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Policy Capturing Approaches to Cut Scores of College Readiness
Kentucky Department of Education – CCSSO 2015 National Conference on Student Assessment
Kentucky
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AgendaIntroduction – Kentucky Department of EducationCut Score Approach - HumRRO
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IntroductionThe Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) system shall have a link to the ACT tests and the ACT benchmarks.
• March 29, 2009 - Governor Steve Beshear signed into law Senate Bill 1 (SB1). This significant piece of legislation led to the implementation of several education initiatives impacting college readiness and degree completion in Kentucky.
• SB1 was codified into law as Kentucky Revised Statute KRS 158.6453.
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IntroductionMandate for the Kentucky Council on Post Secondary (CPE), the Kentucky Board of Education and Education (KBE) and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE):
• Develop a unified strategy to reduce college remediation rates of recent high school graduates by at least fifty percent by 2014 from the rates in 2010.
• Increase the college completion rates of students enrolled in one or more remedial classes by three percent annually from 2009 to 2014.
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IntroductionCPE is the state agency that defines college and career readiness for the P-16 educational system in the Commonwealth.
• Kentucky’s Definition of College Readiness• Standards of Readiness• What ACT and Scores Determine College Readiness for
Kentucky Students
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IntroductionKentucky’s definition of college readiness:College readiness is the level of preparation a student needs to succeed in credit-bearing courses in college. “Succeed” is defined as completing entry-level courses at a level of understanding and proficiency that prepares the student for subsequent courses.
Kentucky’s system-wide standards of readiness guarantee students access to credit-bearing coursework without the need for remediation in high school or college coursework or intervention programming.
The CPE college-ready definitions have been accepted and implemented by 100% of the public college and universities in Kentucky including the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
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IntroductionStandards of Readiness:
Most definitions of college readiness include some predictive statement about how well students will do in relevant courses based on national assessments, such as the ACT or SAT. • “Success” is defined by ACT as 50 percent or higher probability
that a student earning a B or higher in the corresponding college course or courses and 75 percent or higher probability of earning a C or higher in the corresponding college course or courses.
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IntroductionWhat ACT scores determine college readiness for Kentucky students:• ACT scores of 18 for English, 20 for reading, and a mathematics score
of 19 for some introductory courses in mathematics (often statistics or an applied mathematics course), 22 for college algebra, and 27 for calculus.
• The Kentucky statewide standards of readiness guarantee students access to credit-bearing coursework without the need for transitional, developmental education, or supplemental courses or programs.
• Established common SAT and placement test benchmark scores will also be used.
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IntroductionThe psychometric goal was to identify a methodology that links the K-PREP assessments in grades 3-8 to the ACT benchmarks that define college readiness.
The methodology was developed and implemented with the assistance and work of the National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA/ACT), a department of ACT, Inc. and Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO).
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Roger ErvinSystems AdministratorKentucky Department of EducationOffice of Assessment and [email protected]
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