Utilizing Additional Measures of High School Academic Preparation to Support Students in their Math Self-Assessment (original) (raw)

Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study describes student behavior through the actual assessment and placement (A&P) process. It then uses an alternative A&P policy that utilizes an additional measure that assesses prior math preparedness alongside subtest choice. Utilizing data from a community college that allows its' students to choose the assessment subtest used to place them, we find a misalignment between students’ subtest choice and the highest math course they passed. After correcting for this misalignment through our alternative A&P criteria, we found that students experience increased access to higher levels of math while exhibiting similar success rates in their placed courses.

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