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Exit Test for ENC0021

The State of Florida Basic Skills Test in English is required of all students who take ENC0021. All students who are actively registered for the course at the time that the exit test is administered are eligible to take the exam.

This test consists of two parts, both of which are mandatory.

Part A consists of a minimum of 40 multiple-choice questions from the state-developed item bank. You must obtain a score of 25 or higher to pass this part of the test. This score is 25% of the total Exit Exam score.

Part B consists of a fully developed, unified, and coherent paragraph or short essay. A score of 3 or higher on the Writing subtest is required. This score is 75% of the total Exit Exam score.

The Florida Basic Skills Exit Test is the final exam for ENC0021. You must satisfactorily complete the course requirements and pass the exit exam to proceed to the next course, ENC 1101. If you fail the final exam, you must repeat the course; only then will you be able to take the exam again.

Making up the final exam. In order to make up the final exam, you must follow the specific BCC procedure:

•  Provide your professor with a legitimate reason for missing the exam, such as illness or death in the family.

•  Obtain written permission from your professor to make an appointment at the campus testing office to take the exit exam make-up.

If you have a documented disability and have received testing accommodations during the semester, you will be given the same accommodations for the exit test.

Competencies and skills tested

The following competencies and skills are tested in Part A, the objective test:

Conceptual and Organizational Skills

•  Identifies a topic sentence or a thesis statement

•  Recognizes adequate support provided by generalized and specific evidence

•  Arranges ideas and supporting details in a logical pattern

•  Identifies supporting material that is relevant or irrelevant to the topic sentence or thesis statement

•  Recognizes effective transitional devices within the context of a passage