Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile An Overview

Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright ©2006 Educational Testing Service. 2 Single, integrated measure of general education skills Focuses on academic skills rather than knowledge Provides invaluable data for… –Accreditation –Strategic planning –Curriculum improvement –Performance-based funding –Benchmarking/cross-institutional comparison –Pinpointing strengths/weaknesses in curricula or teaching methods ETS Proficiency Profile (ETS PP)

Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright ©2006 Educational Testing Service. 3 ETS PP Assesses Academic Skills College-Level Reading25% Critical Thinking25% College-Level Writing25% College-Level Mathematics25%

Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright ©2006 Educational Testing Service. 4 ETS PP Assesses Academic Skills Humanities –Selections of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose –Discussions of painting, music, or philosophical issues Social Sciences –History, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Anthropology, or Sociology Natural Sciences –Biology, Chemistry, or Physics In The Context Of…

Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright ©2006 Educational Testing Service. 5 What Information Can We Get From ETS PP? –Total Score –Four Skills Subscores Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing, and Mathematics –Three Context Subscores Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences ETS PP Score Types

Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright ©2006 Educational Testing Service. 6 ETS PP Proficiency Classifications Report

Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright ©2006 Educational Testing Service. 7 Standard ETS PP Score Reports –Demographic Reports –Class Level –Age –Gender –Ethnicity –Language Ability –Enrollment Status –Hours Worked –Employment Status –Overall GPA –Program –Intended/Current Major –Core Requirements Completed –Hours Transferred –Credit Hours Completed

Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright ©2006 Educational Testing Service. 8 Additional ETS PP Resources ETS Proficiency Profile ~ formerly “MAPP” MAPP Website – –Includes: User’s Guide MAPP Proficiency Level Definitions FAQs Sample Reports “Validity of the Academic Profile” (Diana Marr, 1995) and “Validity of the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress (MAPP) Test” (John Young, 2007)