California law (Assembly Bill 705) essentially eliminated the use of assessment tests for purposes of determining the placement of students into transfer-level math and English courses in community colleges. For more information, please go to the Placement and Assessment Services home page.
Placement for High School Graduates
Students who graduated from a US high school will be placed into an English and/or math class based on their high school academic information provided on their application. Placements will be listed in eServices. (See How to Get Your Placement Results). If you don't see your placement, or if you believe the high school information you submitted is not accurate, please choose from the following:
- Students planning to return after an absence should submit a new application, wait one day, and check their eServices account for a placement.
- Currently enrolled ARC students should submit a Placement Re-Evaluation Request Form to Placement and Assessment Services at placement@arc.losrios.edu.
If English is not your first language and you would prefer to take English as a Second Language courses, please visit the English as a Second Language (ESL) Remote Assessment page.
Guided Self-Placement
If you have foreign high school transcripts or left high school without graduating, then you are eligible to utilize the Guided Self-Placement process to determine which English and math courses to take. Complete the questions on our Placement Process page to get started.
After completing Guided Self-Placement, your placements will be updated in our enrollment system (eServices) the following day.
If English is not your first language and you would prefer to take English as a Second Language courses, please visit the English as a Second Language (ESL) Remote Assessment page.
Note: If you take the Guided Self-Placement but are not eligible, your results will not transfer to your eServices account. If you graduated from a U.S. high school within the last 10 years, please see Placement for Recent High School Graduates.