I thought reading comprehension was mandatory in higher education?

[Geek King]

Ah, good ol' M.U. I still remember the alma mater song, Iä, Iä, Cthulhu ftaghn!

And let's have a cheer for the football team, the fighting Cephalopods!

[dalesys]

And let's have a cheer for the football team, the fighting Cephalopods!

Scuba suits and ice skates a standard part of the playing uniform...

[Chromatix]

Chromatix, pick up any basic algebra text, anywhere. If we can get them through high school level algebra, those who want to can usually handle trig and calculus. The biggest hurdle is NOT a poor background in math, but rather, poor reading skills.

I meant the reading-comprehension test.

[Primer]

I meant the reading-comprehension test.

I don't know that it was ever actually developed as a paper for the prereq. I do know that we also offer reading comprehension classes, and before being allowed to take English Composition courses, students have to pass a certain level of reading AND writing skill assessment tests. I think the attempt was to have students also pass a certain level of reading comprehension before being allowed to register for any level of math, including the remedial courses.

[paxillated]

I think the attempt was to have students also pass a certain level of reading comprehension before being allowed to register for any level of math, including the remedial courses.

Expletive! It should be a pre-requisite for college! It used to be part of the SATs;* did they drop it?

My mother is rolling in her grave! (She taught High School and College English.) God bless her; I was reading at college level in 7th grade - which I know because reading comp tests were given every year. **

*I took them more than 40 years ago...

[BPFH]

[Reading comprehension] used to be part of the SATs;* did they drop it?

Not as of my somewhat more recent 25 years ago.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Not as of my somewhat more recent 25 years ago.

I vaguely remember taking the SAT back in 1988 and to my recollection they didn't have a reading comprehension section.

I recall taking a verbal studies part and a math part (scored way higher on the verbal than I did math, but I digress) so I'm guessing sometime during the 80's it could have been changed.