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CASSC Research and Testing Committee
M I N U T E S Meeting: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Wolfson Campus, Room 5620
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Present: Alicia Giovinazzo (for Tom Meyer), Ian Cobham, David Kaiser (Co-Chairperson), Ana Maria Bradley-Hess,
Adam Porro, Heather Richards (for Medical Center Campus Testing Department), Barbara Rodriguez, Silvio Rodriguez (Co-Chairperson), Cynthia Schuemann, Sofia Villalobos
Not Present: Rene García, Christine Dundas, Sahyli Galera, David Heredia, Rulx Jean-Bart, Ivonne Lamazares, Dora Mejia-
Montoya, Juan Carlos Meza, Ivo Rokovich, Leighton Spence, Guests Present: Catherine Hanus-Zank, Billy Jones, Frank Quebbemann
I. Review of Minutes
Minutes of the meeting of January 27, 2010 were approved. II. Standing Item(s)
A. Research
David Kaiser reported that Institutional Research recently published “The Math/Reading Connection” Information Capsule (http://www.mdc.edu/ir/iremployees/IC2010-02) and shared the key findings and implications included in the capsule.
B. Placement Criteria document 2010-2011 Silvio Rodriguez reminded the discipline/area representatives of their role in the annual review process. He then distributed Draft #3 (02/24/2010) of the 2010-2011 Placement Criteria Document and discussed the suggested changes with the Committee. In addition, he informed the Committee that the next step in the review process would be by the Deans. The most recent version of the draft document is available via the Placement Criteria website at http://www.mdc.edu/ir/CPT_CLAST/placement.asp. It includes the changes that were supported by the Committee on 2/24/2010 and subsequent changes in Section V due to a proposed dual enrollment rule.
III. New Business
A. Presentation by Scott Kramer, McCann Associates (new CPT vendor) Silvio Rodriguez introduced the Senior Account Representative for McCann Associates who distributed the attached brochure and presented on the history of his company http://www.mccanntesting.com/, their past technical support relationship with the ACCUPLACER (CPT) program, and their products which included their College Success (for placement testing) and Measured Success (for diagnostic purposes) programs. This meeting was attended by guests who were invited to attend the presentation by Silvio Rodriguez and who met with Scott Kramer after his presentation as part of the plans that were arranged in advance.
B. New placement test subcommittee Silvio Rodriguez recommended forming a Placement Test subcommittee to help with the MDC implementation process including planning and coordinating the pilot, which is expected to begin sometime in June. The subcom-mittee was approved. The initial members of the subcommittee are Silvio Rodriguez., Adam Porro, Juan Carlos Meza, Cynthia Schuemann, Billy Jones, Leighton Spence, and David Heredia.
C. Testing Fees review process Silvio Rodriguez distributed a draft version of a Testing Fees Review Process document and informed the Commit-tee that this Committee historically approved testing related fees at MDC before it went to the Provost for review and final approval. He also informed the Committee that there was no formal testing fees review process at the College and he recommended that we begin that process. After a lively discussion on this subject, which included sug-gested changes in the document the attached version has been prepared and will be presented at the next meeting for review and consideration to move it along for approval.
CASSC Research and Testing Committee
M I N U T E S Meeting: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Wolfson Campus, Room 5620
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IV. Follow-up Items
A. I.R.B. (Internal Review Board) David Kaiser reported that the first IRB meeting is scheduled for March 11 and that an application for federal regis-tration has been made.
B. UExcel® Credit-By-Examination Program http://www.uexceltest.com/ Silvio Rodriguez informed the Committee that he received an email yesterday that 1,600 colleges and universities are currently accepting UExcel for credit purposes and that it was surprising considering that this program was launched on November 11, 2009. Ian Cobham reported that the math content looked reasonable, but that it should be reviewed by the mathematics discipline to determine the MDC course equivalency. The committee agreed that this subject should be discussed at the next meeting with the following follow up: Silvio Rodriguez will find out how many of the 1,600 schools are SACS accredited and how many are Florida schools. Ivonne Lamazares will report on the English content since she was not present at this meeting.
V. Information Items
A. CPT Procurement Process – Florida’s Preferred Postsecondary Readiness Assessment Vendor Contract Silvio Rodriguez distributed the attached memorandum and informed the Committee that the procurement process for a new vendor contract for preferred pricing of a postsecondary readiness assessment is on to the next phase af-ter the Department’s Negotiating Team unanimously voted for McCann Associates. The process now moves on to the contract negotiation stage which is expected to be done by early April and then the implementation plan stage. He also informed the Committee that two workgroups will be convened to assist with planning (content and technic-al) and that he was selected to serve on the technical workgroup, which has already been established and that MDC would be pro-active in recommending faculty to serve on the content workgroup. He then reminded the Committee that the final stage will include setting State-wide college-ready scores and assisting institutions with setting college preparatory cut scores and college-level mathematics cut-scores. This was followed by a lively discussion on the next stages and Dean Ana Maria Bradley-Hess agreeing to discuss the content workgroup representation at the next ALC meeting.
B. Transferred in Gordon Rule Writing courses Silvio Rodriguez distributed the attached documents that were prepared by the Gordon Rule Sub-Committee on Transferred Credits, informed the Committee that the GR Committee is still reviewing this subject, and that they would soon have a recommendation to the ALC regarding CLAS eligibility of in and out-of-state transferred courses. This was followed by a discussion on some of the recommendations made by the sub-committee.
C. CLAS update Silvio Rodriguez informed the Committee that the Articulation Coordinating Committee has scheduled a CLAS work-shop for their May meeting and that participants will engage in discussions about the future of the CLAS require-ments included in s. 1007.25, F.S. He also informed the committee that possible future plans included eliminating the test options and using expected student learning outcomes in designated CLAS courses for demonstrating mas-tery of the course competencies before receiving a “C” or higher and that each institution will be responsible for hav-ing in place the program assessment/evaluation mechanisms to substantiate that students are attaining the ex-pected competencies.
CASSC Research and Testing Committee
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VI. Reports
A. Testing Directors Sofia Villalobos reported on the following:
Child Care Exam: The Testing Departments will be sharing the responsibility of administering Child Care exams in Monroe County. Previously, the Kendall Campus Testing Department had been in charge of these administrations. There are at least six administrations throughout the academic year and sessions are held on Saturday mornings.
Testing Road Show “Act 2”: The fourth presentation was hosted by the Hialeah Campus on February 11, 2009 and the fifth presentation is as below. The North, Homestead, and West Campuses will be hosting upcoming Testing Road Shows. Dates will be announced soon. -Wolfson Campus, Rm. 3104-11, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, (2:00PM – 4:00PM) TABE/CPT scores: The Testing Directors discussed the use of converting CPT scores to TABE. This procedure was eliminated in 2007 due to TABE Forms 7 and 8 no longer being valid. Silvio Rodriguez recently learned from Jane Silveria that the conversion chart is on page 17 of the revised February 16, 2010 Career Education Basic Skills Assessment, Tech-nical Assistance Paper. The chart shows the correlation from CPT to TABE (Complete Battery). Since TABE 7 & 8 and TABE 9 & 10 are scored on the same scale, this correlation may be used with TABE 9 & 10. The conversion chart will be included in the draft 2010-2011 Placement Criteria document and Silvio Rodriguez will be preparing an updated memorandum for this purpose. FACTA updates: -Sofia Villalobos presented the Exemplary Practices award that she and Silvio Rodriguez received for presenting MDC’s Testing Road Show at the FACTA Conference. -The Spring Florida Council meeting is scheduled for May 13, 2010 at Seminole State College, Altamonte Springs Campus. The meeting will include a presentation and hands-on session by McCann Associates from 1:00pm – 4:30pm. Additional information is available via http://www.conted.usf.edu/testing/facta/. -Three FACTA Council members (Cynthia Cerrato/Valencia, Silvio Rodriguez/MDC, and Marc Webb/Palm Beach) were selected to serve on the McCann Placement Test Technical Working Group. Testing Fees Update/Review Process: Adam Porro and Silvio Rodriguez presented a chart of recommended Testing fees to the Student Deans Council for a brainstorming discussion on Thursday, January 28, 2010. A few follow up items were assigned to them, when done would be reviewed by the Student Deans Council. Testing Students who pass the GED in English: Students who pass the GED in English are not required to take the COMPASS/ESL. These students are eligible to take the CPT. This information will be included in the draft 2010-2011 Placement Criteria document. New Test types (OPT and IELTS): Programming is completed for allowing testing staff to enter OPT and IELTS scores in Odyssey. Entering test scores received from outside of MDC: When entering test scores received from outside of MDC, the Testing Directors verify the scores with the organiza-tion who administered the exam.
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B. IR Activities David Kaiser reported on the following (submitted by Margaret Mannchen):
Institutional Research Activity for February 2010
Required State and Federal reporting completed: • Closing Fall Student, Admissions, and Integrated Databases final load & certification • Opening Spring Student, Admissions, and Integrated Databases final load & certification • FTE-2 Enrollment Projections 2009-10
The following reports were posted to the IR website: • I.C. No. 2010-02C The Math/Reading Connection (Bashford) • Campus Enrollment, Fall Profile, and Term & Annual Enrollment History
Other projects • Completed student focus groups for MDC 2010-2015 Strategic Plan • Developing new Baccalaureate Programs and Honors College data packages • Developing new School / discipline data packages • Surveys recently completed:
o Strategic Plan Community Survey o Mission, Vision and Values Statements Employee Survey o QEP Math Attitude Survey
C. Enrollment Management none
D. Area Report for CASSC Research and Testing Representatives EAP: Cynthia Schuemann reported on the following: The EAP permissions process for when students should take the CPT should be completed soon. English: Ivonne Lamazares submitted the following via email prior to the meeting: The English Discipline had one meeting this semester, and we will have another one in May. We are working on creating course competencies for two creative writing courses: CRW 2001 and CRW 2002 (competencies did not exist for these two courses), and we have subcommittees working on discipline issues such as class size for English courses, and classroom assessments and writing rubrics. Mathematics: Ian Cobham reported on the following: The Learning Outcomes dialogues have begun. A session will be next week at Homestead Campus. Student Deans: Ana Maria Bradley-Hess reported on the following: FIU/MDC day is March 5th.
CASSC Research and Testing Committee
M I N U T E S Meeting: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Wolfson Campus, Room 5620
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Next Meeting: The next meeting of the Research & Testing Committee will be Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 2:00pm in Bonnie McCabe Hall, Wolfson Campus Room 5620.
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Testing Fees Review Process-draft1.doc February 24, 2010
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
TESTING FEES REVIEW PROCESS Draft as of 03/17/2010
Requests for the establishment of a testing fee or revising a fee must be presented to the CASSC Research and Testing Committee by the lead campus Testing Director. Prior to this request, the Student Deans Council (SDC) must have reviewed the proposed recommendations and support the initiation of the fee review process. Step 1: Each Fall, the Institutional Test Administrator (ITA) initiates the annual testing fees review process. Step 2: The lead campus Testing Director begins the process of working with the campus Testing Directors to review testing fees charged by other institutions. Step 3: Proposed recommendations are presented to the SDC by lead campus Testing Director and ITA. (for review, comments, and support to continue the review process) Step 4: Proposed recommendations are presented to the CASSC Research and Testing Committee by lead campus Testing Director. (for review and comments) Step 5: Proposed recommendations are presented to the Academic Leadership Council by lead campus Testing Director and ITA. (for review and comments) Step 6: Proposed recommendations are presented to the College Provost by ITA. (for review, comments, and approval)
From: Jean-Bart, Rulx Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:23 PM To: Rodriguez, Silvio Subject: Recommendations of Sub-Committee on Transferred Credits Rulx Rulx Jean-Bart Campus Registrar Wolfson Campus Miami Dade College 300 N.E. 2nd Ave. Miami, Fl. 33132 305 237-3576 e-mail:[email protected] Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from the College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Jean-Bart, Rulx Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:59 AM To: Tomova, Michaela; DeHart, Mollie; De Falla, Joanne; Documet, Paola; Calderin, Victor; Foran, Robert; Lague, Victoria; Lares, Henry; McGuirk, David; Rodriguez, Ninon; Ser, Cary; Vellone, Adam; Thomas, Jeffery; Lares, Henry Subject: Recommendations of Sub-Committee on Transferred Credits Please find attached the committee’s recommendations. Thanks Rulx Rulx Jean-Bart Campus Registrar Wolfson Campus Miami Dade College 300 N.E. 2nd Ave. Miami, Fl. 33132 305 237-3576 e-mail:[email protected] Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from the College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
Gordon Rule: Recommendation on Transferred Credits
• Transferred courses equivalent to ENC 1101 and ENC1102 will be used to meet Gordon Rule writinrequirements.
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• Courses used by Florida institutions to meet Gordon Rule requirements will be coded “G” (Gordon Rule)at MDC even if MDC does not designate them as MDC selected Gordon Rule courses (note: courses designated as meeting the Gordon Rule component may or may not meet the MDC General Education requirement).
• Transferred courses that meet Gordon Rule requirements will be coded on the degree audit with a Gdesignator.
• Transferred courses with same course abbreviation numbers or competencies which do not include thwriting component will not be coded with a G designator.
• With the exception of ENC1101 and ENC1102, transferred courses that are not from a Florida publiinstitution will not be coded as Gordon Rule unless they have been reviewed and approved for Gordon Rule writing competencies by the appropriate Discipline Committees.
• Transferred courses from foreign institutions require students to provide designated documentation,including writing samples, which utilize the conventions of standard English, to the appropriate Discipline Committee.
• Requests for Gordon Rule writing equivalency will be submitted by the requestor to the chair of thdepartment that offers the course at the student’s campus. The chair will forward it to the appropriate Discipline Committee.
• Students requesting a course review are responsible for submitting the necessary documentation fromthe transfer institution to the MDC program Chair. Requests will be accompanied by (1) An MDC Request Form and (2) The course description and the course syllabus or the course competencies.
• If the transferred course is from a non‐English speaking country, but taught in English, the student will be required to provide course writing assignments in Englis
• The student will receive a response in writing from the Discipline Committee within one month. If thecourse is approved for Gordon Rule writhing equivalency, the discipline will forward the decision to Transcript Evaluations for updating of course dictionary.
• The instrument used to evaluate courses requesting a Gordon Rule designation is located on the MDCwebsite: Gordon Rule Criteria.
Administrative and Programmatic Issues:
• A Request for Gordon Rule Review Form must be made available online and on campus for students.
• All Florida Gordon Rule courses must be uploaded and /or updated programmatically into our system with a G designator.
• All ENC1101 and ENC1102 equivalents that are in our course dictionary must be updated programmatically with the G designator.
• The system must be programmed to separate the function of assessing for Gordon Rule requirements from that of course equivalencies. The system must realize that although all PHI2010 classes offered at MDC are Gordon Rule courses, not all transferred PHI2010 meet such requirement.
• All programming must be done prior to implementation of the above recommendations.
• The recommendations above, if approved, must be reflected in the general Gordon Rule College procedure.
Created 2/16/10
Petition to Assign Gordon Rule Writing Equivalency
Students who want to obtain writing credits for courses taken at an institution other than MDC must petition the Discipline Committee. This form, along with all necessary attachments, must be submitted to the appropriate discipline Chair for the course for which the student is petitioning. The petition process may take up to one (1) month and the student will be informed via email of the final outcome.
Student Information
Student Name: ______________________________ MDID#: ________________________________
MDC Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________ Alternative Email address:_______________________________________________________________
Home Address: _______________________________________________________________________
Phone: _____________________________________ Date: __________________________________
Course to be Evaluated
Course Discipline: □ English □ Humanities □ Social Sciences □ Other _______________
Course Title: __________________________________________________________________________
Course Number: ______________________________ Semester Taken: _________________________
Institution where course was taken: _______________________________________________________
If the course is equivalent to an MDC course, please indicate MDC course number: _________________
Attachments: □ Course Description AND
□ Course Syllabus OR □ Course Competencies
Note: Student must submit the course description and one of the following: (1) course syllabus or (2) competencies. These documents can be attained by contacting the institution where the course was originally taken.
Outcome of Appeal
□ Course APPROVED for Gordon Rule writing credit.
□ Course NOT approved for Gordon Rule writing credit. Discipline Chair Convener signature: ____________________________ Date: ______________