CAI Benefits to StudentsRemediation will be decreased through more accurate placements, which will

directly impact student success and reduce college costsStudents will no longer need to reassess when they take classes at multiple CCCs

Current Situation

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The Basic Workings of CAIThe Common Assessment System will generate both an assessment-based placement

recommendation and a recommendation based on the Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) decision trees. Whichever placement is to the student's advantage (the highest of the two), is the ultimate placement recommendation the student will receive.

The Common Assessment System will contain test preparation, delivery, administration, data collection, and course placement guidance.

Each campus has the freedom to set when and how the test will be administered.Mapping to local curriculum, placement, and re-testing policies are up to the college. Campuses choose where to place students based on assessment results and multiple measures

of their choosing.

When Do We Start?-SBVC Adoption Semester (students start testing on the new system) = Spring 2018-SBVC Placement Semester (first semester to be placed from Adoption semester) =Fall 2018Source: https://www.cccassess.org/timeline-update

Placing students too high can lead to shame, fear, frustration, withdrawal and may overburden instructors with great amounts of additional assistance.

Placing students too lowcan lead to boredom, apathy, and classroom disruption from lack of engagement.

Highly functioning assessment systems need to identify multiple factors that predict classroom performance.

When students are misaligned, college course completion rates fall, and efficiency decreases across the college.

Historically, tests alone have had relatively low predictive validity.

High School Cumulative GPA

High School Course Grades

Advanced Placement Courses

CST/SAT/ACT Scores

Non-Cognitive Measures Teachers College, Columbia University, CCRC, Kafka (2016): A List of Non-Cognitive Assessment Instruments

Transcripts Retrieved from: https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/images/a-list-of-non-cognitive-assessment-instruments.pdf

Some Studies… Long Beach Community College Promising Pathways to Success

LBCC Institutional Research (2012):Extended Executive Summary: Promising Pathways to Success, Using Evidence to Dramatically Increase Student Achievement Retrieved from http://www.lbcc.edu/IE/documents/LBCCPromisePathwaysResultsExtendedSummary.pdf

The RP Group, Hayward, Fagioli, Hsieh, Lopez, & Munoz (2016): Multiple Measures Assessment ProjectSpring 2016 Pilot College Examples Retrieved from: https://rpgroup.org/Portals/0/Documents/archive/MMAP_Spring2016_Examples_Webinar_Final.pdf

How Long is HS GPA data valid?

Institutional Research from The RP Group