Fall 2016 Placement Measures Methodology

Fall 2016 Placement Measures Methodology

Cohort Criteria

·  IRO_BASE CENSUS freeze used as data source to identify cohort students

·  First-time freshman or first-time at institution transfer student

·  Must have at least one recorded placement measure for English or Math

·  Must not have any post-secondary history (excluding audited courses) in subject for which student was evaluated for placement. Post-secondary history includes courses:

o  Taken as early admissions student prior to entry into cohort

o  Earned through advanced placement

o  Earned through credit-by-exam

o  Taken at or transferred from other post-secondary institutions

o  Equivalent courses (Math placement only):

§  Math 100 and above

·  BUS 100 (Kapiolani only)

·  BUSN 189 (Maui only)

·  CULN 100 (Maui only)

·  PHIL 110 (all Community Colleges)

·  QM 107C (Maui only)

§  Below Math 100

·  PCM 23 (Kapiolani only)

·  QM 75 (Leeward only)

·  QM 78 (Leeward only)

Placement Criteria

·  MST_TEST used as data source for placement measures.

·  Highest recorded score in each placement measure was used to evaluate placement level.

·  Highest evaluated placement level was recorded for each student.

English Placement Measures

Test Code / Code Description / Notes
12EN / 12th Grade English Course
A01 / ACT English
ACR / Archived COMPASS Reading / Ended November 2016
ACW / Archived COMPASS Writing / Ended November 2016
CHSG / Cumulative HS GPA
CMPR / COMPASS Reading / Ended November 2016
CMPW / COMPASS Writing / Ended November 2016
GEDL / GED Reasoning Through LangArts
HSLA / HiSET Language Arts-Writing
SA1 / Self Reported ACT English
SATW / SAT Writing
SBEA / Smarter Bal Eng Achv Level
SSAW / Self Reported SAT Writing

Math Placement Measures

Test Code / Code Description / Notes
12GM / 12th Grade Math Course
12TM / 12th Grade Transitional Math
A02 / ACT Math
ACA / Archived COMPASS Algebra / Ended November 2016
ACCA / Archived COMPASS Coll Algebra / Ended November 2016
ACPA / Archived COMPASS Pre-Algebra / Ended November 2016
ACTR / Archived COMPASS Trigonometry / Ended November 2016
CHSG / Cumulative HS GPA
CMPA / COMPASS Algebra / Ended November 2016
CMPC / COMPASS College Algebra / Ended November 2016
CMPP / COMPASS Pre-Algebra / Ended November 2016
CMPT / COMPASS Trigonometry / Ended November 2016
GEDM / GED Mathematical Reasoning
HSM / HiSET Mathematics
MPA1 / Math Placement Algebra I Grade
MPAG / Math Placement Alg II Grade
SA2 / Self Reported ACT Math
SATM / SAT Math
SBMA / Smarter Bal Math Achv Level
SSAM / Self Reported SAT Math

Future Placement Measures (not used for Fall 2016 cohort)

Test Code / Code Description / Notes
AAAL / Archived Accuplacer Algebra
AAAM / Archv Accuplacer Adv Math
AAAR / Archived Accuplacer Arithmetic
AAL / Accuplacer Algebra
AAM / Accuplacer Advanced Math
AAR / Archived Accuplacer Reading
AARI / Accuplacer Arithmetic
AAWP / Archived Accuplacer Essay
AR / Accuplacer Reading
AWP / Accuplacer Essay
S11 / SAT EVID-BASED READ/WRIT SCORE
S12 / SAT MATH SECTION SCORE

Grades Criteria

For grades evaluation:

·  IRO_REGS EOS freeze used as data source

·  Student must appear in cohort

·  Student must have an evaluated placement in the subject at time of entry into cohort

·  Student must not have any post-secondary history in the subject at time of entry into cohort

·  Student must have registered in at least one course in the subject at any UH institution for the semester evaluated

·  Math includes math-equivalent courses

·  Grade evaluated as:

o  C or Better

§  Grade point value is greater than or equal to 2 or

§  Final grade is CR if taken as CR/NC

o  D or Better: Grade point value is greater than or equal to 1

o  Did not complete

§  Did not pass course with D or better

§  Withdrew from course with W grade or

§  Ended with incomplete grade (I)

o  Did not register: no course records in subject in IRO_REGS.

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