A collaboration between

Ocean County College and

Ocean County School High School Districts

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� The purpose of the College Readiness Now program is to help 11th and 12th grade students achieve college and career readiness skills.

Purpose

� � Students in the program participate in an on-site

literacy development bridge course at their high school;

� The on-site course is offered as an after-school course or as a 10 week semester-based model that is incorporated into the students’ high school day;

� Students get access to Pearson’s MyFoundationsLab (AccuMFL) for 10 weeks to help improve their Reading, Writing, and Math proficiencies;

� On-site program allows students to participate in self-paced learning activities and provide them face-to-face classroom instruction.

Program Description

� � Each bridge course has an Academic Coach who

monitors students progress, offer support, and assistance whenever needed.

� Prior to the on-site transition program, a three day Professional Development (PD) workshop is held with the Academic Coaches, who are teachers in the high school.

Program Description

� � The PD sessions are two hours long and the work in the

PD sessions is used to guide instruction and student advisement during the on-site Fall/Spring Transition course.

� PD workshops are conducted by the Executive Director of Academic Success and focus on literacy development strategies; incorporating Critical Thinking concepts and tools into the delivery of the 10 week transition course, and how to use Accuplacer scores, Accuplacer diagnostic scores and the SuccessNavigator as tools in developing student competencies in English and Mathematics.

PD for Academic Coaches

� �  Participates in the program take the Accuplacer, and diagnostic

assessment(s) associated with Pearson’s MyFoundationsLab (MFL) to create a personalized learning path.

�  The first administration of the Accuplacer allows OCC to get a

base line placement score in English and Math.

�  After the first administration of the Accuplacer, two sets of scores are printed. One for student and one for High Administration

�  Scores are reviewed with students immediately following the completion of their Accuplacer Test

Program Assessments

� �  After the first Accuplacer test is completed and reviewed, students take the

Accuplacer Diagnostic Assessment associated with Pearson’s MyFoundationsLab (MFL) to create a personalized learning path.

�  The multimodal program allows students to participate in self-paced learning

activities that scaffold items and provide them with instant feedback in addition to their face-to-face classroom instruction.

�  Upon completion of the diagnostic, students are registered and have 10 weeks access

to Pearson’s MyFoundationsLab (MFL) �  After 10 weeks a second Accuplacer test date is set-up with the high school. This

allows us to get a final placement score in English and Math. �  Accuplacer scores only count if students receive a placement score in English and

Math. If student does not achieve a placement test score that places them into College Level English or Math; students can take all or part of either placement test at the normal college cost of $5 per section.

Program Assessments

� � Elementary Algebra: 17 multiple choice

questions � Writeplacer: Written essay, 50 minutes

timed � Reading Comprehension: 20 multiple

choice questions � Sentence Skills: 20 multiple choice

questions

What is on an ACCUPLACER test?

� Test Name Score

Elementary Algebra 36

Writeplacer A 6

Reading Comprehension 87

Sentence Skills 72

Accuplacer Score Results

� Holistic Score Description (for Writeplacer Essay only)

The essay demonstrates reasonably consistent mastery of on-demand essay writing

Accuplacer Holistic Score Description

Dimension Title Dimension Description

Purpose and Focus Your response does not fully communicate purpose, and focus may be inconsistent.

Organization and Structure Your response demonstrates limited organization of ideas.

Development and Support Your response is logically developed and well supported.

Sentence Variety and Style Your response shows skillful control of sentence structure and style.

Mechanical Conventions Your response shows limited control of mechanical conventions such as grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Critical Thinking Your response shows limited clarity and complexity of thought.

� � Same subjects as Accuplacer � 45 multiple choice questions each � Accuplacer Diagnostic tests are adaptive; questions get

more difficult based on answers � Accuplacer shows a single proficiency score per subject � Diagnostics tests has fixed questions � Diagnostics provide a detailed analysis of strengths

and weaknesses

What are the Diagnostics and how are they different?

� � Below outlines the Accuplacer scores needed for placement into

college Level English and Math and the scores needed to meet NJ HS grad requirements.

HS grad requirement

� HS Graduation Requirement English Score required = 8, 7, or 6 � HS Graduation Requirement Math Score required = 76 or better

OCC Placement results

� OCC English Placement Score required = 8, 7, or 6 with a combined Reading Comprehension + Sentence Skills score of 200

� OCC Math Placement Score required = 76 or better

Achieving High School Graduation Requirements and OCC Placement

� The College Readiness Now Program has tested close to 600 students from 11 Ocean County High Schools during 2015-2016 academic year. The High Schools we are currently working with are:   �  Central Regional HS �  Jackson Liberty HS �  Jackson Memorial HS �  Lakewood HS �  Lacey HS �  Manchester HS �  New Egypt HS �  Point Beach �  Toms River East �  Toms River North �  Toms River South

College Readiness Program at OCC

�   � The 2015-2016 CRN II cohort was made up of 557 11th and

12th graders from 11 different HS. � Out of the 557, 220 have applied to OCC and 105 have

enrolled as of August 3, 2016.

Data for 2015-2016 CRN II Program at OCC

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What questions do you have for us?

 

Q&A

� � Dr. Henry Jackson, Coordinator of College Readiness Now

Program, Ocean County College: hjackson@Ocean.edu   � Lorie Trachtenberg, Director of Testing & Adaptive

Services, Ocean County College: ltrachtenberg@Ocean.edu

Program Administrators