Posts published on September 3, 2009

National Assessment Will Fund National Study Of Cut Scores For College Remediation

The National Assessment Governing Board  www.nagb.org will fund a national study withe following purpose

The purpose of this statement of work is to define the requirements for conducting a nationally
representative survey of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions to determine the
tests and cut-scores in reading and mathematics used to place entry-level students into standard,
credit-bearing coursework that fulfills the respective institutions’ general education
requirements, to place students into coursework generally referred to as developmental or
remedial, and to exempt students from placement testing.

This will be the first national scope study ever, and will assist the Board in relating grade 12 NAEP to academic prepardness for college and work force training.-