Postsecondary Education Readiness Test P E R T

Postsecondary Education Readiness Test P. E. R. T. Division of Florida Colleges Julie Alexander

Overview The Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P. E. R. T. ) is comprised of two components – placement and diagnostic. The P. E. R. T. Placement is aligned with the Postsecondary Readiness Competencies which were approved by the State Board in Rule 6 A-10. 0318. The computer-based P. E. R. T. Placement was first launched in October 2010. The P. E. R. T. Diagnostics are aligned with the Developmental Education Competencies which were approved by the State Board in Rule 6 A-10. 0319. For each subject area, there are two P. E. R. T. Diagnostic tests to correspond to the developmental education courses. 2

Placement Administrations Mathematics Reading Writing Total Required per s. 1008. 30, F. S. 145, 527 86, 572 High School 72, 922 50, 040 46, 964 Florida College System 194, 464 169, 157 167, 960 533, 862 169, 926 As of April 6, 2012 3

Average Placement Scores Mathematic Reading s Writing College Ready Score 113 104 99 High School 102. 72 100. 16 100. 96 Florida College System 97. 39 104. 04 102. 09 As of April 6, 2012 4

Placement Scores Rule 6 A-10. 0315 authorizes assessments and minimum college ready scores for postsecondary course placement purposes P. E. R. T. Placement interim college ready scores were approved by the State Board of Education in December 2011 The interim scores were identified using results from pilot testing and prior placement rates for the Acculplacer/CPT Concerns expressed by colleges that placements are too high based on the interim scores DOE is in the process of analyzing statewide data based on P. E. R. T. Placement scores and student course performance Mc. Cann Associates and the DOE are planning standard 5

College Remediation Rates, Recent High School Graduates High School Graduatio n Year % % % Not Ready in Math in Reading in Writing % Not Ready in at least ONE subject 200054. 2% 42. 0% 31. 1% 64. 4% 01 200945. 0% 29. 9% 28. 5% 54. 3% 10 Source: Florida Department of Education, Performance on Common Placement Tests, includes Accuplacer/CPT, ACT and SAT 6

Dual Enrollment Eligibility For college credit dual enrollment eligibility, prospective students must take a common placement test No state funding source is earmarked for the testing of prospective dual enrollment students, K-12 nor Florida College System School districts and feeder Florida College System institution must work collaboratively to administer the P. E. R. T. and share score results Administration process and responsibility for costs should be documented in the District Interinstitutional Articulation Agreement (Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement, per House Bill 7059) P. E. R. T. administrations for prospective dual enrollment students are considered high school attempts 7

Placement Options Course Subject Area Standard Score Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (a) Reading 104 ENC 1101 (b) Writing 99 (c) Mathematics 113 MAT 1033 Accuplacer, The College Board Reading Comprehension 83 ENC 1101 Writing Skills 83 Elementary Algebra 72 MAT 1033 SAT-I, The College Board Verbal 440 ENC 1101 Mathematics 440 MAT 1033 Enhanced ACT, American College Testing Program Reading 18 ENC 1101 English 17 Mathematics 19 MAT 1033 Grade 10 FCAT 2. 0 Reading ENC 1101, Reading 262 REA 8

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Diagnostic There are six P. E. R. T. Diagnostics are aligned with the Developmental Education Competencies and lower/upper level developmental education courses P. E. R. T. Diagnostics are not required Mc. Cann Associates will improve student performance reports Performance reports may be used by students and faculty to pinpoint areas of deficiency May be administered prior to P. E. R. T. Placement to idenitfy areas of weakness beforehand 10

Placement Meet or Exceed Cut Score ENC 1101 or MAT 1033/MAC 1105 Does Not Meet Cut Score Upper Level Course Range Lower Level Course Range Upper Level Diagnostic Lower Level Diagnostic Modularized Instruction 11

In the works… Ongoing P. E. R. T. Placement item review and approval P. E. R. T. Placement paper version is now available, remaining issue with scantron/booklet bundles for high schools P. E. R. T. Placement Score Repository for school districts and postsecondary institutions to retrieve official scores Data analysis of fall 2011 Florida College System course placement data based on P. E. R. T. Placement scores compared to historical performance based on Accuplacer/CPT Select faculty to participate in P. E. R. T. Placement 12