Faculty and Staff Advisors

Thank you for your interest and help. We want our students to place accurately into the courses that will ensure their success in college. Please use the Advising Documents to show students the variety of options they have for assessment and placement at Highline College.

Advising Documents

Below are several advising sheets that Math and English departments have developed. These show how placement scores translate into course sequences, and have additional information (advising contacts within the department).

• Placement in ctcLink
• HELP STUDENTS DETERMINE WHAT PLACEMENT MEASURE MAY BE BEST FOR THEM, WITH THIS TOOL
• English Placement Guide
• ESL to English Articulation Guide
• ESL articulation form: This is the form teachers fill out and give to students to bring to the Entry advising department in Building 6 for placement, or to email entryadvising@highline.edu.
• WAMAP Math Test Placement Guide
• Corequisite Math Flier: MathP146, MathP111, MathP141
• What Math Pathway is right for students?  Here is a visual to help determine the course students need based on their educational pathway.
• Help students know what to study for each test on MyMathTest and encourage them to prepare first and plan on retaking the test. View list of topics on each test.
• We have a new guide to help with math placement advising.
• Our goal: Math placement is educational and participatory for students, thank you for supporting students to get accurate math placement.
• The documents below are intended to show students what content is covered in each math course, and on each test for WAMAP. Students can self-assess their readiness for the course and get prepared for the placement test at the same time. These practice packets should NOT be taken more than once. Instead, use them to target specific areas that need further work and access more practice questions online with WAMAP.
  • Test 1: Practice Packet (Math 81 topics)
  • Test 2: Practice Packet (Math 91 topics)
  • Test 3: Practice Packet (Math 98/141 topics)
  • Test 4: Practice Packet (Math 142 topics)

English and Math Videos

Learn about the difference between English and Math courses, share videos with students to support their course choices:

Students can use high school transcripts for placement

Both English and Math departments offer transcript placement for their courses. This means that students with certain grades in high school math or English language arts can place directly into a course — this values their work in high school and prevents them from potentially misplacing through other tests: Accuplacer or WAMAP.

• High School Transcript Placement for English Courses
• High School Transcripts Placement for Math Courses by district:
  • Tukwila School District
  • Highline School District
  • Auburn School District
  • Federal Way School District
  • Kent School District
  • All other districts