To get your placement, you’ll just need to submit your application with intent to enroll at Contra Costa College.
Please Note: You can still register without doing a placement, but it is required if you want to get an earlier registration date (priority registration) or if you need to clear a prerequisite.
Contact
Phone: 510.215.3896
FAX: 510.235.5819
Email: assessment@contracosta.edu
Address: 2600 Mission Bell Dr., Student Services Center, Room 104, San Pablo, CA 94806
Documented Disabilities Testing
Any student with a documented disability who would like accommodations made for testing should contact the Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) office located in Student Services Center, Room 109 prior testing.
Option 1: Self Report + High School Transcript
Use this option if you received a diploma from a U.S. high school within the last 10 years.
- You will need your CCC username and password.
- After entering all of your information, select “My Info is Correct” to begin processing your placement.
- If English is not your first language, consider completing the ESL Guided Self Placement.
- Please allow 24 hours for your results to be processed.
Option 2: Guided Self Placement
Use this option if you received a high school diploma more than 10 years ago, did not receive a diploma, or have a diploma from another country.
- You will need your CCC username and password.
- Answer the survey questions to receive your placement.
- If English is not your first language, consider completing the ESL Guided Self Placement.
- Please allow 24 hours for your results to be processed.
Option 3: ESL Guided Self-Placement
The ESL Guided Self Placement [GSP] is an online survey that helps you choose the correct level for your classes. This option is for students whom English is their second language.
The ESL GSP:
- Requires Internet access
- Will take up to one hour of your time
- Has 3 sections: Reading, Listening & Writing
- Will give you information about credit & non-credit options in the ESL Department
- Will tell you what classes you should register for
- Will take 24 hours for your results to be processed.
Do you need help with spring registration?
Remember that the ESL Department at CCC now offers
the option of FREE non-credit courses for levels 50 through 3!
If you need help, our ESL Assistant Arlette Ordaz can help you!
Call (510) 215-4988 and leave a voice message, OR
send an email to cccesl@email.4cd.edu OR
Drop in for help on Zoom:
Meeting link: https://4cd.zoom.us/j/9148972767
Meeting ID: 914 897 2767
Zoom Virtual Drop-in Schedule
Mondays, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 p..m
For more information about the English as a Second Language program, visit the ESL Department webpage: ESL DEPARTMENT
Understanding Your ESL Placement
The Guided Self Placement was created to provide a full placement into ESL courses based on four components: reading, grammar, listening/speaking, and writing.
Spanish Placement
To complete the Spanish placement challenge, contact the Placement Center at assessment@contracosta.edu or 510.215.3896.
To understand your Spanish placement, locate your score within the chart. To the right of your score, you will find the recommended course placement.
| Spanish Scores | Course Recommended |
| Below 200 | Spanish 120 |
| 200-299 | Spanish 121 |
| 300-399 | Spanish 220 |
| Above 400 | Spanish 221 |
Math + English Placement FAQs
You don’t have to take an assessment test to get into math or English classes.
Instead, CCC students use self-placement tools.
They are the same class, but 1AX offers extra support to help students succeed. In English 1AX, you will have more in-depth guidance on writing assignments, more time to comprehend and analyze complex, college-level readings, and more in-class practice.
You do not have to, but it is highly recommended.
An “S” in the course number means extra support is built in. You will have more face time with the teacher and more time to comprehend material.
Yes, if your placement recommendation includes an “S”, you must register for both the main course
and the support corequisite. For example, if you are placed in Math 120S, you must register in Math 120 and Math 120S. If you are not placed into an “S” class, feel free to register in a math course with or without the “S” corequisite.
English 1AX is approved for transfer to CSUs and UCs, but only 4 of the 5 units as transferable to the UCs. Math classes with an “S” are not transferable; however the main classes (164, 171, 120)are.
Yes, all students can take the tutoring classes and they are highly recommended!
We are currently working on a way for students to challenge their placement.
No, your placement tells which class to take first. For example, if you place in English 1A then you should take English 1A. You are not eligible to take English 1C until you complete English 1A.
Yes, at this time it is recommended that you do another placement. (See above)
Yes, these still count as units taken.