Re: COMPASS and CPT

Judy Jones (jjones@MADISON.TEC.WI.US)
Tue, 5 Nov 1996 14:12:00 -0600

Laura -
We a piloting Compass here at MATC, but are not ever considering
using it for prediction of student success. Just for placement.

Judy

At 11:45 AM 11/1/96 -0800, you wrote:
>My institution is considering using either of these assessments on a
>selected population of incoming students (below a cutoff ACT score) for
>appropriate English and math placement, particularly in developmental
>course work.
>
>I'd appreciate comments from anyone using these assessments, particularly
>whether they are reliable predictors of student success in the
>developmental classes.
>
>Also, does anyone use them as a post test assessment for effectiveness of
>developmental instruction?
>
>I may have missed a discussion on this in the past because I wasn't
>interested, hope this isn't a redundant question for the list.
>
>--Laura
>
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>Laura Petersen petersen@lcsc.edu
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>Division of Natural Sciences PHONE 208-799-2484
>Lewis-Clark State College FAX 208-799-2064
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Judy Jones
Mathematics Instructor 3550 Anderson Street
Madison Area Technical College Madison, WI 53704

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