Placement Committee Meeting (4/4/17)

Tri-County Technical College – Placement Committee -

Multiples Measures Task Force Meeting -

Tuesday, April 4^th, 2017, -- CD 142

 

Faculty/Staff Present

Andrea Barnett, Amanda Blanton, K.C. Bryson, Cathy Cole for Scott Harvey, Galen Dehay, Allison Earley, Jennifer Hulehan, Tom Lawrence, Pam McWhorter, Carol Watts, and Elizabeth Cox

 

Faculty/Staff Absent

Amy Roberts

 

Topics Discussed

1. What measures have you read about that you feel TCTC should look into incorporating when admitting students?

• Per Galen, at this time there are no restrictions by the State, but our goal is to be ahead of the State’s mandate.
• Jennifer stated that we need to use multiple layers of measures and revisit after they are implemented.  Multiple layers should be placement scores, ACT, SAT, unweighted HS GPA, as well as a review of their HS courses.  We need good advising and then review after semester ends.  We are working on co-requisite model now.
• Placement test, then advise student for course either one place up or down.
• GPA is relevant two years out with test scores
• K.C. questioned what kind of changes are we willing to make.  It was a general consensus that we are ready to do what is necessary.
• Is it Program Ready or Course Ready?  General consensus was that we are leaning toward Program Ready.
• We need a MAT 155 Fast Track for Fall 2017 and the pilot using MAT 150.  This was discussed, but no decision or plan was made.
• Randomized field trial for Fall 2017 using MAT 150 which has support

 

1.  Pros and Cons:  Selecting measures for program ready vs. course ready
    

• Program Ready

• Complicated, more people involved, student is considered to be ready for all classes recommended for that program.
• It was suggested that we discuss with the instructor of the program, such as Automotive, what role math and English classes play in the program.
   
• I-BEST for technical students?
• Jumpstart?
   

• Course Ready

• This is the program we have now.
   
   

1. Looking over the slides and notes from Dr. Bostian’s visit, what do you feel is beneficial for TCTC and what do you feel we should research more?

• Share with Andrea any ideas

 

Attachment:  article from the web regarding multiple measures from the “Education Commission of the States,” February 2017 (shared by Galen Dehay)

 

Reported by:  Elizabeth Cox