College Essentials is an online course designed to help students eliminate the need for developmental education courses. Aligned perfectly with college placement tests such as the ACCUPLACER, this course walks students through everything they need to know to be college-level ready in reading, math, and writing. Students will move through three levels of competency in each subject area: College Basics, College Intermediate, and College Advanced. Once a student has completed all three levels in each subject area, they will be able to bypass any developmental education courses and kick-start their path to reaching their ultimate goals—a higher education, a new job, or financial security.

College placement tests such as ACCUPLACER, assess a student’s ability to apply information, understand the relationships between ideas, and make inferences from what they are reading. The College Essentials reading course begins with core comprehension skills and then moves the student to more advanced reading concepts, such as how to make inferences, synthesize concepts in multiple readings, and evaluate supporting details. Students who complete the College Advanced level in this course will be able to move directly into college and career pathway programs without taking developmental reading courses.

The College Essentials writing course teaches both language and writing skills. It starts by teaching language mechanics and then moves on to more complex writing skills such as how to plan and organize written work. During the College Essentials writing course, students will have three opportunities to write an essay which is graded by our professional graders. The feedback from these essays will be invaluable for your student’s preparation for college placement tests such as WritePlacer®. Students who complete the College Advanced level in this course will be able to move directly into college and career pathway programs without taking developmental writing courses.