jadechow Wrote:I just wanted to second what Cook said here. Thanks, NJ, for going through this and sharing the info with the rest of us. For what it's worth - we really appreciate it. Having just finished two Aleks courses myself, it is so helpful to know what I can/should take next.

And to vent just a teensy bit - it is taking Ace forever to credit my first course!!! It was "approved" on 11/16/09 and still not credited yet. Ok, maybe not forever, but still a long time. I mean 6 days in "Clep time" is like a year, right? Thanks, I feel better now.

Again, NJ you are really helping a lot of people here so thanks. And, you too Cook! You are doing a great job compiling and reporting all of the info. What a terrific team you guys make.

bricabrac Wrote:Hello,

Can someone please explain how the assessments work?

As I am adding to the pie does ALEKS just add the yellow to the existing blue section or do I need to take the full assessment again?

This is the part that is confusing. Are you tested back to the initial assessment (even if you've already mastered sections) or only the stuff learned since that point and the remaining questions either wrong or not answered?

If it keeps resetting back to the beginning what a pain in the neck that would be.

Trying to get a feel for this before requesting an assessment.

Thanks in advance!

peace123 Wrote:Ok, if I remember correctly, the blue is the amount you got from the assessment, then it adds on a green section for the new sections you complete, until you take another assessment, then it recalculates the blue section based on the new assessment. In the new assessment it can ask you questions on areas you have already mastered. The goal is to get the blue to be a 70% or above.

Hope that helps.

blue = assessed amount ( this can go up and down)
green = progress in learning mode
yellow = still to learn

bricabrac Wrote:Hi Peace,

Yes, it explains perfectily...although I might add - Darn! I hoped this was not the way it worked. So I could very well lose the ground gained by the intial assessment. At least I now know what I have to do--crank it out so this is complete asap! I don't have the brain power to retain all this math stuff while taking courses and studying for upcoming CLEP & DSST. Too much all at once.

Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving Day!

nj593 Wrote:In order to get credit you need to assess at 70%.
You cant pass say in example with a 45% then do the pie to get up to 70%.
Atleast that is the way the guy told me. So what i did was i kept taking the assessments over and over and over till i would get the idea and format down. Then take the tests again till i passed. If you dont clearly know an area then the pies are useful. Otherwise the pie is a long haul. Again you might be able to pass with a 70% with the pie included into the score. But again i didnt go that route because it takes forever. Someone here told me that they were on their 250th hour. Thats an insane amount of time to put in when looking for credits. For that much studying you could take the clep or dsst exam.
hope this helps.

peace123 Wrote:Hints:

Print out the examples (as you work through the pie's) to use when taking your assessments and take your time on the assessments. Remember you can request a new assessment at anytime and can even do multiple assessments in a row.

I had a very peaceful Thanksgiving. I hope yours was nice too.

bricabrac Wrote:Hi NJ,

Ok, thanks for the added info! As I replied to Peace, I need to finish this asap (in the next day or so...). Unfortunately, I do not have the time to spend on this one math course, to many other coals in the fire. I will admit I was not prepared for the depth of the exam. Much harder than I thought it would be.

Hope you had an wonderful Thanksgiving Day!