Placement
English Department Temporary Rhetoric and Composition Placement into ENG 101 in a Test Optional Environment During Transition to New Placement Criteria
Revised: February 12, 2021
A combination of measures is the best practice for placing students into English courses matching their entry point skills to provide the greatest chance for retention and success. A combination of two or more measures should be used when possible. If three measures are available,听use the strongest two measures to place students into English courses.
Review students鈥� 1) ACT or SAT Scores (if available) and 2) Overall HS GPA according to the measures below to place students into English courses. Without ACT or SAT Scores, overall HS GPA may place students into 101. When two measures are contradictory, English Placement Essays determine placement.
For placement into ENG 101,听students ideally need two of the following measures but may place with only overall HS GPA:
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With ACT English + Reading or SAT ERW Scores* ACT 鈮� 18 or听SAT ERW 鈮� 480 |
With ACT English + Reading or SAT ERW Scores* ACT听17 or听SAT ERW 460-479 |
Without ACT or SAT Test Scores |
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AND Overall HS GPA 鈮� 3.0 |
AND With Overall HS GPA 鈮� 3.0 |
BUT With Overall HS GPA 鈮� 3.0 |
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If the two measures are contradictory, a Placement Essay determines placement |
If the two measures are contradictory, a Placement Essay determines placement |
If students contest placement, a Placement Essay determines appropriate English courses |
Students place into ENG 100听with the following:
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With ACT English + Reading or SAT ERW Scores* ACT听鈮� 16 or听SAT ERW听鈮� 459 |
Without Either ACT or SAT Test Scores |
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AND听Overall HS GPA 鈮� 2.99 |
BUT With Overall HS GPA 鈮� 2.99 |
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If the two measures are contradictory, a Placement Essay determines placement |
If students contest placement, a Placement Essay determines appropriate English courses |
Additional Information
- SAT ERW = Evidence-based Reading and Writing; * based on the 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance
- To contest placement based on GPA, students write a Placement Essay听in the first week of classes.听Once placement based on the results of a placement essay has been determined no retests are provided.听Students cannot use a placement test to test out of a class they are attending after听the first week of classes.
- Students who place into ENG 100 based on GPA can challenge placement before the semester starts or in the first week by writing a Placement Essay.听Once placement based on a Placement Essay has been determined, no retests will be provided.