Transcript 2015 NCSA presentation KY cut scores finalx

Policy Capturing Approaches to
Cut Scores of College Readiness
Kentucky
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Agenda
Introduction – Kentucky Department of Education
Cut Score Approach - HumRRO
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Introduction
The 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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Introduction
Mandate 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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CPE 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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Kentucky’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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Standards 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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What 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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The 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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Contact Information
Roger Ervin
Systems Administrator
Kentucky Department of Education
Office of Assessment and Accountability
[email protected]
502-564-2256
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