English assessment
The English Assessment consists of two parts; Reading Comprehension is used to place students into the appropriate reading class, and WritePlacer® is used to place students into the appropriate writing class.
Reading Comprehension
There are 20 questions of two primary types in Reading Comprehension.
• The first type of question consists of a reading passage followed by a question based on the text. Both short and long passages are provided. The reading passages can also be classified according to the kind of information processing required, including explicit statements related to the main idea, explicit statements related to a secondary idea, application, and inference.
• The second type of question, sentence relationships, presents two sentences followed by a question about the relationship between these two sentences. The question may ask, for example, if the statement in the second sentence supports that in the first, if it contradicts.
Writing Test (WritePlacer®)
This test measures your ability to write effectively, which is critical to academic success.Your writing sample will be scored on the basis of how effectively it communicates a whole message to the readers for the stated purpose. Your score will be based on your ability to express, organize, and support your opinions and ideas, not the position you take on the essay topic. The following five characteristics of writing will be considered:
• Focus—The clarity with which you maintain your main idea or point of view
• Organization—The clarity with which you structure your response and present a logical sequence of ideas
• Development and Support—The extent to which you elaborate on your ideas and the extent to which you present supporting details
• Sentence Structure—The effectiveness of your sentence structure
• Mechanical Conventions—The extent to which your writing is free of errors in usage and mechanics
English Assessment Sample Questions
These tests are used for placement into the following classes:
*English 96 – Introduction to College Reading
*English 98 – Introduction to College Writing
*English 116 – College Reading Development
*English 118 – College Writing Development
*English 122 – Freshman English: Comp and Reading
Test results will be available on the same day as testing.
