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Admission
to Elementary
Ed
1st
semester, Sophomore Year
All students DURING THE TIME THEY ARE enrolled in RDG 318,
must pass the admissions test of BASIC SKILLS to be officially
admitted into the Elementary Education Program. This includes all level Special
Education, Kinesiology, Deaf & Hard of Hearing from all face-to-face AND
online completer programs. Even ECH minors must pass this test before taking
ECH 331. Students
in the Head Start online program do not take this test.
Students may sign up for the test no matter what GPA they
have. The Elementary Education Admissions Test of basic skills
will NOT affect the grade received in RDG 318 in ANY manner. It is NOT
related to RDG 318 AT ALL.
TEST DATES FOR FALL 2010 CLASSES
Students
in Summer One classes AND wishing to take a "reading" course or
ECH 331 during Summer Two MUST pass this test before taking those classes.
Otherwise, students have until their fall classes to pass this test IF they
plan to take "education classes" in the fall.
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9/27
– 10/1, 10/4,
(10/5
reserved for Williams - 4-8 online students)
10/6,
10/7, 10/8, 10/11, 10/12, 10/13
(10/14
reserved for Barber - EC-6 online students), 10/15
10/18,
10/19, 10/20, 10/21, 10/22
If
the student fails one or both parts of the test, they must complete the
DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE MODULES before they will be allowed to re-test.
Re-test
Dates:
11/8
– 11/12
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ALL STUDENTS are strongly encouraged to use the PREP modules
BEFORE the first testing. These are located in with your other courses on
WEB-CT and are NOT inside the RDG 318 course. They will appear sometime
during the first week of class.
How to Register
Call Cathy Simkunas,
Testing Services Center in the RUSK building
936-468-3958
or stop in at 328 Rusk office to sign up for a day/time to test.
How
to Prepare
The ELE ADMISSIONS TEST REVIEW preparation module will appear in My Courses
DURING THE FIRST WEEKs OF CLASS to help you prepare for this exam.LOOK for
them & take time to work through them. They are aligned with the basic
skills test you will take on math and sentence skills so it WILL help prepare
you.
NO CALCULATORS are permitted
during testing.
TEST RESULTS are
delivered to your professor who will bring them to class; online student
results will be mailed to the student. Sometimes these results are returned
quickly; other times, not. Please do not repeatedly ask your professor when
results will be in; your professor will return them as soon as they are
received from the testing office.
Students
who fail
this test may
not take ANY MORE READING COURSES or ECH 331 until they pass.
They MAY take HMS 241 & 242 and ECH 328 as well as ELE 304, EPS 380, SPE
329 and other content courses such as ChemPhysics 125, etc.
Students who re-test
MUST FIRST complete the appropriate PREP module(s)
Then contact Mary Moode, 2nd floor office ECRC, to be permitted to
re-test (936 468 2904)
Retest dates: See above
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