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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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(30/70)
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