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Download full textSophie Litschwartz; Dan Cullinan; Colin Hill – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2024
Historically, colleges have used standardized testing to determine whether a student is ready for college-level work or requires developmental courses first, but this method has been criticized as inaccurate. To obtain more accurate placements, nearly three-quarters of colleges now use multiple measures assessment (MMA) systems. These systems…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Evaluation Methods, Alternative Assessment, Standardized Tests
Sophie Litschwartz; Dan Cullinan; Vivianna Plancarte – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2023
At community colleges and open-enrollment universities, most first-year students take placement exams in English and mathematics to determine whether they are ready for college-level courses. But large-scale studies have indicated that these test scores misplace substantial numbers of students--in other words, for many students, the test score…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Community College Students, Nontraditional Students, Open Universities
Bickerstaff, Susan; Kopko, Elizabeth; Lewy, Erika B.; Raufman, Julia; Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2021
Despite evidence suggesting that standardized tests are an imperfect measure of academic readiness, many community colleges across the country rely on them alone to determine student course placement. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced campuses to transition to remote operations in spring 2020, proctoring in-person placement tests became…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Student Placement, Alternative Assessment
