<p>I've been wondering how schools place new students into classes. Do they send placement tests, judge based on recommendations and current classes, or do they use some other method?</p>
<p>Normally placement tests. But from what I’ve heard, the schedules are very flexible when you arrive in case you need to be moved up or down a level.</p>
<p>Placement tests, teacher recommendations (the form for each teacher has a place where they ask the teachers whether they think you would be suitable for an honors-level class), current classes, SSAT scores. Classes are very flexible, especially in the beginning of the year when new students are still trying to adjust.</p>
<p>when do we take the placement tests? which classes need placement tests?</p>
<p>I was told that I’d take placement tests sometime this summer/fall(not sure) for English, Math and my foreign language of choice(French) and those scores combined with whatever classes I’d have completed by then would determine placement for other classes(like History, Science etc.)</p>
<p>It doesn’t feel all that formal to me, just about trying to find the right fit. It might me different for people coming in from US schools though. I’m coming in from a different school system so placement is more of a guessing/estimating game for me.</p>
<p>Are the placement tests taken at home or at the school when you get there?</p>
<p>Not sure but I think at school is more likely, or at least at a testing center or something. That however isn’t available or possible for some people, especially internationals so I think at school is probably it. You can probably call or email your school and check to be sure. It might even be on the FAQ page.</p>
<p>Our son took math and language placement tests over the Summer which included a foreign language telephone call. They can always change classes around in September if need be.</p>
<p>During the summer @ home mail-in placement tests in math and language.
One page, front and back or two–no biggie.</p>
<p>The placement tests come in the mail. As I recall, math and languages, several pages each. It is in your best interests to do them without any help.</p>
<p>As others have pointed out, schools do move students around in September. You can also petition to change classes, should the initial placement be too advanced or not advanced enough.</p>
<p>Not all schools give placement tests. Some go by teacher recommendations and the classes you have already taken.<br>
As others have said, they are flexible in the first few weeks of school, I know kids who have moved both up and down in levels of classes without a problem.</p>
<p>For Deerfield, I took a math placement test that I received in the mail, then a French placement test online. After those results came back, I received several emails about scheduling and had to fill out some forms that came in the mail for preferences in Science and History classes (rank your top 3 choices, etc.). I know for sure that my Latin teacher was contacted to recommend me for a level, and I think other teachers were contacted as well. Then, in the fall, the first two weeks my adviser checked in with me a few times to make sure my classes were appropriate for my level and how to move up/down in level for classes was explained to me by my adviser as well</p>
<p>If they give you a placement test in April/May and you take a summer class, will they give you another placement test in Aug/Sept?</p>