Placement Chart
Not sure what course to take based on your scores? Reference the Placement Chart below and contact your ACC academic advisor.
Placement Chart
Corequisite & INRW Placement
Not sure what course to take based on your scores? For assistance, please reference the Placement Chart and contact your ACC academic advisor. For additional assistance, consult our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or contact the INRW faculty leadership for more information.
INRW Department TSIA 1.0 & 2.0 Placement Chart (Effective 2/2023)
● Prior to placement, non–native speakers of English who have not passed TSI must either complete ESOL testing or be referred to an ESOL Department● Prior to Spring 2021: If a student’s reading and writing scores indicate two different placements, use the score that shows the biggest need.
Students will be reassessed by their INRW instructors during the first two weeks of classes and can be moved to a different section if appropriate.
| TSIA 1.0 | TSIA 2.0 | INRW Course Placement Options | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement Before Spring ’21 | Placement Effective Spring ’21 | ||||||
| Reading Scores | Writing Scores | ELAR Score | |||||
| Objective | Essay | CRC | Diagnostic | Essay | |||
| 910-944 | 1-2 | Any Essay | Adult Education or Continuing Education | ||||
| 310-343 | 310-339 | 4 or below | 910-944 910-944 | 3 4 | 1-5 1-2 | INRW 0420 (with 1 hr. lab) | ENTRY LEVEL Intermediate course for students needing reading and writing at the lower level. |
| INRW 0420 Paired With 0430 (with 1 hr. lab each) Offered as an 8-week and linked with an 8- week INRW 0430 section. Must be enrolled in both and pass INRW 0420 to move to 0430.PILOT:INRW 0420 Coreq with Humanities 1301 Students must be enrolled in both courses. | ENTRY LEVEL with EXIT Opportunity For students placed in INRW 0420 who want to finish their INRW requirement by taking both INRW 0420 & INRW 0430 in one semester. Students must be enrolled in consecutive linked INRW 0420 & INRW 0430 sectionsOpportunity to accelerate lower-level students to college ready.Pilot Courses have Managed Enrollment | ||||||
| 344 or above [or C or better in INRW 0420] | 340 or above [or C or better in INRW 0420] | 3 or above [or C or better in INRW 0420] | 945-990 910-944 910-944 910-944 [or C or better in INRW 0420] | N/A 5-6 4 3 [or C or better in INRW 0420] | 1-4 1-4 3-8 6-8 [or C or better in INRW 0420] | INRW 0340 + linked co-requisite section paired with specific sections of one of these courses: ● ENGL 1301 ● HUMA 1301 (Great Questions Sem.) ● SOCI 1301 ● SPCH 1315 or 1311 | EXIT LEVEL Course Students must be enrolled in both linked sections ALL Corequisites have Managed Enrollment |
| INRW 0230 + linked co-requisite section ●Paired with specific sections ofENGL 1301 ●Reserved for students in the Ascender or BRASS programs | |||||||
| TSIA 1.0 Complete: Scores of BOTH Reading Objective 351+ AND either: 1) Writing Essay 5 plus Objective 310-339 OR 2) Essay 4 plus Objective 340+ are not required to take an INRW Course. TSIA 2.0 Complete: Scores of 945+ with Writing Essay 5 or <945 with Diagnostic Testing 5 or 6 plus Essay 5 are not required to take an INRW Course. | |||||||