Transcript ACCUPLACER AND STATE REPORTING

ACCUPLACER AND STATE REPORTING
System features to support state reporting and
other institutional needs regarding placement test
results
Questions:
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How do you use ACCUPLACER test result
data? How often is this data needed?
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Where do you get the data? From separate
database, or from your institution’s student
system (e.g. PeopleSoft, Banner, home grown)?
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Are your state reports or institutional reports
included in your institution’s student system?
Reporting features in ACCUPACER
Standard Reports
Some examples…
Reports can be exported to various formats
Some report examples - Standard Score Roster and
Placement Roster
Standard Score Roster Report in CSV Format
How do
you
describe
yourself
Gender
Other
Male
American
Indian or
Alaska
Native
Female
Birth Date First Name Last Name
8/19/1947
James
Cashon
1/1/1958
Sample
Student
6/25/1957
Rachel
MI
R
A
Sample
Student ID
276017
45678
888888
Test Date
Test Name
8/30/2007
JC_SS_Only
2/8/2008 JC_Algebra_Only
6/29/2007
**Elementary
Algebra
**Reading
Comp
**Sentence
Skills
29.3
27.2
96.5
21
JC_SS_RDG
Placement Roster Report in Excel Format Excel Format
Student
ID
Last
Name
First
Name
Birth
Date
Email
Test Date
Test Name
* English
*
Reading
276017
Cashon
James
8/19/1947
[email protected]
6/26/2007
JC_CPT-All
ENC 0010
REA 0001
888888
Sample
Rachel
6/25/1957
[email protected]
6/29/2007
JC_SS_RDG
ENC 1101
REA 0001
276017
Cashon
James
8/19/1947
[email protected]
8/29/2007
JC_SS_Only
ENC 0010
276017
Cashon
James
8/19/1947
[email protected]
8/30/2007
JC_SS_Only
ENC 0010
45678
Student
Sample
1/1/1958
[email protected]
11/19/2007
JC_CPT-All
ENC 0010
REA 0001
Sample “fields” for retrieving data
Score Roster Report
Custom Reports
Allows increased flexibility for development of reports not delivered in
a standard format
Accuplacer’s Fast Reporting Feature for
Download of Individual Test Score Results
Destination Folder: G:\Cashon\CPTS
ID#, Lname, Fname ,
Reading Comprehension,59.75557,9.199,22.75
SentenceSkills,79.02738,10.6, 41.02738,
Elementary Algebra,21.0205,1.71235,0.1803,
Arithmetic,38.90863,8.98173,30.908,8505,
File Download Settings to determine where
individual score results are sent
 This tells Accuplacer that you want to use the File Download feature and you want
the file data to be in a comma delimited format
 It indicates that student test results will go to a folder in the “G” drive at some predetermined
location within your institution’s network.
 IT programming can then capture this data and load it into your institution’s student system
Example of email format
Use Accuplacer’s Fast Reporting email feature to
see what a file format looks like.
Take a test
Turn on automatic email.
setting. Enter
your email address.
Check your email!
Score Upload Process Summary
Accuplacer Website
G:\cpts\
CPT Server
Checks scores, moves
Server 2
Mapped drive to:
CPTS
Student takes CPT
All Sites or Distance
Student
System
PERL Program runs every 5 min to
check for scores, validate formatting and
reformats to a directory on FSAPP03
Reformatted
File
Component Interface
Server 3
3) Third JAVA program
“reads” fixed length
files and uses PeopleSoft Component
Interface to duplicate “manual” score entry
process with all edits
1) JAVA program “listens” for file activity
2) If newly reformatted file exists,
second JAVA program initiated to
capture scores
Where do you want test scores to be displayed
when they are uploaded to your student system?
This is the PeopleSoft test results screen at St. Petersburg College. You may
have a different student system so how and where this is displayed may differ
Monitoring page – Important customization used
as resource for state reports.
ACCUPLACER® i3 and Other Enhancements
The foundation of the program changes will be ACCUPLACER i3™, our third Internet platform. This all-new
platform, developed by Pearson Education, will maintain the same general functionality of the current system,
but will offer additional features and flexibility, including:
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Robust platform engineering
Updated look and feel Intuitive user interface
Compatibility with Windows Vista and Firefox
Over 100 system updates recommended by users Integration of the Computer Skills Placement (CSP) test
No training or certification required
The i3 platform will be ready for you to establish your sites in early spring 2009. We anticipate the process to be
a smooth one with little need for training, and no need for certification. We will communicate with you in
advance on how we plan to make the transition as easy as possible for you.
In addition to the i3 platform, we announced the following other ACCUPLACER program enhancements at the
national conference:
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Updated item pools
Updated WritePlacer® Scoring Rubric
New WritePlacer Prompts New WritePlacer ESL Prompts
New COMPANION™ Forms New Diagnostic Tests
Questions?