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ACCUPLACER Overview Professional Development Series

Session Overview

•ACCUPLACER Program Overview •System Setup

• Users/Permission Levels • Test Set Up/Branching Profiles • Reporting

•Intervention with ACCUPLACER//MyFoundationsLab

Program Overview

Culture of Innovation

1986 – DOS version introduced

1995 – Windows version

1999 – ACCUPLACER Online

2000 – WritePlacer Plus

2002 – ESL WritePlacer & Listening

2007 – New Platform Released 2.0

2009 – New Platform Released i3

2010 – New Diagnostic Tests and CSP

2012 – iPhone app Review Guide

2012 – MFL Learning Pathways

2013 – Customized Placement and Diagnostic Exams for states

1. ACCUPLACER is customer driven 2. Dedicated to platform

development

ACCUPLACER is the most widely used Placement Assessment in the US

Strand Test Development: •Minnesota •North Carolina •Texas •Indiana – Ivy Tech

State or system-wide ACCUPLACER use

Institutions: 49% — 2 year 37% — 4 year 14% — High schools

Used in all 50 states And in 19 countries

ACCUPLACER Features

Internet based (no downloads required) Computer-adaptive testing format Immediate test results Multiple User Levels/Institutionally-Personalized Local control of welcome screen, report messages, and

student directions Standardized accessibility formats (online & paper/pencil) Real-time Field Testing to refresh item pool; new items

added/retire over exposed items 24/7 access with 99.75% platform reliability

Computer Adaptive Testing

Decreased Difficulty

Typical Pattern of Student Responses

Increased Difficulty

Middle Difficulty

Score is calculated and the next best item is selected based on:

• Difficulty • Content • Test Specifications

IA

Campus A Testing

Site

Campus B Testing

Site

High School Testing

Site

ABE Testing

Site

Research Testing Site

Faculty Testing

Site

ACCUPLACER Design

Unlimited sites available in the system Allows data collection state or system-wide, or by individual site

ACCUPLACER System Setup:

Permission Levels

Four Access Permission Levels

Institutional Administrator Site Manager Proctor Reporter ■ Institutional or Site Reporters ■ Institutional or Site Score Reporters ■WritePlacer Reporters

ACCUPLACER Subject Assessments

ACCUPLACER Tests

General Tests • Reading Comprehension • Sentence Skills • Arithmetic • Elementary Algebra • College Level Math • WritePlacer Plus • Computer Skills

Placement • “Local” Tests

ESL Suite • Reading Skills • Sentence Meaning • Language Usage • Listening • WritePlacer ESL

Diagnostics

• Reading Comprehension • Sentence Skills • Arithmetic • Elementary Algebra

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Language Arts: Reading

Reading Comprehension Placement content categories are:

• Identifying Main Ideas • Secondary / Supporting Idea • Inference • Applications • Sentence Relationships

Diagnostic content categories are: • Main Idea • Supporting Detail • Sentence Relationships • Inference • Author's Purpose/Rhetorical Strategies

Each student is administered a total of 20 items for placement, 40 items for diagnostic

Language Arts: Writing

Sentence Skills Placement content categories are:

• Recognizing Complete Sentences • Coordination/Subordination • Sentence Relationship

Diagnostic Content Categories are: • Agreement • Modifiers • Diction/Logic • Sentence Structure • Sentence Boundaries

Each student is administered a total of 20 items for placement, 40 items for diagnostic

Language Arts: Writing Essay

WritePlacer 8-point holistic scoring guide, 6 dimensions

• Purpose and Focus • Organization and Structure • Development and Support •Sentence Variety and Style •Mechanical Conventions •Critical Thinking

Fourteen prompts available

Mathematics: Arithmetic

Arithmetic Placement content categories are:

• Whole numbers and Fractions • Decimals and Percents • Applications

Diagnostic content categories are: • Computation with Integers and Fractions • Computation with Decimal Numbers • Problems Involving Percent • Estimation, Ordering, and Number Sense • Word Problems and Applications

Each student is administered a total of 17 items for placement and 40 items for diagnostics

Mathematics: Elementary Algebra

Elementary Algebra Placement content categories are:

• Integers and Rationals • Algebraic Expressions • Equations, Inequalities, and Word Problems

Diagnostic content categories are: • Real Numbers • Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Systems • Quadratic Expressions and Equations • Algebraic Expressions and Equations • Word Problems and Applications

Each student is administered a total of 12 items for placement and 40 items for diagnostics

Mathematics: College Level Math

College-Level Math Placement content categories are:

• Algebraic Operations • Solutions of Equations and

Inequalities • Coordinate Geometry • Applications and Other Algebra

Topics • Functions • Trigonometry

Each student is administered a total of 20 items

(placement test only)

ESL Placement Tests

Language Use • Grammar

Sentence Meaning • Vocabulary in context

Reading Skills • Passage-Based - reading

comprehension

Listening • Conversations and lectures

ESL WritePlacer • 6 point holistic scoring guide • 4 dimensions • Word use • Sentence Use • Grammar • Organization and Development

Each student is administered a total of 20 items for each ESL section. ESL Writeplacer has six prompts available.

Computer Skills Placement Test

Measures fundamental computer skills competency

Two versions:

• Internet and email • Managing files • Word Processing • Basic concepts of computing • Spreadsheets • Databases • Presentation skills

Overall Placement Score and Diagnostics in one test

COMPANION: Accessibility Formats

Braille version Large print version Audio CDs Pencil/paper versions New scannable answer sheets—upload to

ACCUPLACER platform with ACCUscan program

Additional: – ACCUPLACER online is compatible with

reading software programs – ACCUPLACER online has wizard feature for

visually impaired

ACCUPLACER System Setup:

Branching Profiles

Branching Profile: No Conditions

Reading Comprehension

Sentence Skills

Elementary Algebra

Branching Profile: Background Questions

YES

Have you ever taken an

algebra course?

Arithmetic Elementary

Algebra

NO

Branching Profiles: Test Scores

Elementary Algebra

College Level Math

Arithmetic

Placement

Placement

Placement

70-90

20-59 Diagnostic Testing

Placement

Placement

My Foundations Lab

Retest ACCUPLACER

Branching Profile: Test Scores & Background Questions

Low score Reading

Comprehension (native)

+

“No” to any

1.Is English the first language you learned?

2.Is English the language most often spoken in your home?

3.Have you had at least 8 years of formal education in the US?

ESL Reading Skills +

Sentence Skills (native)

ESL Language Usage

High Scores

Low Scores

ESL Listening

Placement

Placement

ACCUPLACER Reports

ACCUPLACER – General Reports User-friendly report

designs Simplified printing of

reports Batch printing of reports Comprehensive unit

history and test administration reporting Robust data

configurations for downloading to student information systems

Multiple Reporting Options

Sample Individual Score Report

A personalized study plan has been created for you based on your ACCUPLACER test results. Within 24 hrs you will receive an email with your log in credentials and instructions on how to access your personalized study plan. If you have not provided an accurate email address please. See your proctor to update your information.

Student Diagnostic Score Report

Diagnostic results can be used to create

a custom learning path.

ACCUPLACER//MFL: Academic Intervention

The Landscape….

Source: Complete College America, 2011

What do you do: With students who fall below your lowest placement scores?

To help increase college/career readiness skills for High School students?

With students who want to practice/refresh before taking a placement test?

With students who are so overwhelmed with the number of remedial courses that they should take, that they drop out before they even start?

The ACCUPLACER diagnostic assessment is paired with proven MyFoundationsLab remediation. This powerful combined

experience enhances college preparedness and student success.

Students determine which module they want to work on first.

Individualized Intervention

Within each module are a series of topics.

Individualized Intervention

ACCUPLACER//MyFoundationLab

Ideas/best practices for ACCU/MFL Colleges Summer bridge Boot camps for placement retesting Transitional programs for both traditional and nontraditional learners Academic support for existing students

High Schools Early intervention Credit recovery Dual enrollment or “middle college” programs GEAR UP programs

Not a ‘one size fits all’ model, customize to your students