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Session 2
2C Multiple Measures and Placement Testing
Presenters:
Sue Schmitz, Hennepin Technical College (MN)
Kathie Montognese, The College Board

The best measure of a student's potential for success is a hot topic! The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System has implemented a system-wide use of Multiple Measures. This session will cover the process from idea to implementation to its effect on student success. Come prepared to share your own schools' stories of success regarding this timely and important topic.

Conference Track: Placement Testing

Session 9
9C My Summer Vacation with ALEKS
Presenters:
Joe Scrima, Harper College (IL)
Matthew McLaughlin, Harper College (IL)

Almost 60% of entering community college students require some level of math remediation, and those who begin in developmental education are at-risk of not completing a college credential. Therefore, the need for accurate math placement along with providing students opportunity to review is of critical importance. In the summer of 2014, Harper College piloted McGraw Hill's ALEKS PPL (Placement, Preparation & Learning) for math. Compared to the College's current math placement exam (COMPASS), ALEKS is a longer test that provides a more comprehensive assessment of students' abilities. In addition, it provides on-line, self-paced remediation targeted to specific needs and opportunities to retest and improve placement. Harper College partnered with Vanderbilt University which provided neutral, third-party assistance in pilot design and data analysis. Piloting a new math assessment tool is quite a challenge. Piloting a dramatically different math assessment tool during the busiest testing season, with two months to prepare, is just crazy…like a fox. This presentation will describe the pilot set-up, on-going data collection, preliminary results, and overall impressions of the ALEKS PPL product.

Conference Track: Placement Testing

Session 11
11A Online Placement Testing - A Testing Center Leading through Innovation
Presenters:
Kathie Montognese, The College Board
Rick Beaudry, B Virtual Inc.
Anne Howard, The College Board

Join this panel discussion exploring through a live case how one testing center has excelled with online placement testing. You will hear the panel discuss all facets of this large scale online placement testing initiative. Learn how, through innovation and partnership, one testing center was able to offer testing for placement purposes for 6500 students who were starting with the College in the Fall of 2014. Explore the reasons behind the success of over 3000 requests for online testing, 1200 of those within the first 72 hours of offering this service announcement. Learn about the survey results at the end of the test to gauge why students chose online testing. Initiating, planning, executing, delivering, and evaluating of wide-spread online placement testing will be reviewed, and attendees will learn how the testing center has now set itself apart from other institutions by embracing students' demands for online options.

For advanced preparation, attendees can view the following pre-recorded webcast at http://accuadmin.onlineproctornow.com/case-studies.html

Conference Track: Placement Testing