Southeast MO State U: Writing Assessment: Placement

Students who transfer credit for EN140 are exempted from the composition sequence; however, they are strongly urged to contact the Writing Assessment Program in order to take WP002 before taking WP003.
Students who transfer credit for EN100 are placed into EN140.
Students who have an ACT English subscore of 26 or above at the time of orientation are placed into EN100.
All other students must take WP001 during FirstSTEP Orientation.

Based on the student's score on WP001, his or her ACT English subscore, and his or her high school class rank, the student will be placed as follows:

SCORE

EACT

HS RANK

PLACEMENT

0-2.5
EN099

3.0 below 19 OR bottom 50% EN099

3.0 19 or above AND top 50% EN100

3.5-6.0 EN100

NOTE: Students who take the essay portion of the ASSET English Exam and score a 3.5 or greater will be placed into EN100; those who score below a 3.5 will be placed into EN099.

To ensure correct placement of students, an additional 50-minute writing sample is taken during the first week of classes by instructors in EN099. Students who appear to be in the wrong class are brought to the attention of the Director of Writing Assessment, who makes a final decision regarding the student's placement. Fewer than 0.5% of incoming students each year are moved to a new class on the basis of this writing sample.

In addition, the following incoming students have the opportunity to earn retroactive credit for EN100 and to be placed into EN140:

Students who have an ACT English subscore of 27 or above at the time of orientation are invited to sit for WP004: The EN100 Equivalency Examination
Students who score a 4.5 or above on WP001 are invited to sit for WP004
Students who are awarded a Governor's, Regents', or President's scholarship may submit a portfolio in place of taking WP004

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Last Updated 28 January 2008

by Dave Reinheimer

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