new kctcs assessment and placement policy
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New KCTCS Assessment and Placement PolicyFor 2016-2017
Kentucky Counseling Association Fall ConferenceNovember 11, 2016
Why now?
Background: Financial Aid!• In January 2012, a Dear Colleague Letter went out from the US
Department of Education – Financial Aid– https://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN1201.html
• Lifetime limits on Pell reduced• Creates pressures
– Earlier decisions about careers and college majors– Maximum Time Frame 150% Rule
– Not as much freedom to change majors– Too much credit hour usage on developmental courses
Background: Persistence• Institutional research universally shows that the more and
lower developmental course placements a student has, the less likely he or she will persist in college and complete a program
Pilot Solution• The Co-Requisite Model of Remediation• Complete College America: Co-requisite Remediation:
Spanning the Completion Divide– http://completecollege.org/spanningthedivide/
Kentucky CPECollege Readiness Indicators 2016
College Readiness Indicators 2016• http://
cpe.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/A2A66573-BE9B-4A25-B4DB-A17514FE9E44/0/CollegeReadinessIndicators2016.pdf
• PARCC and Smarter Balanced are used by adjacent states• The footnotes indicate awareness that COMPASS and ASSET
are being phased out
KCTCSPiloting Solutions in
KCTCS Assessment & Placement Policy• Effective Fall 2016• Permits Co-Requisite Placement
– For colleges adopting the model
• Get into college-level courses faster, with less time and money in developmental courses
Quantitative Reasoning 1ACT SAT KYOTE TABE A HSGPA
Wonderlic
Quant.EdReady
KCTCS Course
s27/+ 610/+ NA NA NA NA NA Calculus
MAT 170, 175
22/+ 510/+ CA 14/+ NA 3.0/+ 330/+ TBA College Algebra MAT 150
19/+ 460/+ CA 7-13 or MP 22/+
NA 2.6-2.9 275/+ TBA MAT 150 w/coreq, 146, or AAS level math
AAS Level Math?• MAT 105 Business Math• MAT 110 Applied Math• MAT 116 Technical Math• MAT 126 Technical Algebra and Trigonometry
MAT 146 Contemporary College Math counts for the AA (but not the AS) for students transferring into majors that don’t require College Algebra or higher.
Quantitative Reasoning 2ACT SAT KYOTE TABE A HSGPA
Wonderlic
Quant.EdRead
yKCTCS Course
s15/+ NA MP 18-
21NA 2.3-2.5 230-
314TBA MAT 146
or 126 w/coreq or any below
12/+ NA MP 12-17
6.4/+ 2.0-2.2 199-229
TBA MAT 105, 110, or 116 w/coreq
11/- NA MP 11/- 6.3/- 1.9/- 198/- TBA Transitional course or Adult Ed Boot Camp
Math courses• Transitional
– MAT 011 Transitional Algebra (3)
• Co-requisite– MAT 096 Supplemental Mathematics (2)– MAT 100 College Algebra Workshop (2)
Adult Education Pathway (“boot camp”) courses are not for college credit, but CEU, and no tuition, fees, or books are charged; can be done pre-enrollment.
Reading
ACT SAT KYOTE TABE A HSGPA Wonderlic EdReady
KCTCS Course
s20/+ 450/+ 20/+ 12.2/+ 3.0/+ 325/+ TBA No RDG
required
12-19 NA 6-19 7.3-12.1
2.5-2.9 180-324
TBA RDG 100 w/reading intensive course (paired?)
11/- NA 5/- <7.3 1.9/- 179/- TBA Adult Ed Boot Camp
Writing
ACT SAT KYOTE TABE A HSGPA Wonderlic EdReady
KCTCS Course
s
18/+ 430/+ 6/+ 12.8/+ 3.0/+ 325/+ TBA ENG 101
12-17 NA 3-5 8.1-12.7
2.0-2.9 180-324
TBA ENG 101 w/coreq ENG 100
11/- NA 1-2 8.0/- 1.9/- 179/- TBA Adult Ed Boot Camp
A few notes• We can look at multiple indicators (test scores, GPA) and use
the best placement• HS GPA within the last 5 years• Larger community and technical colleges may have a more
complex path for the variety of programs they offer, as well as the human resources and enrollment to support these paths– For Example: Bluegrass CTC– Note they also have ESL testing and course options– http://bluegrass.kctcs.edu/~/
media/Bluegrass/Faculty_Staff/quickview/documents/mandatory_placement_plan_2016-02-29_09-18-58.ashx
A few notes of caution• The colleges have local discretion in how they arrange their
testing and placement options• Search using the name of the name of the college +
assessment and placement policy + 2016 [or current year]– Or ask your local CTC counselor for it
• These co-requisite models are pilot in nature, and subject to review and revision
• Placement tests, scores, and HSGPA ranges may be revised based on results, in the future
Thank you!This presentation is available on www.slideshare.net/ElizabethCole/
Elizabeth Cole, M.A., LPCCCounselor/ProfessorBig Sandy Community & Technical College [email protected] (606) 218-1215