ACCUPLACER AND STATE REPORTING

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ACCUPLACER AND STATE REPORTING

• System features to support state reporting and
  other institutional needs regarding placement
  test results

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Questions

• How do you use ACCUPLACER test result data? How
  often is this data needed?
• Where do you get the data? From separate
  database, or from your institutions student
  system (e.g. PeopleSoft, Banner, home grown)?
• Are your state reports or institutional reports
  included in your institutions student system?

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Reporting features in ACCUPACER
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Standard Reports
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Some examples
Reports can be exported to various formats
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Some report examples - Standard Score Roster and
Placement Roster
Standard Score Roster Report in CSV Format
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 jcashon_at_spc.edu 6/26/2007 JC_CPT-All ENC 0010 REA 0001
888888 Sample Rachel 6/25/1957 rcashon_at_spc.edu 6/29/2007 JC_SS_RDG ENC 1101 REA 0001
276017 Cashon James 8/19/1947 jcashon_at_spc.edu 8/29/2007 JC_SS_Only ENC 0010  
276017 Cashon James 8/19/1947 jcashon_at_spc.edu 8/30/2007 JC_SS_Only ENC 0010  
45678 Student Sample 1/1/1958 sstudent_at_college.edu 11/19/2007 JC_CPT-All ENC 0010 REA 0001

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Sample fields for retrieving data
Score Roster Report
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Custom Reports
Allows increased flexibility for development of
reports not delivered in a standard format
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Accuplacers 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, Elementar
y Algebra,21.0205,1.71235,0.1803, Arithmetic,38.90
863,8.98173,30.908,8505,
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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 institutions network.
• IT programming can then capture this data and
  load it into your institutions student system

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Example of email format
Use Accuplacers Fast Reporting email feature to
see what a file format looks like.
Take a test
Check your email!
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Score Upload Process Summary
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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
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Monitoring page Important customization used as
resource for state reports.
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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
• 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
• Updated item pools
• Updated WritePlacer Scoring Rubric
• New WritePlacer Prompts New WritePlacer ESL
  Prompts
• New COMPANION Forms New Diagnostic Tests

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Questions?