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EPT/ELM Scoring

View Your Scores for the EPT and the ELM online.

Because the EPT and the ELM are placement tests, they use cut scores. If you score at or above these cut scores, you will be placed in regular, college-level English or mathematics courses. If you score below the cut scores, you will need some remedial instruction in these fundamental disciplines.

EPT

The cut score for the EPT is 151 on a scale that goes from a lowest possible score of 120 to a highest possible score of 180.

In addition to your total EPT score, you will receive separate scores on the component parts of the EPT: Reading Skills, Composing Skills and the Essay. The Reading Skills and Composing Skills scores are reported on the same 120- to 180-point scale on which the total score is reported. The Essay score is different. Your essay will be read by one member of the CSU English faculty. The scores range from a high of 6 to a low of 1.

ELM

The cut score for the ELM test is 50 on a scale running from 0 to 80.

If you took the ELM between March 23, 2002 and March 17, 2006, there were three additional scaled subscores ranging from 0 to 80 for the following content areas: Numbers and Data, Algebra and Geometry.

Scaled scores earned on the ELM before the March 23, 2002 administration were reported on a scale running from 100 to 700.

Subscores are not reported if you took the ELM on March 17, 2006 or later.

EAP Scoring

Students who participate in EAP will receive their status on the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (CA STAR) Grade 11 Student Report. The possible EAP statuses are:

English

• Ready for CSU college-level English coursework
• Not yet demonstrating readiness for college-level English coursework

Mathematics

• Ready for CSU college-level mathematics coursework
• Ready for CSU college-level mathematics coursework — conditional
• Not yet demonstrating readiness for college-level mathematics coursework