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Directed Self Placement Testing

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Guided Self-Placement Quiz for English

Welcome to the Guided Self-Placement Quiz! This quiz is designed to assist you in making informed decisions about your English course placement at SPSCC. By completing this survey, you will provide valuable insights into your reading and writing skills, enabling our advisors to recommend the most suitable entry-level English course for your success.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Read two passages from relevant texts.
  • Answer multiple-choice questions based on the passages.
  • Reflect on your own skills through self-assessment questions.
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What is guided self-placement for English?

As of Summer 2018, SPSCC no longer requires students to take the ACCUPLACER exam in order to be eligible to take entry level English courses. Instead, students complete a brief placement survey, and are offered a placement recommendation. Ultimately, students decide with the help of our placement guidelines what course is right for them.

Why am I taking this survey?

The following survey is designed to help you make an educated decision about what English class is right for you at the beginning of your time at SPSCC. This is not a test, but rather a tool to help you advisor decide what entry-level English class would best support your success. At the end of this survey, you will receive a recommendation for placement, along with a list of choices. As a student, it is important for you to make informed and wise self-placement decisions. Inappropriate self-placement decisions may affect the time it takes you to complete your certificate or degree and may impact your ability to receive financial aid.

What can you expect in the survey?

  1. This survey should take 20 – 40 minutes.
  2. You will read two passages from a text used in a typical English 101 class.
  3. You will answer ten multiple-choice questions that test your reading and writing skills.
  4. You will also respond to two questions that ask you to reflect on your own skills.

What is guided self-placement for English?

As of Summer 2018, SPSCC no longer requires students to take the ACCUPLACER exam in order to be eligible to take entry level English courses. Instead, students complete a brief placement survey, and are offered a placement recommendation. Ultimately, students decide with the help of our placement guidelines what course is right for them.

Why am I taking this survey?

The following survey is designed to help you make an educated decision about what English class is right for you at the beginning of your time at SPSCC. This is not a test, but rather a tool to help you advisor decide what entry-level English class would best support your success. At the end of this survey, you will receive a recommendation for placement, along with a list of choices. As a student, it is important for you to make informed and wise self-placement decisions. Inappropriate self-placement decisions may affect the time it takes you to complete your certificate or degree and may impact your ability to receive financial aid.

What can you expect in the survey?

  1. This survey should take 20 – 40 minutes.
  2. You will read two passages from a text used in a typical English 101 class.
  3. You will answer ten multiple-choice questions that test your reading and writing skills.
  4. You will also respond to two questions that ask you to reflect on your own skills.
PASSAGE 1: Luke Redd explores the disputes concerning college tuition in his 2017 essay, “Should College Be Free? Here's What You Need to Consider.” Read the passage from his essay and answer the questions following it.
 
Proponents of free college believe that it would benefit the entire nation, not just the individual students who take advantage of it. They see it as both a private and public benefit. After all, more and more of today's jobs are knowledge-based or require advanced technical skills. So a better-educated workforce would help fill many of the skills gaps that prevent America's economy from growing faster.
 
Plus, since more people would be able to attain employer-desired credentials, more people would be able to take the good-paying jobs that often go unfilled. And that could result in billions of additional dollars circulating throughout the economy since people tend to spend more money when they have higher incomes and little or no debt. It could also mean that the government would take in a lot of extra tax revenues, which could go a long way toward paying for free public colleges.
 
Which of the following best represents the main idea of Passage 1?
Free college would benefit not only students, but also employers, the economy, and the nation as a whole.
Free college would be good for the economy because more people would have jobs.
More and more of today’s jobs require a college education.
If someone added more to this essay, which of the following details would best support the main idea of Passage 1? 
In addition to being able to attend good-paying jobs, more people would have the ability to choose a college an career path they are genuinely passionate about instead of settling for any minimum wage job that is hiring.
In order to have a better-educated work force, more people need the opportunity to attend college.
Opponents of free college are concerned that offering free college nation-wide would cause extreme tax increases to occur.
If your instructor asked you to come up with a counter-position that responds to Passage 1, which of the follow statements would be the most appropriate?
Making college free may sound like a great idea to many students and their families, but in reality, it would place an undue burden on taxpayers and the colleges themselves.
Free college is an expensive proposition that voters probably wouldn’t support.
Traditionally, students have had to pay for their own college tuition, either out-of-pocket, or with scholarships, grants, and loans.
Which one of the following choices uses correct grammar?
Although some people might feel that the current system of higher education and vocational training is working well, many other people believe that it needs at least a little bit of improvement in one way or another.
Although some people might feel that the current system of higher education and vocational training is working well many other people believe that it needs at least a little bit of improvement in one way or another.
Although some people might feel that the current system of higher education and vocational training is working well. Many other people believe that it needs at least a little bit of improvement in one way or another.

PASSAGE 2: The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler offer their ideas on happiness in their essay “The Sources of Happiness,” found in their book The Art of Happiness.  Read the passage taken from their essay and answer the questions following it:

But there is a better approach: framing any decision we face by asking ourselves, “Will it bring me happiness?”  That simple question can be a powerful tool in helping us skillfully conduct all areas of our lives, not just the decision whether to indulge in drugs or that third piece of banana cream pie.  It puts a new slant on things. Approaching our daily decisions and choices with this question in mind shifts the focus from what we are denying ourselves to what we are seeking—ultimate happiness. A kind of happiness… that is stable and persistent.  A state of happiness that remains, despite life’s ups and downs and normal fluctuations of mood, as part of the very matrix of our being.  With this perspective, it’s easier to make the “right decision” because we are acting to give ourselves something, not denying or withholding something from ourselves—an attitude of moving toward rather than moving away, an attitude of embracing life rather than rejecting it.  This underlying sense of moving toward happiness can have a very profound effect; it makes us more receptive, more open, to the joy of living.

Which of the following best represents the main idea of Passage 2? 

People should consider if the decisions they make will move them towards happiness because that attitude will help them be more receptive to all of life’s possibilities.
People should make decisions that will make them happy.
People should be happy and enjoy life.
What is the meaning of profound in the context of Passage 2?
Significant
Satisfactory
Superficial

An English instructor assigns the following prompt asking students to respond to Passage 2: 

The authors argue that a simple question can be “a powerful tool” applied to all decisions and choices in our lives, causing a “shift in focus from what we are denying ourselves to what we are seeking—ultimate happiness.” Compose a three-page essay agreeing or disagreeing with the authors’ premise. 

Which of the following statements best addresses the prompt? 

The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler’s question, “Will it bring me happiness?,” creates a useful formula for people seeking happiness; however, individuals should also ask if their actions bring other people happiness.
The effects of using the tool presented by The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler will have a significant impact on someone’s perspective and, therefore, their life.
I agree that asking if something makes you happy will help you make better choices in life.
If you are writing an essay responding to Passage 2, which of the following statements offers the appropriate tone for college writing?
If an individual reflects upon what brings them happiness, their actions will likely follow that path
In my opinion, I feel people should carefully think about their actions before they follow through with them.
You should really ask yourself the question of whether something brings you happiness before you do it.
Which one of the following choices uses correct grammar?
He went on to say, however, that these feelings of despair passed relatively quickly, and he now sincerely considered himself to be a “lucky guy.”
He went on to say, however, that these feelings of despair passed relatively quickly, he now sincerely considered himself to be a “lucky guy.”
He went on to say, however, that these feelings of despair passed relatively quickly and he now sincerely considered himself to be a “lucky guy.”
How confident were you in comprehending and analyzing these passages?
I am confident in my understanding of this reading and would need minimal help from my instructor to interpret and explain its meaning in a written assignment.
I am somewhat confident in my understanding of this reading and would want some help from my instructor to interpret and explain its meaning in a written assignment.
I am not confident in my understanding of this reading and would want significant help from my instructor to interpret and explain its meaning in a written assignment.

In a typical college-level English course, the instructor will assign a four-page essay asking you to respond to a prompt such as this:

The articles “The Goldilocks Dilemma” and “Homework in the 21st Century” address the benefits of assigning homework to young learners, but they also consider the problems of such.  Several solutions are introduced in these articles, including a no homework policy, assigning limited homework, and creating teacher-led study groups for homework.  Which solution would be the most effective for elementary level students?  Why?  If none of the solutions would work, explain why and propose a different solution.

 How comfortable are you in completing a similar assignment?

I am comfortable with this type of assignment; I have written multiple-page essays successfully in the past.
I am somewhat comfortable with this type of assignment; I have completed some essay writing in the past with mixed success.
I am not confident with this type of assignment; I have not (or rarely) done this type or length of writing, or I have struggled with this type of assignment in the past.
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