The Testing Center at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in North Carolina, Educational Testing Service, and the College Board are participating jointly in pilot and field testing Computerized Placement Tests (CPTs). CPTs, which assess communications, reading, and mathematics skills, have the following benefits: (1) students may take the self-test at their convenience, either on their first visit to campus or by scheduling an appointment during Testing Center hours; (2) the tests are untimed, allowing students to progress through them at their own pace; (3) the tests can be individualized; and (4) students have immediate results at the completion of testing. The CPTs also resolve some of the commonly raised issues about testing. First, CPTs address the problem of lack of agreement about what constitutes college-level work by establishing a standard that can be used from college to college. Second, CPTs ensure that students are placed into the correct courses. Third, the tests are appropriate for the growing percentage of adult students in that they facilitate the assessment of prior learning, and can be taken quickly at convenient times. Fourth, since high school grades are no longer reliable indicators of student learning, CPTs, combined with other diagnostic evaluations, provide some reference for admission decisions. And finally, CPTs, which are based on an extensive body of research, can be relied upon to accurately assess college freshmen. (EJV)