebraic expressions, solve
linear equations with integer coefficients. |
| 109 &
up |
Students at this
level have substantial knowledge of elementary algebra skills.
They can factor quadratic expressions, solve quadratic equations
in nonstandard form, solve linear equations with fractional and
literal coefficients, solve linear inequalities, solve systems
of equations, and identify graphical properties of equations and
inequalities. |
| 49 |
National Mean
(Average) Score |
Reading
|
Score Range |
Standards for Proficiency |
| 20 -
50 |
Students at this
level are generally able to read with comprehension short
passages that are characterized by uncomplicated ideas. These
students are able to recognize the main and less central ideas
and the tone of the passage when questions do not require them
to make fine distinctions. |
| 51 -
78 |
Students at this
level are able to recognize main and secondary points when
required to make somewhat fine distinctions, make simple
deductions from a series of facts, and recognize organizing
principles, including the relationship between sentences. |
| 79 -
102 |
Students at this
level are able to read with comprehension passages that,
although short, are somewhat complex in terms of the ideas
conveyed. These students are able to answer questions that
require them to synthesize information, including gauging point
of view and intended audience. |
| 103 &
up |
Students at this
level are able to comprehend passages that, although short, are
somewhat complex, and that deal with academic subject matter,
often in a theoretical framework. They can extract points that
are merely implied, follow moderately complex arguments or
speculations, recognize tone, and analyze the logic employed by
the author in making an argument. |
| 77 |
National Mean
(Average) Score |
Course placements will be adjusted during the first
week of the semester for students who have earned credits by
examination. |
