3. 1. Who takes the CLA at WSU? 2. Are participants representative?  All Seniors  Seniors with an ACT  “Native” Seniors 3. What are the scores? 4. How do WSU students compare with other 4-year schools using the CLA?

4.  ACT or SAT score: 51% of degree bound seniors have an ACT or SAT score  Minimum number transfer hours  Spring 2007: 1 -15 transfer hours with minimum 95 total earned hours  Spring 2008 and spring 2009: ▪minimum 109 earned hours ▪Fewer than 22 transfer hours  Willing to participate

5.  CLA group is 2 years younger(24 vs. 26 years) than total pool  Mean ACT composite scores are slightly higher for the CLA group (25 vs. 23)  Mean total earned credit hours essentially equivalent(129 vs. 132)  Mean transfer hours higher in CLA group compared to total pool(11 vs. 7)  Participation by gender, residency, ethnicity/race was not statistically different.

6. Participants by College All Degree-bound Seniors with >108 earned hours & < 22 transfer hours N%N% BA4820%31219% ED208%21613% EN4418%15510% FA2310%22013% HP2410%1318% LAS8033%59737% Total239100% 1,631100%

7. Results from three administrations of the CLA to seniors

8.  There were no differences among scores for the three administrations  There were no differences in relative performance scores for the three administrations.  There were no differences in percentile rankings  Thus three years of data are pooled.

9. NMean(SD)RangeACT Range Mean ACT 2391,145 (160.9)620 -1,47013 - 3325

10. NMean(SD)RangeACT Equivalent (Mean) Performance Task 1181,278 (203.6)762 – 1,790 15-16 to +36 28-29 Analytical Reasoning 1191,270 (150.8)898 – 1,732 18-19 to +36 28 -29 Make an Argument 1191,254 (171.2)847 – 1,742 17-18 to +36 27 -28 Critique an Argument 1201,281 (186.9)766 – 1,815 15-16 to +36 28- 29

11. Below Expected ExpectedAbove Expected Performance Task 22%23%55% Analytical Reasoning 35%17%48% Make an Argument 36%18%46% Critique an Argument 33%21%46%

14. TaskMean Score Unadjusted Percentile Rank Performance Task 1,27985.5 Analytical Reasoning 1,27064.5 Make Argument 1,25462.0 Critique Argument 1,28163.0

15. Below Expected ExpectedAbove Expected Performance Task 30%26%44% Analytical Reasoning 32%22%46% Make an Argument 41%22%37% Critique an Argument 27%29%44%