You can submit college math placement test scores to meet our algebra requirement for entry into the program. Simply take a math placement test at a community college and submit your results demonstrating that you place into Math 65 or higher. If you need assistance with the basics of algebra prior to taking your test, see Algebra Help and Math League. The following local community colleges offer placement testing:

• Portland Community College – place into Math 65 or higher
• Clackamas Community College – place into Math 65 or higher
• Chemeketa Community College – place into Math 70 or higher
• Mt. Hood Community College – place into Math 65 or higher

With your application, you must include test scores from the three WorkKeys assessments that make up the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC):

• Applied Math (previously called Applied Mathematics)
• Workplace Documents (previously called Reading for Information)
• Graphic Literacy (previously called Locating Information)

Please note that we are not looking for the certificate itself, but copies of the scores that you received in each of the three assessments.

The ACT WorkKeys assessments are tests designed to measure specific skills to gauge potential success in the workplace. For more information, please visit the ACT website here.

The National Career Readiness Certificate is comprised of three WorkKeys assessments – Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents. Individuals who complete these three assessments will receive a WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). For more information, please visit the NCRC page here.

Yes, if you have already taken the WorkKeys assessments that make up the NCRC, you may submit those scores to us. Please note that in June 2017 the WorkKeys assessments were renamed: Applied Mathematics is now Applied Math, Reading for Information is now Workplace Documents, and Locating Information is now Graphic Literacy. We will accept older versions of test results.