The Long-Term Effects of Multiple Measures Assessment at SUNY Community Colleges. Research Brief

Autor/inn/en	Kopko, Elizabeth; Daniels, Hollie
Institution	Columbia University, Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR); Columbia University, Community College Research Center (CCRC); MDRC
Titel	The Long-Term Effects of Multiple Measures Assessment at SUNY Community Colleges. Research Brief
Quelle	(2023), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Alternative Assessment; Student Placement; Community College Students; Mathematics Instruction; English Instruction; Outcomes of Education; College Enrollment; Student Evaluation; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerpraktikum; Community college; Community colleges; College students; Community College; Collegestudent; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	In fall 2016, CAPR began a randomized controlled trial of multiple measures assessment (MMA) in community colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) to learn whether MMA yields placement determinations that lead to better student outcomes than a system based on test scores alone. In 2020, a report was released on students' outcomes after three terms. CAPR then launched a follow-up study to estimate outcomes for a longer time period. In this follow-up study, student outcomes, including college-level math and English enrollment and completion and college-level credit attainment, were tracked for at least nine terms from the time of testing, through spring 2021. The findings were disaggregated by race/ethnicity, Pell recipient status, and gender subgroups; a cost analysis of MMA was also conducted. This brief focuses on "bump-zone" findings--those for the subset of students whose placements changed (or would have changed) under MMA. The study finds that--four and a half years after random assignment--students who were "bumped up" into college-level math and English courses through MMA were much more likely to have enrolled in and completed a college-level course (with a grade of C or higher) than similar business-as-usual group students. The benefits of MMA were likely driven primarily by increased access to college-level courses rather than by any improved accuracy from using MMA. Regardless of subject area, program group students who were bumped up through MMA had better outcomes than similar students in the business-as-usual group, and program group students who were bumped down through MMA had worse outcomes than similar business-as-usual group students. It is important to recognize that MMA can be designed in a way that promotes more access and that prevents students from receiving a lower placement. [For the accompanying working paper, see ED632523.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness. Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street Box 174, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 212-678-3091; e-mail: capr@columbia.edu; Web site: https://postsecondaryreadiness.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01