We also use the Compass for placement testing. We found that the cut scores
provided by ACT were too aggressive, placing students who had been through
calculus in high school into our arithmetic classes. As more colleges in
our system have begun using it I get plenty of information that they all
experience the same thing on their maiden voyages with Compass. We had to
adjust the cut scores several times to get placements that were a little
more consistent with student transcripts and ACT scores.
Tony Armstrong
--Somerset Community College
Somerset, Kentucky
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