Diagnostic+Tests

__**ACR First Day Testing**__
Students are tested on the first day of classes to see if they are misplaced. In accordance with CUNY ACT retest policy, only ACR 095 students who __have not taken the course before__ and who score high on the opening day diagnostic test may be sent to the Testing Office (N700) for an ACT Reading retest appointment. See the directions, given with the test, for the required cut-off score. A qualifying student must take a form signed by you and a department officer to Testing, N700. Testing will give the student the results. Please tell students, before you send them for the retest, that until they receive their results, __they must attend your class__ as absences are recorded. __ Remember, those who are repeating the course from Summer Immersion or Summer courses or previous semesters are not eligible and will be rejected by the Testing Office __. Ascertain students' status by asking them or by double-checking their Advisement Data Sheets. Diagnostic Testing material for both ACR 095 and ACR 094 will be available in Room N432a the first week of class. ACR 094 students who have not taken the course before and obtain a passing score may be moved to ACR 095 except in certain cases; please check with a Department Officer for guidance. See a department officer for the form required for this move.

On the first day of classes, it is recommended that all students write a diagnostic impromptu writing in class to confirm placement in the appropriate level. Essays are read promptly by the students’ teachers during the first week of classes. The first day writing samples help teachers identify students who may require additional support in order to perform at ht expected level of the class or identify students who are eligible for placement in another level. Only new ESL students can be transferred to a lower ESL level, if deemed necessary. Students who have satisfactorily completed a previous course in the department cannot be transferred back to a lower level.
 * __ ESL Diagnostic Testing: First Day Essays __**