Writing Placement Reassessment

Students who believe their current College Writing (ENG 01001 or 11011) placement is incorrect, may choose to have their writing reassessed using one of the following processes. Students should work with their respective home campus and advisor to determine which process they should use.

 

Writing Program Reassessment Essay

Steps for Reassessing Placement into ENG 11011

  1. Register to complete the Writing Program Reassessment essay at your home campus testing center: University Testing Services
    1. Note: When completing the reassessment essay, all written content must be a student's own original writing and ideas. Students may not use secondary sources (other than the prompt, if necessary) and may not use artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT or Grammarly. Any instance of plagiarism—including AI—will disqualify a submission.

Steps for Reassessing Placement into ENG 21011

If you have a high school GPA of 3.8+ and would like to place directly into ENG 21011:

  1. Contact your home campus testing center: University Testing Services
  2. Submit a writing sample from your high school English class that is at least 3-4 pages (about 1,000 words), includes secondary sources with in-text citations, and a Works Cited/Reference page.
    1. Note: All written content must be a student's own original writing and ideas and demonstrate a student's ability to summarize and cite credible, secondary sources among their own words. Students may not have used artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT or Grammarly when composing this essay. Any instance of plagiarism—including AI—will disqualify a submission.

Steps for Writing Program Reassessment Essays to be Rated:

  1. The Testing Center will send your completed essay to the English Department administrative assistant.
  2. The English Department administrative assistant will send the essay to the Writing Program Placement Team.
  3. The first two raters who are available will rate and reply-all to the administrative assistant’s email. If they disagree, the third rater will assess and rate the essay to determine placement. Essays are rated holistically and will not receive a numeric score. All essays should be rated within five business days of receiving the essay.
  4. The administrative assistant will contact the student about the student’s final placement. If the student’s course changes based on the placement score, the student should schedule an appointment with an academic advisor to discuss the results.

WritePlacer Reassessment

  1. Register to complete (or retake) the WritePlacer essay at your home campus testing center: University Testing Services
  2. Schedule the free proctored reassessment by registering online.

Scores and Raters

After completing the reassessment, students will immediately receive one of the following scores/actions:

Regional Campus students:

  • 1-3: ENG 01001 (immediate decision)
  • 4: Score will be evaluated in combination with Reading score to determine placement into ENG 01001 or ENG 11011
  • 5-6: ENG 11011 (immediate decision)
  • 7-8: Score evaluated by raters to determine ENG 11011 or ENG 21011*

Kent Campus students:

  • 1-6: ENG 11011
  • 7-8: Score evaluated by raters to determine ENG 11011 or ENG 21011*
    • If, upon completing the reassessment, the student receives a score of “Pending,” it means that the student scored at a threshold that necessitates an Accuplacer rater to score the report by hand.  A score should appear no later than the following morning. In cases such as this, the student will receive an email the following business day from the Testing Center (copying the English Department) notifying them of their score.

*For scores evaluated by Kent State raters, the student will receive an email from the Testing Center (copying the English Department) within three business days of completing the WritePlacer essay.  The score report will be attached notifying the student of the recommended placement and next steps in the rating process.

Steps for WritePlacer Reassessment Essays to be Rated:

  1. If a student scores a 4 (Kent Campus only), 7, or 8 (all campuses), the Testing Center will email the English Department Administrative Assistant with the student essay attached to the email.
  2. The English Department administrative assistant will send the essay to three faculty raters.
  3. The first two raters who are available will rate and reply-all to the administrative assistant’s email. If they disagree, the third rater will assess and rate the essay to determine placement. All essays should be rated within five business days of receiving the essay.
  4. The administrative assistant will contact the student about the student’s final placement. If the student’s course changes based on the placement score, the student should schedule an appointment with an academic advisor to discuss the results.
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