ACCUPLACER WRITING NEXT GENERATION
EXAM 7 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ What is the primary goal of the College Board?
Answer: To expand access to higher education.
◉ How many education institutions are part of the College Board
membership?
Answer: Over 6,000.
◉ What programs does the College Board offer to help students
prepare for college?
Answer: Programs and services in college readiness and college
success, including the SAT and Advanced Placement Program.
◉ What is the ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Writing test?
Answer: A computer adaptive assessment that evaluates test-takers'
ability to revise and edit prose texts for effective expression and
adherence to Standard Written English.
◉ What types of content areas are covered in the ACCUPLACER
Writing test passages?
,Answer: Literary nonfiction, careers/history/social studies,
humanities, and science.
◉ What writing modes are assessed in the ACCUPLACER Writing
test?
Answer: Informative/explanatory, argument, and narrative.
◉ What are the two broad knowledge and skill categories assessed
in the ACCUPLACER Writing test?
Answer: Expression of Ideas (development, organization, effective
language use) and Standard English Conventions (sentence
structure, usage, and punctuation).
◉ What is the format of the questions in the ACCUPLACER Writing
test?
Answer: Multiple choice questions that appear as parts of sets built
around a common, extended passage.
◉ What does the term 'errors' refer to in the context of the
ACCUPLACER Writing test?
Answer: A collective term for a wide range of rhetorical and
conventions-related problems introduced into the test passages.
, ◉ In the sample question regarding the underlined portion of
sentence 5, what is the best revision option?
Answer: Revise it to 'when the crops were ready to pick.'
◉ Where is the most logical placement for the sentence 'The
nectarine is a hybrid fruit' in the provided passage?
Answer: After sentence 3.
◉ What is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 10
in the sample question?
Answer: millennia—the.
◉ What is the significance of the ACCUPLACER Writing test for
students?
Answer: It helps assess their writing skills and readiness for college-
level writing.
◉ How does the ACCUPLACER Writing test adapt to test-takers?
Answer: It is a broad-spectrum computer adaptive assessment.
◉ What is the purpose of the College Board's advocacy work?
Answer: To represent the interests of students, educators, and
schools.
EXAM 7 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ What is the primary goal of the College Board?
Answer: To expand access to higher education.
◉ How many education institutions are part of the College Board
membership?
Answer: Over 6,000.
◉ What programs does the College Board offer to help students
prepare for college?
Answer: Programs and services in college readiness and college
success, including the SAT and Advanced Placement Program.
◉ What is the ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Writing test?
Answer: A computer adaptive assessment that evaluates test-takers'
ability to revise and edit prose texts for effective expression and
adherence to Standard Written English.
◉ What types of content areas are covered in the ACCUPLACER
Writing test passages?
,Answer: Literary nonfiction, careers/history/social studies,
humanities, and science.
◉ What writing modes are assessed in the ACCUPLACER Writing
test?
Answer: Informative/explanatory, argument, and narrative.
◉ What are the two broad knowledge and skill categories assessed
in the ACCUPLACER Writing test?
Answer: Expression of Ideas (development, organization, effective
language use) and Standard English Conventions (sentence
structure, usage, and punctuation).
◉ What is the format of the questions in the ACCUPLACER Writing
test?
Answer: Multiple choice questions that appear as parts of sets built
around a common, extended passage.
◉ What does the term 'errors' refer to in the context of the
ACCUPLACER Writing test?
Answer: A collective term for a wide range of rhetorical and
conventions-related problems introduced into the test passages.
, ◉ In the sample question regarding the underlined portion of
sentence 5, what is the best revision option?
Answer: Revise it to 'when the crops were ready to pick.'
◉ Where is the most logical placement for the sentence 'The
nectarine is a hybrid fruit' in the provided passage?
Answer: After sentence 3.
◉ What is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 10
in the sample question?
Answer: millennia—the.
◉ What is the significance of the ACCUPLACER Writing test for
students?
Answer: It helps assess their writing skills and readiness for college-
level writing.
◉ How does the ACCUPLACER Writing test adapt to test-takers?
Answer: It is a broad-spectrum computer adaptive assessment.
◉ What is the purpose of the College Board's advocacy work?
Answer: To represent the interests of students, educators, and
schools.
