1. Common Assessment Overview Marina Aminy, Ph.D.

2. Omar’s Story
Omar, a prospective student at southern California’s Valley Community College, was assessed prior to enrolling in his courses. He took the CPT for his English course placement, and was placed at college level English. The MDTP assessment placed him in Intermediate Algebra, and his entire testing time was about three hours, total. Because he was offered a job just before starting college, Omar moved to Northern California, where he enrolled in Bayview College. He learned that Bayview does not use the same tests, and that he would need to take the ACT for English placement and the CPT for math. Omar was frustrated that he would need to take time off for this new testing process. When he learned that Bayview placed him at two levels below college English and in Elementary Algebra, he felt upset and confused about how this could happen. Because of the disappointment and added expense, Omar questioned his decision to enroll in college that year.

3. Omar’s Story Valley College Bayview College English Math
CPT, English 1A
Math
MDTP, Int. Algebra
Bayview College
ACT, 2 levels below
CPT, Elem. Algebra

4. CAI Overarching Goal
Develop a comprehensive, common assessment system that:
aligns to state legislation
reduces unnecessary remediation
provides statewide efficiencies
effectively supports faculty and staff to ensure accurate student placement, resulting in more successful student outcomes

5. Key Objectives A test that covers curricular areas of
Math
English
English as a second language (ESL)
Adaptive at the Testlet level
Multiple Measures
Assessment Preparation
Accessibility as a primary consideration

6. Assessment, Not Placement
Placement is locally determined
Raw data is portable
No traditional cut scores
Map of Student Competencies
Validation steps
Statewide
Local

7. 2014 in Review Launch website – January 2014
Establish Governance – March 2014
Stakeholder representation
Environmental scan – May 2014
Pilot College Application, Selection – May 2014
Request For Information (RFI) – June 2014
Work Group formation, meetings – June 2014

8. Work Group Highlights Math (includes above college-ready)
English (includes Reading)
ESL (includes Noncredit)
Multiple Measures
Professional Development
Test Development Process
Platform (User Interface, Reporting)

9. Multiple Measures
Overlap with Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP)
Currently convening
Pilot college overlap
Non-cognitive measures
Research to come
What will be offered?

10. Timeline Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Fall 2016 Ongoing Success!
Field testing and test validation data gathering
Summer 2016
Approval by CCCCO ASWG
Fall 2016
Release and Implementation begins
Ongoing
Professional Development
Feedback and continuous improvement
Success!

11. Professional Development
User types
IT/Software interface
Assessment Center staff
Faculty including Counselors
Research
Local control factors
PD Advisory Committee – with EPI/OEI
Leveraging other PD events/activities

12. Faculty Considerations
Competency Maps
C-ID, CB21, Common Core
Placement Models
Custom Algorithms for 113 Colleges
Class-level aggregate reports
Counseling Reports
Interpretation of Results
Student-Facing Reports

13. Researcher Considerations
Local Validation
Disproportionate impact
Local placement models
Reports Dashboard
Standard
Custom

14. Assessment Staff Considerations
The Platform
Activating an Assessment
Reports
Troubleshooting
Support Services

15. Next Steps Prepare for the roll-out Collaborate with others
Reach out across district and region
Learn to use the new platform
Work with your implementation teams

16. Thank you www.CCCAssess.org
Questions?
Thank you