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Do you think your students are going to be prepared to write for college because they scored Proficient or Advanced Proficient on the GEPA or HSPA?
Do you think that students who earn 500+ on the SAT Writing are ready for college?
Think again
Here are some sobering statistics from the College Board and Rutgers’ Writing Program’s Associate Director, Michael Goeller:
99 – Percent of Rutgers 1st year students who were in the top half of their graduating class
41 – Percent of Rutgers 1st year students who were in the top 10th of their graduating class
540-640 – SAT Writing score for middle 50% of incoming Rutgers Freshmen
33 – Percent of incoming freshmen who are required to take REMEDIAL writing courses after taking the Rutgers Writing Placement Test
50 – Percent of students who FAIL their first essay for 355:101 Expository Writing.
100 – Percent of students who must pass 355:101 Expository Writing in order to graduate from Rutgers
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