Assessment Center

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Assessment Center
Welcome to Our Website!
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Hours of Operation
Monday Thursday 800 a.m. 630 p.m. Close _at_ 800 p.m.
Friday 800 a.m. 130 p.m. Close _at_ 430 p.m.
Saturday 800 a.m. 130 p.m. Close _at_ 300 p.m.
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Assessment Center Staff
Director of Assessment Monty Francis
Testing Coordinator Donna Hill
Testing Assistant Ronnie Johnson
Department Assistants Maria Cruz
Department Assistants Sarah Smith
Department Assistants Kaja Mutombo
Department Assistants Jo Ann Jackson (PT)
Department Assistants Bernard Munoz (PT)
Department Assistants Andres Mejia (PT)
Department Assistants
Department Assistants
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Services

• Aid in the admissions process through Placement
  testing
• Assess Health Occupations Continuing Education
  students
• Provide Credit-by-Examination
• Certify Texas teachers through examination
• Proctor instructional and cross-campus exams
• Test students in English as a foreign/2nd
  language
• Measure workforce development

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Protecting Test Integrity

• General Guidelines
• All rooms and computer screens are monitored
• Photo IDs are required to test
• No children allowed in testing rooms and must be
  supervised in waiting area
• No food or drinks No unauthorized materials
• All personal belongings must go in lockers
• Cannot leave testing room once entered
• No placement or THEA alternative will be given
  without a TRF.

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Remember

• Students must arrive 90 minutes before closing in
  order to be tested and to allow enough time to
  complete examinations!
• As an open testing center, we service students
  who are not enrolled at ECC, but not for TSI
  compliance. In order to meet TSI compliance,
  students must test at the institution where they
  are seeking enrollment!

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The Enrollment Process

• AAA Application, Advisement, Assessment!
• Application
• Submit Application for Admissions
• Advisement
• See Advisor in Counseling Center (214-860-2084)
• Get Test Referral Form (TRF) from Advisor to take
  to Assessment Center
• Assessment
• Must be tested as required by law
• Must meet Texas Success Initiative (TSI)
  Standards
• Accuplacer is state-approved alternative test
  for THEA

AAA
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The Accuplacer

• Assesses 3 skills
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
• Adaptive test (automatically adjusts to students
  individual skill levels)
• Practice test available online!
• Go to www.dcccd.edu and click on Admissions
  Registration, Take an Assessment Test, Practice
  Test, Accuplacer, and finally Take the
  Accuplacer.

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Taking the Accuplacer

• Get TRF (Test Referral Form) from an Advisor
• Bring valid photo ID
• 1st testing session is free
• Retakes are 10.00/subject (once per semester
  only, at least 48 hrs after initial exam, but no
  more than 14 days)
• Scores are immediately available
• See Advisor after testing

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Uses for the Accuplacer

• General Admission
• Dual Credit/High School Students
• Certificate Programs
• Non Degree-Seeking Students
• Reading Comprehension Exams (RCE)
• All DCCCD colleges use same exams requirements
  for enrollment placement
• Some students exempt, but may take for placement
  purposes (see Advisor for details)

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Reading Comprehension Exam (RCE)

• Exit exam for Developmental Reading students
• Administered 8 times/yr, including tests
  retests
• Assessment Center staff responsibilities
• Receive roster of students to be tested
• Conduct sign-in sign-out procedures
• Proctor exams
• Provide score results enter them into Colleague
  System
• Institutional Research will forward scores from
  Colleague to the reading instructional staff.
  The scores are then distributed to Developmental
  ESOL Reading Faculty.

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ASSET

• Timed assessment developed by ACT
• Does not take precedence over Accuplacer
• Primarily for special needs students
• Paper-pencil
• Math Reading scored in Assessment Center
  Writing sent to ACT (2 weeks)
• Tests Writing Reading Numerical Elementary,
  Intermediate College Algebra Geometry

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Instructional TestingClassroom Exam Proctoring

• For Instructors
• Complete Test Administration Form
• Provide complete detail clarification
• Pick up test after last date of administration
• Sign to ensure exam accountability

• For Students
• Provide Test Request Form with course name,
  course number, section, test number
• Provide photo ID and Scantron (if needed)
• No cell phones, pagers, food, or drinks
• Use lockers
• Cannot leave come back without permission

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HESI

• For those interested in
• An Associate of Nursing
• LVN to RN Advanced Placement bridge
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography
• Echocardiology
• Invasive Cardiovascular Technology
• Radiography
• Tested in Grammar, Reading, Vocabulary/General
  Knowledge, Math, and Anatomy Physiology

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HESI

• Take when applying to Health Occupations programs
• Tests given October February and May August
• Costs 25.00
• Scores valid 2 years
• Can retake as soon as it can be arranged through
  Health Occupations office
• Must bring TRF photo ID

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TOEFLTest of English as a Foreign Language

• 4 hours long and Internet-based
• Contains 4 sections
• Reading
• Listening
• Speaking
• Writing
• What is required
• Read, listen, speak a response
• Listen speak a response
• Read, listen, write a response

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TOEFL

• Examinees required to sign Confidentiality
  Statement
• Practice tests and test center locations
  available online
• The ECC Assessment Center is an ETS Certified
  Test Administration Site

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TeXesTeacher Certification Exam

• Facts available in information registration
  bulletins www.texes.ets.org
• Internet-based
• Practice tests and testing centers available
  online
• Examinees must bring proper ID and sign a
  Confidentiality Statement
• The ECC Assessment Center is an ETS Certified
  Test Administration Site

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TABETest of Adult Basic Education

• Those students who should take it
• ESL
• Middle College
• Certified Nursing (CNA)
• Phlebotomy
• Medication Aide
• Message Therapy
• MRI Technology
• Medical Insurance Billing

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TABE

• Steps to take the test
• See Continuing Education Advisor
• Obtain TRF (Testing Referral Form)
• Schedule time with Assessment Center
• First test is free
• Retakes only permitted by C.E. Department
• Tests Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing
• For non degree-seeking and certification students

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Compass/ESL

• Placement alternative offered by ACT
• ECC Assessment Center administers ESL component
• ESOL courses available based on scores
• Four different measures included
• Placement
• Diagnostic
• ESL
• E-write
• Continuing Education [phone]

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CLEPSubject Exams, Credit by Examination

• Students who can take
• Already meet requirements of course by experience
  or training
• Are not currently enrolled in the actual course
• Are currently enrolled at the college
  administering the test
• Can earn as many credits as ability permits and
  needs require
• Only permitted once in the DCCCD per course
• Unofficial scores available immediately official
  scores take 1 month

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CLEP

• Step 1 Go to the Assessment Center
• Step 2 Sign a CLEP Application (also available
  in Registration Bulletin)
• Step 3 Pay fees for each course
• 25.00 to ECC
• 70.00 to the College Board
• Payments to be made prior to testing and
  non-refundable

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Credit by Examination

• Students who can take
• Meet requirements of course by experience or
  training
• Are not currently enrolled in the actual course
• Are currently enrolled at the college
  administering test
• Can earn as many credits as ability permits and
  needs require
• Only permitted once in the DCCCD per course
• Include CLEP, Instructor Made Exams, DANTES, AP
• See Registrars Office for details regarding
  courses for which credit by examination is
  available

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COSC 1300Credit by Exam

• Prepared, executed and graded by ECC
• Will be charged a fee required to purchase
  password in bookstore
• Used to test out of the basic computer literacy
  course
• Must be enrolled at DCCCD
• Must not currently be enrolled in course
• CR is granted instead of letter grade
• May be taken once

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COSC 1300

• Pass/fail (must make 70 to pass)
• Computerized on 2 designated workstations or
  paper-pencil
• 2 parts
• Skills assessment for lab component
• Objective assessment for lecture component
• Friday appointments only via phone acceptable
• Application must be signed prior to test
  administration

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Correspondence, Distance Learning Cross-Campus

• 25.00 fee per test must be paid first
• Allows center to proctor tests from other
  institutions
• All campuses in the DCCCD administer telecourse
  exams.
• Telecourse
• No tests sent via fax because of security
• Use interoffice mail a Package Transmittal Form
• Use Cross-Campus Test Work Order as cover sheet

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Correspondence, Distance Learning Cross-Campus

• Schools which have standing agreements
• Creighton University Medical Center
• Doctor of Pharmacy
• Louisiana State University
• Distance Learning
• Midwestern State University
• Telecourse (local residents)
• Distance Learning
• University of Arkansas
• Nuclear Medicine

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MCE ICEThe Minimum Intermediate Competency
Exams

• Both in essay format
• Exit exam
• Administered 4 times per year, always on a Monday
  or Tuesday
• Mid-November
• 1st week of December
• Mid-April
• End of April/beginning of May
• Administered in ECC Gym

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MCE/ICE

• Sign up at the Assessment Center
• Paper-pencil
• Must have Blue Book when scheduling appointment,
  which will be returned on test day
• Must bring valid photo ID
• No electronic devices or leaving the room
• Stay time will be indicated via signing in and
  out.

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Developmental Math (DMAT)

• May be required to enroll because of test scores
• Required in certain instances to meet TSI
  standards
• Developmental Math assessment is required both
  before after testing
• Most often administered in Assessment Center
• Basic guidelines
• Adhere to testing requirements of instructors
• Adhere to regulations regarding calculator usage,
  measuring devices, graphing paper scratch paper

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DMAT

• Must pass exams to pass courses
• Must score at least a C to advance to the next
  level
• Retests may be required
• DMAT students usually administered Accuplacer
  Math, ASSET, and/or COMPASS
• THEA scores acceptable, but not administered at
  ECC

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WorkKeysby ACT

• For MRI program prospective students
• 3 sections
• Reading for Information
• Locating Information
• Applied Mathematics
• No cost
• Students must
• Speak with Advisor in Continuing Education
• Obtain a TRF
• Schedule test date and time with Assessment
  Center
• Present scores to Advisors MRI Program
  Administrator

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THEA

• Formerly the TASP Exam
• Not administered by ECC currently
• ECC stocks registration bulletins
• Some other DCCCD campuses still offer the exam
• 29.00 fee
• For more info, visit www.thea.nesinc.com or call
  [phone]

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