CASSC Research and Testing Committee M I N U T E S Meeting: Monday, September 26, 2011 Building 5000 (Bonnie McCabe Hall), Wolfson Campus, Room 5620 1-min_09_11.docx; 10-26-2011 1 Present: Alex Alvarez, Ian Cobham, Julio Fernandez de Cueto, Christine Dundas, David Heredia, Rulx Jean-Bart, David Kaiser (Co-Chairperson), Ivonne Lamazares, Juan Carlos Meza, Dora Mejia-Montoya, Adam Porro, Barbara Rodriguez, Silvio Rodriguez (Co-Chairperson), Ivo Rokovich, Bruce Smitley (for Susan Thomas), Leighton Spence, Michelle Thomas (for Cynthia Schuemann), Carol Tulikangas Not Present: Ana Maria Bradley-Hess I. Review of Minutes Minutes of the meeting of May 25, 2011 were approved. II. Standing Item(s) A. Research - David Kaiser reported that Institutional Research is involved in the following projects: Aspen Prize application MDC3 - Gates Completion by Design B. Placement Criteria document 2012-2013 - Overview of the Placement Criteria Review Process Silvio Rodriguez discussed the Overview of the Placement Criteria Review Process document (http://www.mdc.edu/ir/CPT_CLAST/placement.asp), the timeline, answered a few questions about last year’s review process, and reminded the discipline/area representatives of their role in the annual review process. C. Testing Fees effective July 1, 2011 - Overview of the Testing Fees Review Process Silvio Rodriguez discussed the Testing Fees Review Process document that is used for the annual review of testing fees at MDC and informed the Committee of recommended minor changes in the document (attached) that needed to be voted on. The changes were approved by the Committee. He also informed the Committee that the process of reviewing testing fees charged by other institutions has been initiated and reminded them that the Testing Fees effective July 1, 2011 are posted at http://www.mdc.edu/testing_information/fees/default.asp. III. New Business A. Meeting Calendar Silvio Rodriguez presented the new CASSC Research & Testing Committee Meeting Calendar (attached), which also includes the committee’s responsibilities for the academic year https://www.mdc.edu/cassc/committees_rt.asp). He also reminded the Committee that the regular meeting dates are usually the last Wednesday of each month. The Committee agreed to have the November meeting on December 5 and the April/May meetings on May 14. B. Committee Responsibilities David Kaiser reminded the committee members of their responsibilities. C. Research Requests The Committee reviewed, discussed and voted on the following request: Researcher: Iliana M. Patron / Capella University (Approved) Proposal: Dissertation Research-Qualitative Study Researcher: Postsecondary Data for the M-DCPS High School Graduating Class of 2010 (Approved) Proposal: Dr. Maribel Harder and Dr. Lupe Diaz / University of Miami and Miami-Dade County Public Schools Researcher: The Effects of Concept Mapping on College Students’ Reading Achievement (Approved) Proposal: Assistant Professor David Heredia – College Prep Department – Miami Dade College – Kendall Campus
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CASSC Research and Testing Committee
M I N U T E S
Meeting: Monday, September 26, 2011
Building 5000 (Bonnie McCabe Hall), Wolfson Campus, Room 5620
1-min_09_11.docx; 10-26-2011 1
Present: Alex Alvarez, Ian Cobham, Julio Fernandez de Cueto, Christine Dundas, David Heredia, Rulx Jean-Bart, David
Kaiser (Co-Chairperson), Ivonne Lamazares, Juan Carlos Meza, Dora Mejia-Montoya, Adam Porro, Barbara Rodriguez, Silvio Rodriguez (Co-Chairperson), Ivo Rokovich, Bruce Smitley (for Susan Thomas), Leighton Spence, Michelle Thomas (for Cynthia Schuemann), Carol Tulikangas Not Present: Ana Maria Bradley-Hess
I. Review of Minutes
Minutes of the meeting of May 25, 2011 were approved.
II. Standing Item(s)
A. Research - David Kaiser reported that Institutional Research is involved in the following projects:
Aspen Prize application
MDC3 - Gates Completion by Design
B. Placement Criteria document 2012-2013
- Overview of the Placement Criteria Review Process
Silvio Rodriguez discussed the Overview of the Placement Criteria Review Process document
(http://www.mdc.edu/ir/CPT_CLAST/placement.asp), the timeline, answered a few questions about last year’s
review process, and reminded the discipline/area representatives of their role in the annual review process.
C. Testing Fees effective July 1, 2011
- Overview of the Testing Fees Review Process
Silvio Rodriguez discussed the Testing Fees Review Process document that is used for the annual review of testing
fees at MDC and informed the Committee of recommended minor changes in the document (attached) that needed
to be voted on. The changes were approved by the Committee. He also informed the Committee that the process
of reviewing testing fees charged by other institutions has been initiated and reminded them that the Testing Fees
effective July 1, 2011 are posted at http://www.mdc.edu/testing_information/fees/default.asp.
III. New Business
A. Meeting Calendar
Silvio Rodriguez presented the new CASSC Research & Testing Committee Meeting Calendar (attached), which also includes the committee’s responsibilities for the academic year https://www.mdc.edu/cassc/committees_rt.asp). He also reminded the Committee that the regular meeting dates are usually the last Wednesday of each month. The Committee agreed to have the November meeting on December 5 and the April/May meetings on May 14.
B. Committee Responsibilities
David Kaiser reminded the committee members of their responsibilities.
C. Research Requests
The Committee reviewed, discussed and voted on the following request: Researcher: Iliana M. Patron / Capella University (Approved)
Proposal: Dissertation Research-Qualitative Study
Researcher: Postsecondary Data for the M-DCPS High School Graduating Class of 2010 (Approved)
Proposal: Dr. Maribel Harder and Dr. Lupe Diaz / University of Miami and Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Researcher: The Effects of Concept Mapping on College Students’ Reading Achievement (Approved)
Proposal: Assistant Professor David Heredia – College Prep Department – Miami Dade College – Kendall Campus
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IV. Follow-up Items
A. Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT)
Silvio Rodriguez informed the Committee of the PERT updates list below. Attached is the MDC PERT data through
September 16, 2011 that he presented, as well as the June, July, and August 2011 Monthly PERT Updates pre-
pared by The Florida College System.
MDC students are scoring on target for average scores (=100) for Reading and are below target on Writing
and Math.
MDC PERT administrations have increased considerably.
All subtests are now adaptive.
The lower level diagnostic component is ready and it is available for faculty review on an on-going basis
through the campus Testing Directors. The upper level component should be ready soon.
V. Information Items
A. MDC3/CbD
David Kaiser informed the Committee that the College is in the early stages of this project and there are campus
planning teams and multiple sub-groups working on this project.
B. No more CLAS – graduation status for pre 2009-3 enrolled students
Silvio Rodriguez informed the Committee that effective July 1, 2011, College-Level Academic Skills (CLAS) is no
longer an associate in arts degree or bachelor's degree graduation requirement. Students enrolled at Miami Dade College (MDC) in credit classes during Summer Term 2009-3 and thereafter do not need to meet CLAS require-ments for MDC graduation purposes. He also informed the Committee that recommendations prepared by Dulce
Beltran, College Registrar and him for students enrolled at MDC prior to 2009-3 have been finalized and they would soon be going through an approval process.
Below are the recommendations for students who met all graduation requirements except for the CLAS requirement
and who were enrolled prior to 2009-3.
1) Students will be identified (IT will provide a list) and checked against the National Student Clearinghouse data-base for verification to determine if the student has subsequently received an AA degree or higher. If the stu-dent is found to have an AA degree or higher, the college will not proceed with contacting the student or award-ing an AA degree.
2) If the student is not found to have received an AA degree or higher a communication will be sent to the student to provide MDC consent to graduate them. Communication will be sent via e-mail (if valid e-mail on file) or via post office letter, for those students without valid e-mails on file.
3) Student consent will be done electronically on an MDC secure website. Once the consent is on file, students
will be graduated with an effective date of July 1, 2011 and after.
C. State-wide placement retesting policy
Silvio Rodriguez informed the Committee that Julie Alexander from the FLDOE would be presenting a draft State-wide placement retesting policy at the October 12-14 CIA/CSA meetings. (From PERT FAQ 9/30/2011: State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.0315, F.A.C., will be updated to include retesting policies. It is anticipated that rule devel-opment will be initiated this fall with State Board approval targeted in November of 2011).
The draft rule includes a limit on the number of retests allowed and required remediation prior to retesting. The most recent version is available via https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx and https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=2&tid=10503856&type=1&File=6A-10.0315.htm.
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VI. Reports
A. Testing Directors – Barbara Rodriguez reported on the following early in the meeting:
PERT and High School Testing
The Testing Directors invited Georgette Perez, New Student Center Director liaison for recruitment, and Rene Gar-cia, Director of Enrollment, to participate in their agenda item regarding the guidelines for PERT and high school testing. The discussion focused on MDC’s role in PERT administrations to the high schools. The discussion stems from legislative revisions made to Section 1008.30, Florida Statutes, as a result of House Bill 1255. Consequently, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) and MDC are working on the testing section sections of the Inter-institutional Articulation Agreement (IAA). The information below is currently included in the draft agreement. The primary responsibility for administering the PERT to 11
th graders rests with M-DCPS. Pursuant to HB 1255,
MDC will not administer required 11th grade testing or postsecondary readiness testing except for the following cate-
gories of M-DCPS students: (1) students who have met the GPA and other MDC requirements with the exception of testing for dual enrollment, (2) students who have formally applied for admission to the School for Advanced Stud-ies, (3) high school students already enrolled in the New World School of the Arts, (4) high school participants in jointly sponsored or approved projects, and 5) any group MDC considers that it will be in the students’ best interest to be tested by MDC.
Child Care Testing
The Testing Directors hosted Samuel Ore, Laurie Shapero, and Maria Bello of the Childcare Training Program to re-view testing procedures and to clarify any pending issues regarding the child care exams. As a result of the meeting, InterAmerican campus will provide a Saturday exam with 7 block sessions. There needs to be one additional Satur-day with 7 block sessions during the month of December. Testing centers will receive revenue on a monthly basis versus once a term. The Childcare Training program has requested additional testing dates and/or an increase in seating capacity.
Testing Directors Re-visioning Retreat
The Re-visioning Retreat will be held on Friday, October 28, 2011 at the North Campus. The retreat supports one of service area report goals for Institutional Effectiveness: Coordinate a retreat for Testing Directors in Fall 2011 to re-vision their role in students’ early experiences at the College in keeping with completion agenda initia-tives and the first year experience. The retreat will focus on goal #3 from the College’s strategic plan: Emerging plans for developing model pathways for student completion at MDC indicate a need for the testing areas to contrib-ute in additional ways to the holistic assessment and intake of students. It is important for the directors to identify their strengths and weaknesses in assuming a broader role as that emerges. The retreat will include Testing Direc-tors, testing full timers, key testing part-timers, and other key employees. The retreat is being coordinated by Silvio Rodriguez and Barbara Rodriguez. CLEP college-wide contract
The Testing Directors are supporting a change of their campus-based contracts to a college-wide one. This will al-low West and Hialeah Campuses to be part of the contract after their test center agreements are supported by their campus and submitted and approved by The College Board.
PERT Diagnostics
Adam Porro has agreed to pilot the PERT Diagnostics at the Wolfson Campus. The results of that pilot will be inter-faced with campus-based plans that the testing directors are developing.
The lower level PERT Diagnostic component was launched on Wednesday, August 10
. The State’s free no cost
testing window for reviewing the PERT Diagnostic component is from September 12th through October 14, 2011. (note: On October 4 the upper level component was launched and the free review period was extended to October 21). An expanded review period outside the State’s free period will be available at MDC on an on-going basis for faculty and staff following the same guidelines used for the PERT. Faculty and staff should contact their campus Testing Director to make appointments for their review.
B. IR Activities
This information was reported in Section ll-A.
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C. Area Report for CASSC Research and Testing Representatives
Deans: Carol Tulikangas reported on the new full time faculty that were hired for this academic year.
College Preparatory/Mathematics: Silvio Rodriguez reported that these areas had a joint discipline meeting on
September 13 to set an agenda and work teams for this academic year. David Heredia reported on the College Prep current task work groups that have been developed to enhance college prep. College task groups were formed for new policies and procedures for the following areas; diagnostic testing, exit testing, labs, alternative modes of instruction and learning communities. Workgroups have been charged with the roles of identifying best practices and providing recommendations for future changes.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting of the Research & Testing Committee will be Monday, October 31, 2011 at 2:00pm in building 5000 (Bonnie McCabe Hall), Wolfson Campus Room 5620.
Distribution:
CASSC Research & Testing Committee Diego Tibaquira, CASSC Chairperson, 2011-2012 Joanne Bashford, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness Pamela Menke, Vice Provost for Education Michael Reiner, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Testing Fees Review Process.doc Revised: TBA
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
OVERVIEW OF THE TESTING FEES REVIEW PROCESS as of 04/01/2010 TBA
Requests for the establishment of a testing fee or revising a fee must be presented to the CASSC Research and Testing Committee by the lead campus Testing Director. The following are the steps for establishment or revision of all student testing fees at Miami Dade College: Step 1: Each Fall, the Institutional Test Administrator (ITA) initiates the annual testing fees review process. Step 2: The lead campus Testing Director begins the process of working with the campus Testing Directors to review testing fees charged by other institutions. Step 3: Proposed recommendations are presented to the CASSC Research and Testing Committee by lead campus Testing Director. (for review and comments) Step 4: Proposed recommendations are presented to the Student Deans Council by lead campus Testing Director and ITA. (for review, comments, and support to continue the review process) Step 5: Proposed recommendations are presented to the Academic Leadership Council by lead campus Testing Director and ITA. (for review and comments) Step 6: Proposed recommendations are presented to the Campus CASSCs by lead campus Testing Director and ITA. (information item for review and comments) Step 7: Proposed recommendations are presented to the College CASSC by lead campus Testing Director and ITA. (information item for review and comments) Step 6 8:Proposed recommendations are presented to the College Provost by ITA. (for review, comments, and approval)
2011-2012-schedule September 27, 2012
CASSC Research and Testing Committee
MEETING SCHEDULE
2011-2012
Bonnie McCabe Hall, Room 5620, Wolfson Campus,
(usually the last Monday of each month at 2:00 p.m.)
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
OCTOBER 31, 2011
DECEMBER 05, 2011
JANUARY 30, 2012
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
MARCH 26, 2012
MAY 14, 2012
JUNE 25, 2011
JULY 30, 2012 - NO MEETING SCHEDULED
AUGUST 27, 2012 - NO MEETING SCHEDULED ___________________________________________________________________________
Committee Responsibilities:
Provide an ongoing review of the College's testing programs and make
recommendations for change
Review, evaluate and revise testing policies and procedures to maintain
effectiveness and consistency
Generate an annual placement criteria document that implements College and
State requirements
Assure accurate storage and retrieval of test scores
Advise and help determine College research priorities for the year
Approve multi-campus research studies and access to College computer files
Review and forward significant research findings to Academic and/or Student
Deans, and others, as appropriate
2010-1 CPT
Placement*
N % N % %
Reading Placement
REA0001 4 0.7% 208 2.5% 8.1%
REA0002 20 3.7% 1066 13.0% 16.9%
REA0003 168 31.3% 3182 38.8% 16.3%
EXEMPT 344 64.2% 3746 45.7% 45.0%
Total Students tested in Reading 536 100% 8202 100%