Early Assessment Program

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Early Assessment Program
Standards and Assessment Information
Meetings Fall 2008 Nancy Brynelson,
Co-Director, Center for the Advancement of
Reading Zulmara Cline, Associate Director,
Teacher Education and Public School
Programs Office of the Chancellor, The California
State University
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Goals of the EAP

• Give students an early signal of college
  readiness
• Identify students before their senior year who
  need to do additional work in English and/or
  mathematics before entering the CSU
• Collaborate with the high school community
• Inform students, families, and high schools of
  students readiness for college-level work and
  partner with high school teachers and
  administrators to develop solutions
• Provide 12th grade interventions
• Motivate students to take needed steps in 12th
  grade to ensure readiness

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Components of EAP
The components of the CSU Early Assessment
Program provide a comprehensive solution for
helping students become ready for college.

• 11th grade testing
• Supplemental high school preparation
• Teacher/administrator professional development
• Parent/family communication
• Preservice teacher preparation

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11th Grade Testing

• To receive EAP results students must complete
  all sections of test
• CST in English and/or mathematics (Algebra 2 or
  Summative High School Mathematics as appropriate)
• EAP 15 multiple-choice items in English and/or
  mathematics
• Administered with the CST
• Untimed
• EAP essay in English

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11th Grade Testing

• Determinations of readiness are based on the
  scoring of all sections
• Portion of the CST (45-55 items)
• EAP multiple-choice items (15 items)
• EAP essay in English
• EAP essay administration
• March 3 - 31, 2009
• March 2 - 31, 2010

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11th Grade Testing

• Students are identified as
• Ready for CSU college-level courses in English or
  mathematics
• Not yet demonstrating readiness
• In mathematics, students may also be identified
  as ready on a conditional basis.
• They must fulfill requirements in 12th grade in
  order to maintain exemption from placement
  testing.
• Students whose results indicate readiness are
  exempted from placement exams
• English Placement Test (EPT)
• Entry Level Math Exam (ELM)

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11th Grade Testing

• Students should be encouraged to release their
  scores to the CSU
• Students need to grid bubble on their answer
  sheet to release their scores.
• Doing so allows them to retrieve their scores
  online and ensures that CSU admissions receives
  their scores after they are admitted.
• The EAP is voluntary and does not affect
  admission to the CSU.

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EAP Test Results

• Available on the STAR Grade 11 Student Report
• The results are on the backside of the report in
  the lower left-hand corner.
• EAP results are not included on the CDE label
  with the rest of the student STAR results.
• Separate EAP reports were not sent.
• EAP results were sent to districts on CD Rom with
  STAR results.
• Students can check their EAP status online if
  scores were released www.csusuccess.org.

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EAP Test Results

• Codes for Results on STAR Data CD Rom
• 1 Ready for CSU college-level course in English
  or mathematics
• 2 Ready for CSU college-level mathematics
  courses -Conditional
• 3 Not yet demonstrating readiness for
  college-level English or mathematics
• 4 Incomplete

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EAP STAR Report Website
http//www.csusuccess.org/star

• Explanation of all EAP statuses
• Student video explaining the importance of EAP
• Links to advising tools and exam prep resources
  on the Math and English Success Websites

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Duplicate Student Reports

• Students may email requests for paper copies of
  reports to EAPDups_at_ets.org
• Requests must include the following information
• Full name
• Date of birth
• High school
• Year student attended 11th grade
• Note EAP results are only valid for the year
  following high school graduation.

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EAP Test Results

• EAP aggregate data available online
• http//eap2008.ets.org/
• http//eap2007.ets.org/
• http//eap2006.ets.org/

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Number of Participating Schools

• 1,093 schools participated in EAP in 2008
• Numbers of schools with 11th grade students in
  2007-08
• 1,161 High Schools
• 504 Continuation Schools
• 176 Alternative Schools
• 105 K-12 Schools
• Source - QuickQuest, CA Dept of Education
  8-19-08 http//data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/content.
  asp

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EAP English Statewide Results
Year Participation College Ready
2006 312,167 (75) 48,072 (15)
2007 342,348 (78) 55,206 (16)
2008 352,943 (79) 60,392 (17)
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EAP Math Statewide Results
Year Participation College Ready College Ready-Conditional
2006 137,067 (74) 16,120 (12) 58,822 (43)
2007 141,648 (70) 17,173 (12) 60,697 (43)
2008 147,885 (70) 19,442 (13) 62,660 (42)
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Supplemental High School Preparation

• Expository Reading and Writing Course for
  students in grades 11 and/or 12
• Emphasizes in-depth study of expository,
  analytical, and argumentative writing
• Approved to fulfill the b English requirement
  of the UC and CSU a-g college entrance
  requirements
• Intended for broad usage (not as an honors or
  remedial course and not necessarily tied to EAP
  results)

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Supplemental High School Preparation

• Supervised e-learning course in mathematics
  (ALEKS) for students who were identified as
  conditionally ready
• Online test preparation in mathematics

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Supplemental High School Preparation CSU
Success Web Sites http//www.csusuccess.org/sho
me
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Professional Development for Teachers and
Administrators

• Collaboratively sponsored by County Offices of
  Education and the CSU to English-language arts
  and mathematics teachers
• ERWC www.calstate.edu/eap/englishcourse/
• Mathematics http//pd.csusuccess.org/
• Reading Institutes for Academic Preparation
  Cross-curricular approaches to academic literacy
  (Web site in development)
• Handbook for School Site Leaders
  www.calstate.edu/eap/documents/site-leader-handboo
  k/

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Evaluation Report
Source Evaluating the Impact of Reading and
Writing Professional Development on Student
Reading and Writing Outcomes Evaluation Report
(July 2008) Figure 4, p. 14
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Evaluation Report
Source Evaluating the Impact of Reading and
Writing Professional Development on Student
Reading and Writing Outcomes Evaluation Report
(July 2008) Figure 3, p. 13
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Studies Related to the Efficacy of ERWC and RIAP

• Available at www.calstate.edu/teacherED/reports/in
  dex.shtml
• Evaluating the Impact of Reading and Writing
  Professional Development on Student Reading and
  Writing Outcomes Evaluation Report (July 2008)
  Not yet posted
• Evaluating the Impact of Reading and Writing
  Professional Development on Student Reading and
  Writing Outcomes Evaluation Report (May 2007)
• Reading Institute for Academic Preparation
  (RIAP) Evaluation Report (2006)
• 2004-2005 Pilot Study Evaluation of the Early
  Assessment Program's Professional Development in
  English

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