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Procedure Title: High School Student Assessment and Advising Procedures 6.7.1
Responsible Division: Instruction & Student Services  
Date Approved: January 2007  
 
Assessment, Advising and Course Placement Procedures
The Concurrent Enrollment Placement Committee is responsible for setting the standards and guidelines through which all high school age students are assessed for placement into college level courses leading to a degree. The Committee determines the sections of the College’s placement test to be administered to high school age students.
1. The Committee’s membership is composed of College staff and faculty with input from the high school staff. Membership includes:
1. The college Director of Concurrent Enrollment,
2. The college program liaison and/or proctor of the placement test,
3. A college academic dean,
4. The college Dean of Student Services,
5. One college faculty member,
6. A college senior administrator, and
7. A representative of the high school staff.

2.  The Committee establishes the assessment measures for use in determining the best course of study for each student. Assessment measures include:
a. Accuplacer College Placement Test scores (or other recognized placement test),
b. Writing evaluation,
c. Annual End of Grade/Course test scores,
d. High school academic grades,
e. College course academic grades (if applicable),
f. Teacher assessments,
g. Student self-assessments, and
h. Additional standardized test scores (STAR, PSAT, SAT, ACT, etc.).
3. The appropriate College staff, including the Director of Concurrent Enrollment, the Early College program liaison and/or the Coordinator of Testing implements the procedures developed by the Committee.
4. The Committee establishes and monitors the Advising and Course Placement Standards used for determining the college level courses leading to a degree for students.
a. Under these “Standards”, students are assessed and classified for placement under two (2) placement guides: the Reading / Writing Intensive Course Placement Guide and the Math / Science Course Placement Guide.
b. In each “Guide”, students are placed into one of the following four categories - Clearly Eligible, Eligible, Conditionally Eligible, and Not Eligible. Based on this classification, college-level courses available to the high school student are defined.
c. At the end of the high school sophomore year and at additional times deemed appropriate, students may retake the College’s placement test to determine future access to college level courses.
   
 
 

Advising and Course Placement Standards

Reading / Writing Intensive Course Advising Guide
Classification
Judgment Criteria
Courses Offered
Not Eligible
• Accuplacer scores (reading) between 0 – 24 % tile
• Additional evaluation measures do not indicate/ support student’s potential for success
Initial placement into college-level courses limited to: ACA and PED
Conditionally Eligible
• Accuplacer scores (reading) between 25 – 39 % tile
• Additional evaluation measures indicate/support student’s potential for success
Initial placement into college-level courses limited to: ACA, PED, COM 110, CIS 110, HEA 110, SPA 111 & 112, and RED 111
Eligible
• Accuplacer scores (reading and sentence skills) between 40 – 49 % tile
• Additional evaluation measures indicate/support student’s potential for success
HUM, SOC/BEH SCI courses and RED 111 - selected in consultation with advisor
Clearly Eligible
• Accuplacer scores (reading and sentence skills) at or above 50 – 52 % tile
•  
ENG, HUM, and SOC/BEH SCI courses selected in consultation with advisor

 

Math/Science Course Advising Guide
Classification
Judgment Criteria
Courses Offered
Not Eligible
• Accuplacer math score does not meet minimum (52% tile) and/or
• Accuplacer algebra score lower than 58% tile
• Additional evaluation measures do not indicate/ support student’s potential for success
MAT 060 and/or MAT 070
Conditionally Eligible
• Accuplacer math score meets minimum (52% tile)
• Accuplacer algebra score between 58 – 62 % tile
• Additional evaluation measures indicate/support student’s potential for success
MAT 080 or MAT 140SCI courses selected in consultation with advisor
Eligible
• Accuplacer math score meets minimum (52% tile)
• Accuplacer algebra score between 63 – 79 % tile
• Additional evaluation measures indicate/support student’s potential for success
MAT 080 or MAT 140BIO 111, BIO 112
Clearly Eligible
• Accuplacer math score meets minimum (52% tile)
• Accuplacer algebra score at or above 80 % tile
MAT 161, MAT 162All BIO, CHM 131/131A, PHY 110/110A
 

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