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ALEKS Placement, Preparation, and Learning (PPL) Math Placement AssessmentALEKS PPL · McGraw Hill

Up to 25 adaptive, open-response questions (length adapts to the taker; not a fixed form)No fixed time limit published; McGraw Hill states the entire assessment can be completed in 90 minutes (a completion estimate, not a stated limit — institutions may configure time limits)

Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT)PERT · FLDOE

90 questions across the full three-subtest battery — 30 per subtest (mathematics, reading, writing), each 25 operational items that form the placement score + 5 field-test items; a separate PERT Diagnostic test exists per subjectUntimed — no time limit; average completion time for all three subtests is about 2 to 3 hours in one sitting

Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) — Mathematics subtestPERT Math · FLDOE

30 questions per subject-area test (25 operational items that form the placement score + 5 field-test items)Untimed — no time limit for the mathematics subtest (the full three-subtest PERT averages roughly 2 to 3 hours in one sitting)

TABE MathematicsTABE Mathematics · DRC

40 items (identical count at all levels E, M, D, and A)60 minutes total, in two parts: Part 1 45 minutes + Part 2 15 minutes (same at levels E through A)

TSIA2 MathematicsTSIA2 Math · THECB

CRC test: 20 items per single testing experience (6 Quantitative Reasoning, 7 Algebraic Reasoning, 3 Geometric and Spatial Reasoning, 4 Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning); if the CRC benchmark is not met, a Diagnostic test of 48 items (12 per strand across the same four strands) is automatically givenUntimed (no time limit); a paused session may be saved and finished later but must be completed within 14 calendar days

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