English and Math Placement Surveys: Students and Instructors--Fall 2002. Report.

Autor/inn/en	Meuschke, Daylene M.; Gribbons, Barry C.
Institution	College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA. Office of Institutional Development.
Titel	English and Math Placement Surveys: Students and Instructors--Fall 2002. Report.
Quelle	(2003), (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Achievement Need; Community Colleges; Educational Testing; Placement; School Readiness; Student Placement; Student Promotion; Success; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Community college; Community College; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Schülerpraktikum; Support of studies; Studienförderung; Erfolg
Abstract	This document discusses the accuracy of student placement procedures for math and English at the College of the Canyons. A survey was conducted to assess the degree to which students agreed with their placement into their first math or English course at the College of the Canyons. Students were also asked to indicate whether they felt that they should have been placed in into a higher or lower level math or English course. Instructors were also surveyed to assess the extent to which they believed each of their students was accurately placed. A total of 103 sections were surveyed, with a response rate of 80 percent for the student survey and 73 percent for the instructor survey. Students and instructors differed in their agreement on placement for both math and English. About 80 percent of the instructors agreed with the students' placement, while only about 50 percent of the students agreed with their placement. The success rates of students in the classes were also analyzed based on the method by which they had been placed into the class. Recommends that prior to any policy change regarding student placement, further empirical support must be made regarding these groups' conflicting perceptions. Contains 8 figures, 13 tables, the student survey instrument, and the instructor survey instrument. (JS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC