Lori A. Myers, PhD, CFCS

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Pre-Professional Assessment Certification

• Lori A. Myers, PhD, CFCS
• Director, Pre-Professional Assessment and
  Certification (Pre-PAC)
• Managing Director, FCS Research Center
• American Association of Family and Consumer
  Sciences

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Pathway to . . . .
Pre-PAC
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Todays Challenges . . . .
Budget cuts
Mandates
Standards
Accountability
Performance Improvement
College career readiness
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Why are Assessments Important?

• Determine whether goals of education are being
  met
• Inspire us to ask the hard questions
• Are we teaching what we think we are teaching?
• Are students learning what they are supposed to
  be learning?
• Is there a way to teach the subject better,
  thereby promoting better learning?
• Affect decisions regarding instructional needs,
  curriculum, and, in some cases, funding
• The George Lucas Education Foundation (2010)

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Assessments Perkins IV

• Preparation for college (academic) and career
  (technical) education
• Measure technical skill attainment
• Align with industry expectations content
  standards
• Provide value and portability
• Ensure that programs are meeting needs of
  industry
• Increase employability
• Emphasize achievement of degree or certification
  (credential)

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Credentials - Certifications

• Perform a valuable service
• Objectively demonstrate possession of some
  quantifiable skill, knowledge set, or other
  element
• Offer validation of competence

Win Win!
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Knowledge is Power!!
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Assessment Certification Portfolio

• Food Science Fundamentals
• Housing and Furnishings
• Interior Design Fundamentals
• Nutrition, Food, and Wellness
• Personal and Family Finance

• Broad Field Family and Consumer Sciences
• Culinary Arts
• Early Childhood Education
• Education Fundamentals
• Family Community Services
• Fashion, Textiles, Apparel

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Foundational Framework

• Industry-driven
• Competency-based
• National FCS Standards
• National Career Clusters Initiative
• 21st Century Learning Skills
• Other relevant standards (Jumptart, NAEYC)

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Crosswalk to National Standards
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Crosswalk to Clusters
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Foundational Framework

• Industry-driven
• Competency-based
• National FCS Standards
• National Career Clusters Initiative
• 21st Century Learning Skills
• Other relevant standards (Jumptart, NAEYC)
• Rigorous
• Psychometrically sound (reliable and valid)

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Competency Blueprint
Domains
Competencies
Weighting
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Assessment Information Bulletin

• Specific information
• Expanded Competency List
• Sample test items

(Available for Download on Pre-PAC Website)
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Assessment-at-a-Glance
Domain Weighting Number of Items
1. Interpersonal Relationships 16.7 12
2. Life Span and Human Development 16.7 11
3. Family Well-being 16.7 12
4. Career Connections 16.7 11
5. Family and Consumer Resources 16.7 12
6. Nutrition 16.7 12
Broad Field FCS Assessment
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Expanded Content Outline
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Correlations to Curriculum Instruction

• Review assessment competencies and concepts
• Compare to existing curriculum
• Ask
• Where content is taught/addressed?
• How does it align with current content?
• Are there any gaps in content?

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Instructional Resource Directory

• Suggested Books
• Suggested Websites
• Suggested Instructional Materials

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Correlation Resources

• Textbook Publishers
• Glencoe McGraw Hill
• Goodheart-Willcox
• KP Education Systems
• FCS Curriculum Center Online Curriculum

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A Closer Look

• Online administration in proctored environment
• 80-item, multiple choice assessment
• 70 scored, 10 non-scored
• Random selection of items from test bank
• Rigorous cognitive difficulty

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Rigorous Cognitive Levels
Original Blooms Taxonomy Revised Blooms Taxonomy Pre-PAC Cognitive Complexity Level
Knowledge Remembering 1 (40)
Comprehension Understanding 1 (40)
Application Applying 2 (30)
Analysis Analyzing 2 (30)
Synthesis Creating 3 (30)
Evaluation Evaluating 3 (30)
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Getting Involved Pre-PAC Process

• Submit Test Site Approval Agreement
• Assessment Purchase
• Single Administration 20 per student
• Test/Retest Administration 30 per student
• Assessment Registration
• Assessment Administration
• Data Reports

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Pre-PAC Management System
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Data! Data!! Data!!!
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Data! Data!!
Snapshot and Longitudinal Data

• Individual Student Results
• Local Test Site Results
• State Compiled Results
• Nationally Compiled Results

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Assessment Results

• Cut Score for Pre-Professional Certification
• Established annually by AAFCS
• Published on website
• www.tinyurl.com/Pre-PAC-Scores
• Passing/Qualifying Score
• Can be set by site, district, state, or entity
• National Averages Posted Annually

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Assessment Results - Student
Immediate Results
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Maximizing Assessment Data

• Individual Recognition
• Validating competency
• Increasing employability
• Documenting adequate career preparation
• Program Recognition and Effectiveness
• Certification Rates
• Baseline data
• Performance Growth (Snapshot vs. Long-term)
• Program or Curriculum Improvement
• Look at patterns Keep same or make changes
• Identify gaps
• Needs Assessment and Identification
• Instructional Resources and
• Professional Development

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Maximizing Data Marketing and Advocacy

• Stakeholders and community members notice
• what students are learning and recognize value of
  program.
• Generate results that can be reported and
  communicated with stakeholders
• Report results that will
• reinforce program effectiveness
• provide visibility, and
• demonstrate relevancy

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Pre-PAC
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Knowledge is Power . . .
Enthusiasm Pulls the Switch!
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We look forward to meeting your assessment
certification needs!
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Questions??

• Contact AAFCS
• Lori A. Myers, Director
• Pre-Professional Assessment and Certification
• Phone [phone] or 1-800-424-8080 (ext.
  4602)
• Email LMyers_at_aafcs.org