About Testing

Testing Services provides a variety of services to the campus community designed to assist students in their admissions, placements, and graduation requirements. Tests are offered on a regular basis.
Download the current EPT / ELM Bulletin here.

Remediation

New First Time Freshmen

The California State University (CSU), which draws its students from the top third of California's high school graduates, has long accommodated large numbers of incoming students who need remedial education in English and mathematics. Half of incoming students require additional preparation.

Policy

The CSU systemwide and SSU policy require that all entering students needing remediation (Math and/or English) take and complete all remedial courses within their first year of enrollment. Students must enroll in the appropriate remedial courses in their first semester.

Failure to do so results in administrative academic disqualification from the university. If students do not complete remediation in their first year of enrollment, they may be allowed to complete it during the summer in order to be allowed to return to SSU in Fall. It is the student's responsibility to notify the Compliance Office in Admissions and Records of this situation.

Students are required to enroll in the course in which they have placed based on the EPT and ELM tests. If students pass a summer remedial course or retake tests and score higher on the ELM, or others, they will then be eligible to change their classes during PASS 2 or Open REG. The ELM (score of 50 or higher is passing).

Students can get a head start on satisfying remediation requirements during the summer before Fall semester at a local community college.