Features
PLAN® contains four curriculum-based assessments: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. The assessment is based on the major areas of high school and postsecondary instructional programs and measures the skills and knowledge needed for college success.
PLAN also includes a career exploration component that stimulates students' thinking about future plans and relates personal characteristics to career options.
| English Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Punctuation | 7 |
| Grammar and Usage | 9 |
| Sentence Structure | 14 |
| Strategy | 6 |
| Organization | 7 |
| Style | 7 |
| Total | 50 30 minutes |
| Mathematics Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Pre-Algebra | 14 |
| Elementary Algebra | 8 |
| Coordinate Geometry | 7 |
| Plane Geometry | 11 |
| Total | 40 40 minutes |
| Reading Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Prose Fiction | 8 |
| Humanities | 9 |
| Social Sciences | 8 |
| Total | 25 20 minutes |
| Science Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Data Representation | 10 |
| Research Summaries | 14 |
| Conflicting Viewpoints | 6 |
| Total | 30 25 minutes |