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| Participants Needed for Field Testing of New Adult Basic Education Assessment |
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It is widely acknowledged that the fastest growing jobs in the 21st century will require some level of postsecondary education. The purpose of Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs around the country is to assist adult students in obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary for community involvement and successful transition to postsecondary programs, so they may begin careers in high-demand fields.
In response, ACCUPLACER is developing an ABE test in reading, writing and math. This test, developed in collaboration with ABE and Developmental Education instructors and administrators, measure competencies adult learners need to be able to succeed in credit-bearing college courses and in the workplace.
Field testing of the new ACCUPLACER ABE test will take place from January through March 2013. If your institution has an ABE program we encourage you to participate in a field test. Each test (reading, writing, or math) contains up to 45 multiple choice questions and may take up to one hour, including instructions.
The ACCUPLACER program will provide free ACCUPLACER units to the institution for each student who completes one or more field tests. Test administrators, proctors and students who complete at least one of the three ABE tests will also be entered into a raffle.
If you or your colleagues are interested in participating in field testing or have questions, please contact us at accuplacer@collegeboard.org.
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| Best Practice: Boosting Readiness with Early Testing and Intervention |
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Montgomery County Public Schools found that administering ACCUPLACER Diagnostics at the high school level provided a range of benefits, including:
- Dramatic improvements in the students' proficiency level.
- Robust data identifying students' academic skills, useful for counseling sessions.
- Ability to compare ACCUPLACER Diagnostics with state testing and PSAT/NMSQT® scores.
- Ability to aggregate data focusing on average student performance in certain math and English subjects.
- Improved test-taking experience for students: nearly 88 percent of students said they felt comfortable with the computer-based testing.
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| ACCUPLACER in the News |
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Ivy Tech Announces New Partnerships
Inside Indiana Business
Ivy Tech Community College has partnered with ACCUPLACER to develop three new computer adaptive strand tests that will be used as the sole diagnostic and placement assessments in their system. This new systemic model will seamlessly align with Ivy Tech Community College's curriculum and assessment standards in reading, writing and mathematics. Read more
States with High-School Exit Exams Focus More on College and Career Readiness, Report Says
The Chronicle of Higher Education
More states are aligning their high school exit exams to college and career readiness standards. To help students better prepare for college-level work, ACCUPLACER has already started to customize tests to provide diagnostic and placement results that can align with local, state and national standards.
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Efficiency in Job Training
Inside Higher Ed
A recent study from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce calls for universities, workforce development programs and education professionals to collectively build a national "learning exchange" that would help students to prepare for the job market, educators to tailor curricula, and employers to find and train skilled workers.
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| Attend an ACCUPLACER Mini-Conference |
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ACCUPLACER offers face-to-face mini-conferences in different states to share the latest enhancements and strategies the program has developed to ensure students' ultimate success as they become college and career ready. Enhancements that make the suite of ACCUPLACER assessments stand out include: pretest preparation tools, custom assessments, local tests, academic intervention strategies and use of multiple measures. Below is a list of dates and locations.
Register today
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| Oct. 25 |
Westlake, Calif. |
Hyatt Westlake Plaza in Thousand Oaks |
| Oct. 26 |
Riverside, Calif. |
Hyatt Place Riverside/Downtown |
| Oct. 29 |
Santa Clara, Calif. |
Hyatt House Santa Clara |
| Oct. 29 |
Baltimore, Md. |
Embassy Suites Hotel, BWI |
| Oct. 31 |
Hartford, Conn. |
Ramada Plaza Hartford Downtown |
| Nov. 1 |
Waltham, Mass. |
Hilton Garden Inn Boston Waltham |
| Nov. 2 |
Detroit, Mich. |
Hilton Garden Inn Detroit |
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Little Rock, Ark. |
Holiday Inn, Little Rock Presidential Downtown |
| Nov. 15 |
Miami, Fla. |
Miami Dade College North Campus |
| Nov. 16 |
Panama City Beach, Fla. |
Gulf Coast Community College Campus |
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