Community colleges will develop and implement a common centralized assessment for English, reading and writing, mathematics, and ESL that can provide diagnostic information to inform curriculum development and student placement and that, over time, will be aligned with the K-12 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and assessments.
Description
The centralized assessment must be diagnostic to ensure placement into appropriate coursework and to inform local academic senates as they design appropriate curriculum. It should also include an assessment of “college knowledge” and the extent to which a student understands and exhibits key academic behaviors and habits of mind necessary for success in college. This more robust assessment, coupled with multiple measures, would be used to determine students’ needs for additional support and to enable colleges to more effectively place students in appropriate courses and target interventions and services.