Disability and Testing Services

Cleveland State University
Disability & Testing Services
2124 Chester Avenue
Rhodes Tower West (RW) 210
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: 216-687-2015
Fax: 216-687-2343
ods@csuohio.edu

Testing Services
2124 Chester Ave.
Rhodes Tower West (RW) 215
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: 216-687-2272
Fax: 216-687-2212
testingservices@csuohio.edu

Dr. Nick Petty
Director, Disability and Testing Services

Jeffery Dell
Asst. Director Assistive Tech

HAILEY CYRUS
Manager, Testing and Note Taking Services

Mary Lynn Dixon
Specialist, Disability and Testing Services

BILL MILHOAN
Specialist, Accessible Media

IRIS ZANA
Test Proctor

Undergraduate Placement Testing: English

Each course of the three offered by the First-Year Writing Program is designed to meet the specific instructional needs of the students placing into that course. Students entering CSU without transfer credits in writing will move through the first-year writing sequence as indicated below. SAT scores are Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) test scores.

GPA Placement Guidelines

Cum GPA 3.49 and below	Cum GPA 3.5 and above
take English 100	take English 101
then take English 102	then take English 102

SAT/ACT Placement Guidelines

ACT 19 and lower SAT (old) 460 and lower SAT (new) 479 and lower	ACT 20-25 SAT (old) 470-580 SAT (new) 480-609	ACT 26 and higher SAT (old) 590 and higher SAT (new) 610 and higher
take English 100	take English 101
then take English 102	then take English 102	take English 102

Placement Testing Guidelines

If you do not have transfer credit, a high school GPA, SAT/ACT scores, or AP English credit, you must take a First-Year Writing Placement test. Normally, the test is only given on campus.

Revised Spring 2024