New Freshmen Entering Fall 2021

Incoming students can begin taking their placement tests on March 15, 2021, which are available online through the Center for Placement Testing. We will not be able to offer in-person regional placement testing this year, as has been done in previous years. All exams will be completed online.

UW-Eau Claire requires all incoming students (first year, transfer and international) to take the placement tests. During your scheduled date of orientation, you will be meeting with your academic advisor to select fall classes, and having these placement scores is critical to your course selection.

ONLINE PLACEMENT TESTS

Our online tests are not proctored. We strongly recommend you use your UWEC account to register, and you can do so here. 

You will need to log in with your campus credentials to complete the registration form before taking the exam. Within two business days of registering (but more likely within a few minutes), you will receive an email from Scantron with a username and password for accessing the exams.

• To take the tests, your web browser must be able to accept cookies, JavaScript, and pop-up windows. We recommend you use the most up-to-date version of your web browser. If you leave or log out of a test before finishing, you may log back in and the system will remember how much time was remaining.
• Upon completing a test, you must submit the exam in order for us to receive your scores. If you forget to submit your exam, you should be able to log back into the system to submit.

Please note: It takes about one week for tests to be scored and sent to UW-Eau Claire. Because you'll be participating in our Orientation experience, we encourage you to take your online placement exam at least one week prior to your scheduled orientation date, so you can be well prepared to attend your appointment with an Academic Advisor to select classes.

WHICH TEST TO TAKE?

All students should take the English test and the Math test. If you have had two years or more of high school French, German or Spanish, take the appropriate placement exam for that language.

We also offer these additional placement exams for interested students:

• Both the Japanese and the Chinese Placement exams are available through Canvas. Students need to e-mail academictesting@uwec.edu to request access to either course to complete these exams.
• Students will need to complete an eform to request an American Sign Language (ASL) placement exam with CSD. 

TESTING FEE

A testing fee of $30.00 will appear on your fall tuition bill. This covers costs that UW-Eau Claire pays UW System to facilitate placement testing for our institution. 

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about our testing options, please contact academictesting@uwec.edu.