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ACCUPLACER
Placement test for first-year composition courses
- Information
- Admitted ASU students who have not sent official ACT or SAT scores to ASU
will need to take the WritePlacer Plus section of the ACCUPLACER for
placement into a first-year English composition course. This exam will
become the English Placement test for ASU beginning March 1, 2008. Information
about placement requirements for incoming students may be found on the Orientation website. Further
information regarding university testing requirements and first year
composition placement can be found in the 2007–2008
ASU General Catalog.
- The ACCUPLACER website describes the test as follows: “Examinees are asked
to provide a writing sample in response to a specific prompt. This assessment
measures writing skill at the level expected of an entering level college
student.” Additional
information concerning the written essay may be found on the
College
Board ACCUPLACER website. (Scroll to the bottom of the page to read more
about the written essay.) Essay scores range from 0 to 12 and students will
receive a score report at the end of the test. Placement into an English
composition course is made on the following basis:
- A WritePlacer Plus score of 7 or below = WAC 101
- A WritePlacer Plus score of 8, 9, or 10 = ENG 101
- A WritePlacer Plus score of 11 or 12 = ENG 105
- Schedule
- Please call 480-965-7146 to schedule
an appointment for one of the upcoming dates:
- July 11 and 25, 2008, morning
- July 14 and 28, 2008, afternoon
- August 4 and 15, 2008, afternoon
- August 11 and 18, 2008, morning and afternoon
- August 22, 2008, morning
YOU MUST CHECK IN AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME
TO BE ADMITTED!
- Cost
- There is no fee for this placement test for current or incoming ASU students.
- Time
- Students will have 60 minutes to type an essay to a prompt. Students should allow about 90 minutes
for the total appointment time to complete necessary paperwork, receive instructions prior to the exam and
take the test.
- Register
- Call or come by our office to schedule a test date. Appointments must be
made no later than 4:30 pm, one working day before the requested test
date. You must provide your ASU identification number (the 10-digit number
starting with a "1") at the time of registration.
- Register to take the test at an institution outside of the Phoenix/Tempe metro area
- The student must locate a proctor at an educational institution who is
willing and able to administer the exam. The student will be responsible
for paying any test administration or proctoring fees. ASU does not charge
to administer the exam and will not pay any fees for tests that are delivered
remotely. The student will need to print the Request
for Remote ACCUPLACER Testing and the Proctor
Security Agreement. The Request for Remote ACCUPLACER Testing form is completed
by the student while the Proctor Security Agreement is completed by the
proctor. Both forms must be submitted to ASU. Please allow at least two
weeks for testing arrangements to be completed.
- Reschedule
- Call or come by University Testing Services to reschedule or cancel appointments for testing in our
office. If you have scheduled to take the exam at a remote location, you will need to follow the rules
established by that testing center to reschedule or cancel your appointment.
- Retake
- The ACCUPLACER placement exam can be taken only once. No retests are permitted.
- Admission
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- Walk-in testing is not permitted.
- YOU MUST CHECK IN AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE TEST TIME TO BE ADMITTED! Late
examinees will not be seated.
- On the day of the test, the student must present an original, valid form
of photo ID. A photocopy is not acceptable. Examples of acceptable forms
of ID would be a driver's license, passport or student ID. The name on the
ID must match the registered name.
- No cell phones are allowed.
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