Instructions for 4th - 8th Grade Placement Test

                  (Math 5/4 - Prealgebra)

 

I. Parents, Read this first:

1. A parent or teacher should supervise the test. 

2. Time Limit: 1 Hour

3. Allow the student to work until he/she cannot answer 3 or more questions. 

4. No calculator and no help from a parent or teacher.

5. The student should show all work on a separate piece of paper.
   
   

II. Print the Test: Placement Test for 4-8th Grades

III. Use the Answer Key at the end of the Placement Test to grade it.

IV. Placement Guide:
14 or fewer correct from QUESTIONS 1-20:

• Average-to-accelerated fourth grader: Begin DIVE + Saxon 5/4, Third Edition
• Below average fourth grader: Consider Saxon Math 3 or go slowly through DIVE + Saxon 5/4, Third Edition
  
• Third grade or lower: Take the PLACEMENT TEST for K-3
  

Sixteen or more correct from QUESTIONS 1–20:

• Begin DIVE + Saxon 6/5, Third Edition
  
  

Sixteen or more correct from QUESTIONS 21-40 and 16 or more correct from QUESTIONS 1-20:

• Begin DIVE + Saxon 7/6, Fourth Edition
  
  
  

Sixteen or more correct from QUESTIONS 41-60 and 16 or more correct from QUESTIONS 21-40:

• Begin Shormann Pre-Algebra or take the Placement Test for Shormann Algebra 1.
  
  
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