English and ESL Placement Qualifiers

 

 ENGLISH  Placement in English 100  Placement in one level below
 English 100/English 22 ALP
 (taken concurrently)

EdReady English

 Score 64 - 100  Score 36 - 63

Scholastic Assessment Test

(SAT)

510 or higher in Writing (before March 2016)
480 or higher in Writing (after March 2016)

310 – 509 in Writing (before March 2016)
310 - 479 in Writing (after March 2016)

American College Testing (ACT)

18 or higher

11-17

Smarter Balanced
  • Score 4
  • Score 3, plus B or higher in 12th grade ELA
  • Score 2, plus B or higher in 12th grade ELA course jointly approved by HIDEO and UH
  • Score 3 plus C in 12th Grade ELA course jointly approved by HIDEO and UH
  • Cumulative High School GPA: 2.0 – 2.5
  • 12th grade ELA course or AP Language & Composition class: Grade of C

Cumulative High School GPA

2.6 or higher

2.0 – 2.5

12th grade ELA course or AP Language and Composition class

B or higher

Grade of C

High School Equivalency Test (HiSet)

15 or higher on Language Arts – Writing

-

General Education Development (GED)

170 in Reasoning through Language Arts

-

Accuplacer Placement Test

Score 5 - 8 in Accuplacer Essay

Score 4 in Accuplacer Essay

 

Placement in two levels below - English 24 or ENG 16
Appropriate placement if none of the qualifiers above are met.

 

English as a Second Language and English 100E Placement Qualifiers

 

ENG 100E (3 credits)
Composition I

Score

Accuplacer ESL Essay

6

Accuplacer ESL Reading

113-120

 

ESL 21 and ESL 22 (6 credits)
Intro to College Reading & Composition

Score

Accuplacer ESL Essay

5

Accuplacer ESL Reading

88-112


 

ESL 18 and ESL 19 (6 credits)
High Intermediate Reading & Writing

Score

Accuplacer ESL Essay

0-4

Accuplacer ESL Reading

20-87

 

**The higher of the two scores (Essay or Reading) determines placement in ENG 100E or ESL courses.**

Support Courses for English Learners

The following courses have no prerequisites or placement requirements. They are open to all English Learners and are offered once per year on the Pu‘uloa (Pearl City) campus. 

Fall Semester

  • ESL 10B: Essentials of English Grammar (3 credits) 
  • LSK 110: College Success Strategies (3 credits)*

*This course is also open to native English speakers.

Spring Semester

  • ESL 7B: Essentials of Speaking and Listening (6 credits) 

Summer Session II

  • ESL 1A: Foundations of English as a Second Language (6 credits) *regular tuition rate