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Using Multiple Measures to Make Math Placement Decisions: Implications for Access and Success in Community Colleges
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Ngo, Federick; Kwon, William W. – Research in Higher Education, 2015
Community college students are often placed in developmental math courses based on the results of a single placement test. However, concerns about accurate placement have recently led states and colleges across the country to consider using other measures to inform placement decisions. While the relationships between college outcomes and such…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Success, Community Colleges, Mathematics Education
A Factor Analysis of the Distance Education Surveys "Is Online Learning Right for Me?" and "What Technical Skills Do I Need?"
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Hall, Michael C. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2009
This article presents the results of a factor analysis on the distance education surveys "Is Online Learning Right for Me?" and "What Technical Skills Do I Need?" Both surveys are 15-question, forced response, self-scoring guides that have face validity for individual traits and skills believed to contribute to potential success in an…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Predictive Validity
Assessment of Computerized Placement Test for College Mathematics at Baltimore City Community College
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Mekonnen, Adugna; Reznichenko, Nataliya – Online Submission, 2007
Today's college ACCUPLACER System's Computerized Placement Test (CPT) plays a major role for determining whether post-secondary students are ready for placement into Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, or College Mathematics courses. It is widely used in most college systems in the U.S. This paper discusses some of the issues to…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Validity, Mathematics Tests, Arithmetic
Review and Evaluation of the College Level Examination Program for Introductory Macroeconomics for Providing Credit by Exam.
Reichheld, Charles A., III – 1991
At Cuyahoga Community College (CCC), the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) for Introductory Macroeconomics Test was evaluated to determine if it was an effective tool for providing credit by examination for the college's Principles of Economics course. Though students at the present time (1991) can take the CLEP to obtain up to 45 credits…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Concurrent Validity, Economics Education, Equivalency Tests
The Validity of the American College Test in Prediction of Academic Achievement in Community Colleges of Appalachian Kentucky.
Mathis, Harry Ray – 1972
The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the American College Test (ACT) in predicting academic achievement of students from an area which is culturally, economically, and educationally depressed. The population, chosen from 6 community colleges serving the Appalachian region of Kentucky, consisted of 1,127 full time (12 or more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Dundalk Community College Developmental Education Research Project.
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Linthicum, Dorothy S. – 1980
In 1979-80, a study was conducted at Dundalk Community College (DCC) to assess the procedures and instruments used to place students in the three options of its developmental education program: Option A (for students with the lowest assessment scores), Option B (for those with low assessment scores), and regular developmental courses. The study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs