Alabama Community College System and ACCUPLACER Getting Ready

Alabama Community College System and ACCUPLACER Getting Ready to Test

Multiple Measures

Multiple Measures Multiple Measure Background Questions v Used to gather information about students not collected in the test items ► General Questions v Asked of all students ► Math, Reading and Writing Questions v Asked ONLY when it will make a different in placement ►

Multiple Measures Account Set Up ► Has been completed and tested extensively v Currently in Inactive mode – System Office will activate them ► As part of the ACCS Group, all colleges inherit this set up v All items with “**” indicate they come from the Group Administrator ► Can only be adjusted at the Group Level or System Office level ► Colleges can not change placement rules but can make local edits

Multiple Measures Local Edits ► Local Edits: v Additional Background Questions Course Placement Statements v Not all colleges offer all courses that are listed v Additional Course Placements v Only for courses not specified in the ACCS Placement Policy v

Making Edits: Branching Profiles and Placement Rules

Background Questions ► Log in as Institutional Administrator v Will inherit to all your Sites Go to Test Set Up > Background Questions > Local Questions v Create your questions and answers ► Go to Test Set Up > Background Questions > Questions Groups v Create a Question Group for your College v Add your questions to that group ►

Branching Profiles – Adding Questions Log in as Institutional Administrator ► Go to Test Set Up > Branching Profile ► ► v Select the Branching Profile you want to edit v You can’t edit anything with “**” so you need to Copy and save and make your Edits Decide where you want your local questions to be added in the testing process v Add a new Rule of Background Question Group in the location you want to insert the questions v Select the Questions Group you created from the dropdown menu v Save v Inactivate the Branching Profile you edited with “**” so you don’t accidentally administer the wrong tests.

Placement Rules – Editing Course Placements Log in as Institutional Administrator ► Go to Placement Set Up > Placement Rules ► v Select the View Action to see which Rules need to be edited. v You can’t edit anything with “**” so you need to Copy and Save and make your Edits

Placement Rules – Editing Course Placements ► Ø Once you have Copied the Placement Rule you want to Edit: v Name the new Rule – use the same numbering so the rules sort in the right order v Select the edit icon VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!! v v DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BUT THE PLACEMENT COMMENTS INACTIVATE THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT RULE YOU COPIED OR YOU WILL HAVE DUPLICATE PLACEMENTS

Placement Rules – Creating a Placement Rule Log in as Institutional Administrator ► Go to Placement Set Up > Courses ► v Add the Course you want to add to your Rules v Complete the information in the pop up box. Click Save. v DO NOT ADD A COURSE COMMENT

Placement Rules – Creating a Placement Rule ► Go to Placement Set up > Placement Rules v Click Add

Placement Rules – Creating a Placement Rule Ø Add a Condition: Ø Select Single Test Score, Click Add Ø Make selections and Save.

Sharing Scores Across Institutions

Cross Institutional Score Reporting Members of an ACCUPLACER Group are able to retrieve student score reports from each other. ► This functionality retrieves the report only---it does not move the data itself. ► Students must provide the following information to the retrieving institution: where originally tested, last name, first name, and DOB. These are all required fields. ► Only Institutional Administrators and Institutional Reporters have the authority to retrieve score reports. ► Institutions must indicate they have the student’s written permission to retrieve the report. ► In the event of multiple students with this same information, the student must then provide the Student ID # used at the time of testing. ►