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Education and College Admissions in Oregon

Education and College Admissions in Oregon. Details and implications for Oregon State University. K-12 Education Reform. 1970’s - shift in thinking to learning outcomes. 1984 - Oregon Action Plan for Excellence. 1990 - First statewide tests (3,5,8,11 in 3 R’s).

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Education and College Admissions in Oregon

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  1. Education and College Admissions in Oregon Details and implications for Oregon State University

  2. K-12 Education Reform • 1970’s - shift in thinking to learning outcomes. • 1984 - Oregon Action Plan for Excellence. • 1990 - First statewide tests (3,5,8,11 in 3 R’s). • 1991 - Oregon Educ. Act for the 21st Century • 1993 - OSSHE Response: Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (PASS) • 1995 - Reaffirmation and clarification. • 1997 - SB919, Aligned Standards

  3. Alphabet Soup • CIM = Certificate of Initial Mastery. • Benchmarks at grades 3,5, 8, 10. • CAM = Certificate of Advanced Mastery. • Awarded grade 12. Requires “endorsement area”. • PREP = PRoficiencies for Entry into Programs • PASS = Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (Standards for success in college).

  4. In Oregon • Through PASS, Higher Education has been involved in the education reform process. • Revision was contemplated in reaction to societal changes, not in reaction to poor performance.

  5. PASS Summary • College admission based on demonstrated knowledge and national standardized tests. • GPA plays decreasing role. • Assessments are “criterion-referenced”. • Articulated with CIM/CAM. (K - 16) • Implications for admission, placement, advising, curriculum, and programs.

  6. PASS: Content Areas Students will have to demonstrate knowledge and skill in 6 CONTENT areas. • English, • Mathematics, • Science, • Social science, • Second languages, • Visual and performing arts.

  7. PASS: Admissions • Knowledge and Skills defined by PROFICIENCIES. • 33 proficiencies (aligned with CIM/CAM). • Proficiencies scored 1 - 5. A score of 3 indicates proficiency. • SAT scores to be used indefinitely • Out-of-state students admitted as appropriate.

  8. PASS: Determination of Proficiency • CIM tests & performance tasks • Work samples collected in class and scored by teachers using scoring guides. Scores will be validated by other assessors. • Other recognized tests: • AP, SAT II, ACT, IBT, language proficiency tests

  9. PASS: Example • English Proficiency B. Interpret Literary Works. Analyze literary forms, elements, devices, and themes to interpret and critique literary texts, performances, and media. continued . . .

  10. Implications • Admissions • Advising • Student and public expectations • Changes in learning environments • Faculty development

  11. Admissions Issues • Concrete policies needed. (“all threes” neither practical nor realistic.) • Relative roles of evidence (GPA, SAT, Proficiencies) • Role of CIM/CAM. • Expanded transcripting abilities. • Tie between admissions and advising.

  12. Curricular Issues • Entry-level program components. • Changed student expectations for instructional approaches and assessment. • Changed public expectations for definition of content and standards. • Standards-based curriculum . . .

  13. What is a Standard? • Public, verifiable, and reliable. • What should a student be able to do? • How can a student demonstrate mastery? • Examples define the level.

  14. Motivations for Standards “American colleges and universities hold one central goal in common: to help students learn. Rarely, however, do institutions attempt to discover whether or how much their students are learning.” • Changed student and public expectations. • Focus on what students learn. • Bring clarity to curriculum. • Strengthen correlation between teaching and student assessment. • Increase accountability. • Distributed Learning. • Other Campuses: Standards-based programs at PSU and SOU.

  15. Coordinator Position(Jan 1, 1998)

  16. Reference URLS • http://pass-ous.uoregon.edu • http://pass-osshe.uoregon.edu/stac/contents.html • http://www.open.k12.or.us/jitt/standards/ • http://www.columbia.edu/cu/provost/acu/acu13.html

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