Mar 29, 2024  
2019 - 2020 CNM Catalog, Volume 51 
    
2019 - 2020 CNM Catalog, Volume 51 [The CNM Academic Year includes Fall, Spring, Summer Terms]

Reading & Writing Skills 1


Successful completion of

Or Students can demonstrate completion of Reading and Writing Skills 1 through placement scores in this range:

  • Accuplacer Next-Generation: Reading score 238 or higher OR 
    Accuplacer Next-Generation:WritePlacer score 4 or higher

  • ACT: Reading score 16 or higher, and English score 14 or higher

  • SAT: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score 290 or higher (new score)
    SAT: Writing + Critical Reading score 480 or higher (old score)


* Please meet with an academic coach if you are using these scores to meet this skill level.
‡ If listed as a pre- or corequisite, these can be taken at the same time as the referring course.


Students with this level of skill in reading and writing are able to identify, understand, and evaluate various work-related and academic texts. Students can write academic and workplace documents and effectively use technology for reading and writing tasks.