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PRACTICAL ISSUES WITH P.E.R.T AND P.E.R.T.
DIAGNOSTIC
COUNCIL OF STUDENT AFFAIRS MEETING
OCTOBER 14, 2011
PRESENTED BY: MARC WEBB, FACTA PRESIDENT, PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE
DR. HENRI BENLOLO, FACTA COUNCIL MEMBER, COLLEGE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
About FACTA Established September 17, 2008 FACTA-L listserv
243 memberso FCS, BOG, and ICUF
3 members on the P.E.R.T. Technical Work Group
5 members on the P.E.R.T. Change Committee 1 member serving as the NCTA State Liaison
Coordinator Building Professional Ties
AFC SDCCSA
P.E.R.T. System Outages# Date Time Duration
1 Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:25 PM several minutes
2 Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:32 AM 2 hours
3 Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:40 PM several minutes
4 Tuesday, June 07, 2011 11:00 AM 30 minutes
5 Monday, June 13, 2011 1:15 PM several times all afternoon and into the evening
6 Monday, June 20, 2011 10:45 AM 15 minutes
7 Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:00 PM several minutes
8 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:00 AMAll day - major issues with branching profiles - move to adaptive math and
writing sections
9 Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:00 PM 20 minutes
10 Monday, August 22, 2011 9:30 AM several time all day - went down for maintenance at 6pm
Dates and times recorded via FACTA listserv
*No reported outages since August 22, 2011
P.E.R.T. Reliability Reported outages between May and August
represent multiple institutions experiencing the same issue.
Most test products such as ACCUPLACER, COMPASS, and TABE may only experience 1 unscheduled outage during an entire year.
P.E.R.T. experienced 10 reported outages in a 4 month period.However, no P.E.R.T. outages have been reported
since August 22, 2011.This is a good sign for the product’s reliability.
P.E.R.T. Timing According to FLDOE, the P.E.R.T. is taking
2 hours to complete.This is calculated on a per section report
This does not reflect the time to take the entire battery.
FACTA test administrators use the time estimate on the student score report to calculate average test taking time.
What We Still Need A Coordinators Guide A Users Guide Alternate formats of the test
P & P, Large Print, and Braille are on the way according to FLDOE (No ETA on completion)
Audio version (Not planned at this time) Lockdown browser needed
Vanguard currently in use on McCann’s Measured Success platform for the SOCE (State Officer Certification Examination – FDLE)
A better upload processUploads in segments currently
An updated average time to take the entire test
P.E.R.T. in the High Schools FACTA played a large role in giving the FCS
office information for drafting of the P.E.R.T. FAQ for the high schools
Still waiting on more details from FLDOE and local area school districts.
Changes in P.E.R.T. test volume are expected for FCS schools.
P.E.R.T. Diagnostic Issue to have testing be responsible for hosting
diagnosticsTime issuesCourse relatedo Should use learning labs
Full access to all diagnostics after the student takes the P.E.R.T.Currently, the access to the P.E.R.T. Diagnostic
platform must be done using a proctor login.○ Student not able to login remotely at this time.
Printed diagnostic score report does not include competency descriptionsIt uses codes instead of words (very confusing)
Contact Information
Marc [email protected](561) 868-3017
Dr. Henri [email protected] (352) 854-2322 ext. 1430
FACTA http://www.factatesting.org/
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
Thank You!