Campuses report success with Directed Self-Placement for written communication, but face challenges with multiple measures placement, especially timely high school transcript availability¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Many campuses reported success using Directed Self-Placement, particularly for written communication, though some worried multiple measures may lessen its impact. → Bracco 2019 q2 i? The most consistent challenge with multiple measures was lack of timely availability of high school transcripts for final placement. → Bracco 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Bracco 2019¶

Bracco, K. R., Schrager, C., Calisi, G., Gutierrez, P., Salciccioli, M., & Finkelstein, N. (2019). College-ready in the California State University system: Campus experiences implementing EO 1110. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://www.calstate.edu/eo/EO-1110.html

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Interview finding on fall 2018 placement practices across nine CSU campuses. The report notes Directed Self-Placement is used on many campuses for writing placement but is less common in mathematics.

"Many campuses also reported success using Directed Self‑Placement, particularly for WC, although some expressed concerns that multiple measures may lessen the impact of this approach."

Bracco 2019 (2)¶

Bracco, K. R., Schrager, C., Calisi, G., Gutierrez, P., Salciccioli, M., & Finkelstein, N. (2019). College-ready in the California State University system: Campus experiences implementing EO 1110. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://www.calstate.edu/eo/EO-1110.html

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Interview finding on multiple measures implementation. The report also notes implementing multiple measures required strengthened coordination across academic affairs and student affairs, a collateral benefit of EO 1110.

"they identified some challenges with implementing multiple measures, most consistently pointing to the lack of the timely availability of high school transcripts to determine final student placement"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• First-year completion of the written communication (A2) requirement was similar across the 2017 and 2018 cohorts at approximately 80 percent — related
• CSU campuses implementing EO 1110 use corequisite support models in both math/quantitative reasoning and written communication courses, in three main configurations — related
• EO 1110 created a sense of urgency that catalyzed cross-departmental curriculum redesign, though campus stakeholders wanted earlier engagement building on local expertise — related