CAPR MULTIPLE MEASURES ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT
Planning Your MMA System
This section provides tools to help you design your new MMA system, plan for changes to roles and processes, and communicate the changes to staff and students. Start with the Implementation Action Plan Template, which gives you and your MMA planning team a place to document decisions about your planning process and the details of implementation.
The action plan template will prompt you to use the other tools in this section: Designing Your MMA Placement System explains the assessment measures that can be used and how they can be combined in different types of MMA placement systems. The video and slides on Implementation Process Mapping can assist you in identifying how processes and roles will change under a new MMA system. The Informing Students Memo provides guidance for communicating with students about their placement.
Before planning your MMA system, check your state’s policies on assessment and placement. The Education Commission of the States has gathered information on policies and legislation in all 50 states to get you started.
Tools for Planning Your MMA System
Planning Template
Implementation Action Plan Template
A step-by-step guide for planning the implementation of your new MMA system.
Design Guide
Designing Your MMA Placement System
A detailed guide that explains the possible measures to include in your MMA system and various design options.
Video and Slide Deck
MMA Implementation Process Mapping
An introduction to process mapping, a tool to think through how roles and processes will change across the college. Download the slides.
Guidance Memo
Informing Students About Their Placement
Guidance on effective student placement reports and post-assessment advising sessions.
Additional Reading
- Toward Better College Course Placement: A Guide to Launching a Multiple Measures Assessment System: Takeaways from research in Minnesota and Wisconsin
- Implementing and Scaling Multiple Measures Assessment in the Context of COVID-19: Case studies from Washington, Texas, Indiana, and Virginia
- Evidence to Practice: Scaling Up Postsecondary Student Success Strategies: Lessons from Minnesota on implementing evidence-based practices