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Districtwide Counselors Meeting March 2017 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept English Writing Placement Exam Timeline 12617 PCCDs English Writing Placement Test Application Approved for use by CCCCO ID: 613928

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English Writing Placement Test Update

Districtwide Counselors Meeting, March, 2017Slide2

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

JunJulAugSept

English Writing Placement Exam Timeline

1/26/17

PCCD’s English Writing Placement Test ApplicationApproved for use by CCCCO, with *further planned evidence.

Implementation planning

New Student Registration

(Summ/Fall)

Consequential Validity Survey Report

Identify students who were placed by English Writing test and their faculty

Launch *

anonymous student & faculty survey of placement validity

Analyze and report on evidence of placement validitySlide3

English Writing Placement Exam Implementation

Planning & Implementation Occurs Across Teams

Assessment Coordinators

Standardized Testing Procedures (Including Mobile Testing)

Enrollment ProcessingPartnership with OUSD CounselorsUse of writing test in multiple measures placement decisionEnglish Faculty ExpertsContent Validity of Test & Grading RubricTraining GradersDistrictwide StandardizationDistrictwide Pool of ReadersConsistent placement across colleges, (i.e., intergrader reliability >.70)Slide4

PCCD Validation Report* Evidence Based on Standardized Testing Procedures:

45 minutes

(Avg. test time)

3-reader grading

systemreported reliability of >.70*Note: The writing samples would be graded while the student is taking the CAPP portion of the Assessment3 Approved Prompts (Other prompts didn’t meet criteria for reliability & absence of bias)*PCCD Validation Report Available at: http://bit.ly/2nqfzVA** In accord with CCCCO standards for a locally-developed writing test, per Oct. 2016 Memo, see: http://bit.ly/2nKMUruSlide5

Student feedback about Implementation:

How many students are placed using the writing test?

How much time do students take to complete the writing test?

How satisfied are student and faculty with writing-test placement result? (Anonymous Survey)Slide6

PCCD’s Local Policies on Multiple Measures

Sources of information that will aid in correct course placement for students include, but are not limited to:...**

high school or college transcripts

Interviews

attitude surveysstudy and learning skills surveysvocational and career aptitude and interest inventoriesspecialized certificates and licenseseducational historiesholistic scoring processescriterion referenced measurementstrial enrollments with observations* PCCD Multiple Measures FAQ. Available at: http://bit.ly/2n6TRVG** Peralta Assessment Handbook (2002). Peralta’s policy is to go with the higher placement* Slide7

Writing Scores & Courses*

4

3

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Eng 1A (BCC, COA, Laney, Merritt)321Eng 1A (BCC, COA, Laney, Merritt)Eng 201 (Laney, BCC, COA, Merritt), or 264 (BCC)Eng 267 (Laney), or Eng 269 (COA and Laney), or 252 (Merritt)*PCCD Validation Report Available at: http://bit.ly/2nqfzVASlide8

Assessment, English, Counseling Teams

Laney College

Blanca Montes de Oca, Chris Widenbach,

Chandra Johnson-Malone, Cassandra Upshaw

Eleni Gastis, Wilma Fuller, Shari Weiss, Meryl SiegalBerkeley City CollegeGail PendletonJenny Lowood, Christian OlmosCollege of AlamedaMinerva Perez, Julie Saechao, Amy LeePatricia Nelson, Peter PappasMerritt CollegeMinh V. Dao, Lesley ScurryIsela Santana, Todd Johnson, Chriss Foster, Ann ElliottSlide9

References

Peralta Community College District Multiple Measures FAQ. Available at:

http://bit.ly/2n6TRVG

“Assessment Q&A.” (Posted Oct. 11 2016). Memo. CCCCO Student Services > Matriculation > Assessment > “What Is Assessment?” Page. Available at:

http://bit.ly/2nKMUruPeralta Community College District English Writing Placement Test Validation Report (2016). PCCD. Available at: http://bit.ly/2nqfzVAPeralta Community College District Assessment Handbook (2002).Slide10

Further Reading on Multiple Measures Placement Assessment

Barnett, E. A. & Reddy, V., (2017). College Placement Strategies: Evolving Considerations and Practices. Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) Working Paper.

http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/college-placement-strategies-evolving-considerations.html

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. (2014). Multiple Measures in Assessment: The Requirements and Challenges of Multiple Measures in the California Community Colleges. Available at:

http://www.asccc.org/sites/default/files/Multiple%20Measures%20in%20Assessment_0.pdf