Placement Exam Score Guide

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To improve the transfer of courses between New Mexico’s public and tribal higher education institutions, the New Mexico Common Course Number System (NMCCNS) was created and implemented in Fall 2019. The old course numbers are in parentheses below.

New course information for other subjects can be found on our Common Course Number Changes page.

Integrated Reading & Writing and ESOL

ACCUPLACER NEXT-GENERATION

ACT

SAT

Old Score: Writing & Critical Reading
(3/1/16 or earlier)

New Score: Evidence-Based Reading & Writing
(3/2/16 or later)

Directed
Self-Placement
(DSP)

COURSE PLACEMENT

Number in parentheses
( ) indicates old course number

NG - Reading Score of 209 or lower

 OR 

WritePlacer Score of 0


English 0-9

Old Score: 400-430

New Score: 200-230

--

ESOL 0996

NG - Reading Score of 210 – 237

OR

WritePlacer Score of 1 to 3

English 10-13

AND

Reading 12-15

 
Old Score: 440-470

New Score: 240-280

3.1

IRW 0970


NG - Reading Score of 238 – 256

OR

WritePlacer Score of 4 to 5

English 14-15

AND

Reading 16-17

 
Old Score: 480-520

New Score: 290-320

4.1

IRW 0980, ESOL 1001, ESOL 1010, ESOL 1020, ESOL 1030,

NG - Reading Score of 252 – 260

OR

WritePlacer Score of 5


N/A


N/A

5.1

English 1110P
(English 1101P)

Composition I Plus
(4 cr/hrs)

NG - Reading Score of 257 – 300

OR

WritePlacer Score of 6 to 8

English 16 or above

AND

Reading 18 or above

 
Old Score: 540 or above

New Score: 330 or above

7.1

English 1110
(English 1101)

College Level - No IRW required

Math Placement

ACCUPLACER NEXT-GENERATION

ACT MATH

SAT QUANTITATIVE/MATH

Old Score Version
(3/1/16 or earlier)

New Score Version
(3/2/16 or later)

MATH PLACEMENT

MATH course numbers ending with a P (MATH….P) help students eliminate prerequisite courses and/or offer students additional support


NG – Arithmetic
Score of 200-243



0-14


Old: 0 – 310 

New: 0 – 350


MATH 0850 - 
&
Meet with an advisor

NG – Arithmetic Score of 244–263


15-16

Old: 320 – 340 

New: 360 – 380

MATH 0970 - for Algebra Pathway

MATH 0975 - for non-Algebra Pathway

NG – Arithmetic Score of 264–300

OR

NG – Quantitative Reasoning Score of 234-252



17-18


Old: 350 – 390

New: 390 – 430


MATH 0980,
MATH 1110 
MATH 1130
MATH 1215P,
MATH 1350P

NG – Quantitative Reasoning Score of 200–233



NA



NA


Use Arithmetic Score Above

*NG – Quantitative Reasoning Score of 253-300



NA



NA

MATH 1110
MATH 1130
MATH 1140 
MATH 1350
MATH 1350P

*Students in this range (253–300) wishing to take algebra or calculus classes are placed into Math 0980 or above by taking the Advanced Algebra (AAF) test. Quantitative Reasoning (QAS) does not test the skills covered in 0980 – 1710 (1510), algebra classes.

NG – Advanced Algebra Score of
0 - 217

NA

NA

Use Arithmetic or Quantitative Reasoning Score above

NG – Quantitative Reasoning Score of
253 - 300

AND

NG – Advanced Algebra Score of
200-217

NA

NA


MATH 0980 MATH 1110
MATH 1130  MATH 1140 
MATH 1350 
MATH 1215P, MATH 1350P

NG – Advanced Algebra Score of 218 - 238



19-21


Old: 400 – 430

New: 440 – 470

MATH 1130
MATH 1140
MATH 1215  MATH 1350 
MATH 1215P, MATH 1220P, MATH 1350P

NG – Advanced Algebra Score of 239 - 248



22-24

Old: 440 – 480

New: 480 – 510

MATH 1130
MATH 1140
MATH 1220    MATH 1350  
MATH 1220P, MATH 1350P

NG – Advanced Algebra Score of 249 - 283



25-26

Old: 490 – 530 

New: 520 – 560

MATH 1230  MATH 1240 
MATH 1250
MATH 1430  

NG – Advanced Algebra Score of 284 – 300


27-36

Old: 540 – 800

New: 570 – 800


MATH 1510 

Meet with Advisement to discuss your placement.

Spanish Course Placement

(All Spanish courses also have an IRW 0980 prerequisite, scoring a 257 or higher on the Accuplacer Reading test can fulfill that requirement)

EXAM SCORES

COURSE PLACEMENT

Spanish Exam Score 0 – 50

Spanish 1110

Spanish Exam Score 51 – 70

Spanish 1120

Spanish Exam Score 71 – 80

Spanish 2110

Spanish Exam Score 81 - 100

Spanish 2120

 TOEFL Scores

TOEFL SCORE

COURSE PLACEMENT

50-55

ESOL 0996

56-60 and a Reading and Writing score of 17-23

IRW 0970

56-60 and a Reading and Writing score of 24-30

IRW 0980, ESOL 1001, ESOL 1010, ESOL 1020, ESOL 1030

61 or higher and a Reading and Writing score of 31 and higher

English 1110
(English 1101)

IELTS Scores

IELTS SCORE

COURSE PLACEMENT

6.0 or higher

English 1110

CEFR Scores

CEFR SCORE

COURSE PLACEMENT

B2 or higher

English 1110

Duolingo Scores

DUOLINGO SCORE

COURSE PLACEMENT

90 or higher

English 1110