Oklahoma Christian University requires the Reading and Writing Placement Exam to determine your readiness for College Level Composition Courses (ENGL-1113).
You must take the test if you were either:
- Admitted Test Optional; or
- Scored below the minimum requirements on the following exams:
| Type of Exam | Test Required for Scores |
|---|---|
ACT English subscore | 18 and below |
| CLT | 44 and below |
| SAT English/Writing subscore | 499 and below |
You do not need to take the Accuplacer Reading and Writing Exam if you:
- Submitted test scores above the required minimum.
- Earned AP credit for English (3 or higher on either the AP English Language or the AP English Literature Exam. More information here.
- Earned CLEP credit for the College Composition Modular Exam (more information here).
- Took a concurrent/dual credit course that is equivalent to ENGL-1113. You MUST submit the transcript from the college where the course was taken. You can submit this by contacting the registrar’s office at the college where the course was taken. Your high school transcript does not count as official college credit.
Scoring
| Class Placement | Accuplacer Score |
|---|---|
| ENGL-1113 | 263 or higher |
| ENGL-0120 and ENGL-1113 | 262 or lower |
To Take the Exam in Person:
- Sign up to take the exam here!
- Select the test you’re taking (Accuplacer)
- Select your preferred test date
- Pay the $30.00 test registration and proctor fee.
- ONE retake will be permitted after 30 days per OC’s policy
- If using testing accommodations, notification must be made NO LATER THAN one week prior to the exam. (Testing accommodations cannot be made available on the day of the exam without pre-approval.)
What’s on the exam?
The Accuplacer Reading and Writing Placement Exam is designed to assess your Reading and Writing skills.
Reading Test
The Reading test assesses the test taker’s ability to derive meaning from a range of texts and to determine the meaning of words and phrases in short and extended contexts. Passages on the test cover a range of content areas, writing modes, and complexities. Both single and paired passages are included. The Reading test assesses four broad knowledge and skills categories:
- Information and Ideas
- Rhetoric
- Synthesis
- Vocabulary
Writing Test
The Writing test evaluates a test taker’s ability to revise and edit multiparagraph text. Questions cover two broad knowledge and skills categories, each containing three subcategories:
- The Expression of Ideas category covers development, organization, and effective language use.
- The Standard English Conventions category covers sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.
Find study resources, practice tests, and more information about the Accuplacer exam here.
