Placement Exams

To ensure that students entering 9th grade are placed in courses for which they are academically prepared, AHA offers placement exams in Math and World Language. Since curriculum among local grammar/middle schools vary, placement exam results are used by Department Chairpersons along with admissions test scores (SSAT) and high school transcript information to determine in which courses students will be placed. Placement Exams are administered in May to allow students time to cover these topics in their current school.

Math Placement Exam

Math Placement Exam Prerequisites (Students enrolled in Pre-Algebra are not eligible)

Option I: Placement into Geometry
Assessment of a student's overall skill in Algebra I. All students currently taking Algebra I must take this assessment to be considered for Geometry at AHA.

Must be enrolled in Algebra I
Must currently be earning an 80 or higher

Option II: Placement into Algebra II
Assessment of a student's overall skill in Geometry. All students currently taking Geometry must take this assessment to be considered for Algebra II at AHA.

Must have completed Algebra I with an 88 or higher on the transcript
Must be enrolled in Geometry and currently earning an 80 or higher

Option III: Placement into Pre-Calculus for 10th grade (Students who meet the following criteria will automatically be placed into Geometry for 9th grade.)
Assessment of a student's overall skill in Algebra II. All students currently taking Algebra II must take this assessment to be considered for Pre-Calculus in 10th grade at AHA.

Must have completed Algebra I with an 88 or higher on the transcript
Must be enrolled in Algebra II and currently earning an 80 or higher

World Language Placement Exam

World Language Placement Exam Prerequisites
Assessment of a student's overall skill in Italian, French, Spanish and Latin. All students with the following prerequisites are strongly encouraged to take this assessment:

Student has taken two or more consecutive years of the same language
Native speakers of French, Italian or Spanish and those who hear the language at home

Students can only advance to Level 2 Italian, French, Spanish or Latin by passing the assessment for their world language choice.