USI
 Under- prepared
 Student
 Initiative
Paradise Valley
Community College
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Maricopa Community Colleges:
Student Success Project History & Background
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MANDATORY PLACEMENT
Menu of Items Needed for the Pilot
Proposal

English

  • No waivers allowed. No exceptions.
  • Students whose scores place them in the decision zones for ENG 071 and ENG 101 will have the following options:
    • take the lower class
      provide a writing sample at the testing center
    • If they fail the writing sample, they will have to take the lower class. If they pass the writing sample, they will meet with an advisor to determine which class to take. (Adjuncts and full-time instructors will be paid to grade the writing samples.)
  • Students who fail a prerequisite but who have registered early for the subsequent class will be dropped from the subsequent class. Ron Bleed--computer skills.


Reading

• No waivers allowed. No exceptions.

• Students whose scores place them in the decision zones will have the following options:

o take the lower class
o take an alternate test.

If the score on the alternate test places them in the higher class or the decision zone, they will meet with an advisor to determine which class to take.

• Students who fail a prerequisite but who have registered early for the subsequent class will be dropped from the subsequent class. Ron Bleed--computer skills.

Math

• No waivers allowed. No exceptions.

• Students whose scores place them in the decision zones will have the following options:

o take the lower class
o take an alternate test.

If the score on the alternate test places them in the higher class or the decision zone, they will meet with an advisor to determine which class to take.

• Students who fail a prerequisite but who have registered early for the subsequent class will be dropped from the subsequent class. Ron Bleed--computer skills.

Last updated: 07-Aug-2009
Student Success Pilot Project - URL-http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/usi/
Send Questions & Comments to bob.bendotti@pvmail.maricopa.edu,
paul.dale@pvmail.maricopa.edu, or rick.sheets@pvmail.maricopa.edu
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