A THREE YEAR COMPARISON OF COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM Placement results

1. Fall 2005, 2006, and 2007 ATD Cohort First-Time in College High School Graduates A THREE YEAR COMPARISON OF COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM Placement results

2. INTRODUCTION

3. Student Population • 5,802 first-time in college (FTIC) students who: • First enrolled at EPCC in fall 2005, fall 2006, or fall 2007 • Graduated within the previous academic year from high schools that are currently members of the Achieving the Dream College Readiness Consortium • Took all three placement examinations before their first class day at EPCC • Are not former Dual Credit Students

4. 16% of fall 2005 FTIC students took at least one section of the Accuplacer college entrance exam before graduating from high school, while 37% of fall 2006 FTIC students did so. • In fall 2007 a majority of FTIC students (72%) took at least one section of the Accuplacer exam before they graduated.

5. FINDINGS

6. Demographics Gender Ethnicity

7. High School Graduates by ISD

8. High School Graduates by ISD and High School

9. PLACEMENT as of 1st Day of Class

10. Three Year Comparison of English Placement by Level

11. Three Year Comparison of English Placement by Level Proportions are not equal across the three years. The probability that these changes in proportion happened by chance is < 0.0001.

12. Continuous increase in the percent of students who placed College Ready from fall 2005 to fall 2007. • Continuous decrease in the percent of students who placed into ENGL0310 and ENGL0309 from fall 2005 to fall 2007.

13. Three Year Comparison of Reading Placement by Level

14. Three Year Comparison of Reading Placement by Level Proportions are not equal across the three years. The probability that these changes in proportion happened by chance is < 0.0001.

15. No discernable change in the percent of students who placed College Ready between fall 2005 and fall 2006, however a substantial increase occurred between fall 2006 and fall 2007. • No detectable change among the three years in the percent of students who placed into READ0309. • No discernable change in the percent of students who placed into READ0308 among the three years. • Continuous decrease in the percent of students who placed into READ0307 from fall 2005 through fall 2007.

16. The proportion placed College Ready increased, while the proportion placed in the lowest DE Reading level decreased from fall 2005 to fall 2007.

17. Three Year Comparison of Math Placement by Level

18. Three Year Comparison of Math Placement by Level Proportions are not equal across the three years. The probability of these changes happening by chance is < 0.0001.

19. Continuous increase in the percent of students who placed College Ready from fall 2005 through fall 2007. • Small increase in the percent of students who placed into MATH0305 between fall 2005 and fall 2006 and a substantial increase between fall 2006 and fall 2007. • No measureable difference among years in the percent of students who placed into MATH0303. • Steady decrease in the percent of students who placed into MATH0301 from fall 2005 through fall 2007. • Small increase in the percent of students who placed into MATH0300 between fall 2005 and fall 2006 and a substantial decrease between fall 2006 and fall 2007.

20. The proportion placed as College Ready and in the highest DE Math level increased, while the proportion placed in the lowest two DE Math levels decreased from fall 2005 to fall 2007.