Proctored Unproctored Placement Testing Tailored to Curriculum MAA

Proctored & Unproctored Placement Testing Tailored to Curriculum MAA Regional Meeting, Denver 2012 Steve Benoit Department of Mathematics Colorado State University benoit@math. colostate. edu David Anton Department of Mathematics University of Wyoming danton@uwyo. edu

Placement Testing Tailored to Curriculum • • Introductory Mathematics Courses at CSU Mathematics Placement at CSU Developing a Placement Exam Sample Items

CSU Courses • • • College Algebra I (1 cr) College Algebra II (1 cr) Logarithms and Exponentials (1 cr) Numerical Trigonometry (1 cr) Analytic Trigonometry (1 cr) Mathematics for the Social Sciences (3 cr)

CSU Mathematics Placement • One attempt unproctored (from home) • Two attempts proctored for possible credit • Unproctored attempts validated against SAT/ACT scores, survey responses

Developing a Placement Exam • Static Tests – 0. 9 reliability correlation (Chronbach’s alpha) • Randomized Tests • Outcomes rule sets – subtests can use any mix of problems, and SAT/ACT scores

Mathematics Placement Exams • Colorado State University (since 2005) • 50 randomized questions • 10, 234 proctored exams delivered • 23, 252 unproctored exams delivered • University of Wyoming (since 2010) • 50 randomized questions • 1, 045 unproctored exams delivered