We are considering a method that was presented at a national developmental
education conference (NCDE - Oct '96) where each faculty member is given a
list of CPTs-placed students in their class (around the 5th week of class).
Faculty could check off whether they felt the student was appropriately
placed, should be in a higher level class, or should be in a lower level
class. CPTs scores are compared between students deemed correctly and
incorrectly placed and cut-scores are adjusted slightly (if necessary) in
the appropriate direction. Has anyone been involved in this type of
evaluation?
I queried the McGill listserv system for archived files of MATHEDCC
discussions but could not find any. Has anyone saved some of the previous
postings regarding CPTs cut-scores? What is the prevailing opinion among
math faculty about the CPTs arithmetic, algebra and college-level math
tests? I would be grateful for any information you would be willing to
share.
Thanks.
Shirley Dixon
sdixon@schoolcraft.cc.mi.us