Author: Elizabeth Kopko Archives - Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness

Access to Success: Insights for Implementing a Multiple Measures Assessment System

Elizabeth Kopko, Hollie Daniels, Dan Cullinan, Hanna Nichols, Ellen Wasserman & Sarahi Hernandez | March 2024

This report highlights the roles of key actors and of state context and policy in the implementation of multiple measures assessment (MMA) at 12 two- and four-year colleges in Arkansas and Texas. It also discusses costs and describes challenges, such as obtaining staff buy-in, managing student data, and ensuring sufficient staffing.

Shayleah Jenkins2024-03-07T15:21:25-05:00March 7, 2024|

The Long-Term Effects of Multiple Measures Assessment at SUNY Community Colleges

Elizabeth Kopko & Hollie Daniels | October 2023

This brief describes findings and implications of an evaluation study of multiple measures assessment (MMA); it focuses on results among students whose placements changed (or would have changed) under MMA.

Shayleah Jenkins2024-03-26T12:01:17-04:00October 24, 2023|

The Long-Term Effectiveness of Multiple Measures Assessment: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Elizabeth Kopko, Hollie Daniels & Dan Cullinan | October 2023

Using nine terms of outcomes data, this working paper presents findings from an impact study on multiple measures assessment at seven State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges.

Shayleah Jenkins2024-03-26T12:03:12-04:00October 24, 2023|

The Next Phase of Placement Reform: Moving Toward Equity-Centered Practice

By Elizabeth Kopko, Jessica Brathwaite, and Julia Raufman | August 2022

This brief provides guidance to institutions seeking to design and implement placement systems that redress limitations of test-only systems and that work in conjunction with other reforms to generate more equitable outcomes.

stacie2022-08-18T12:13:11-04:00August 18, 2022|

Lessons From Two Experimental Studies of Multiple Measures Assessment

Dan Cullinan and Elizabeth Kopko | January 2022

This brief describes findings from two experimental studies of multiple measures assessment, in which colleges use measures beyond placement test scores to determine students’ college readiness.

hglatter2022-01-04T17:28:08-05:00January 4, 2022|

Implementing and Scaling Multiple Measures Assessment in the Context of COVID-19

Susan Bickerstaff, Elizabeth Kopko, Erika B. Lewy, Julia Raufman, and Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow | January 2021

Based on interviews with system leaders and college administrators, faculty, and staff, this brief presents four short case studies on how community college state systems changed placement policies and supported new placement practices in the midst of the pandemic.

hglatter2023-01-13T14:40:32-05:00January 19, 2021|Tags: multiple measures|

Who Should Take College-Level Courses? Impact Findings From an Evaluation of a Multiple Measures Assessment Strategy

By Elisabeth A. Barnett, Elizabeth Kopko, Dan Cullinan, and Clive R. Belfield | October 2020

This report describes impact findings from an evaluation of multiple measures assessment and placement at seven State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges.

hglatter2021-10-28T11:47:48-04:00October 21, 2020|Tags: multiple measures|

Multiple Measures Placement Using Data Analytics: An Implementation and Early Impacts Report

By Elisabeth A. Barnett, Peter Bergman, Elizabeth Kopko, Vikash Reddy, Clive R. Belfield, and Susha Roy, with Dan Cullinan | September 2018

This report examines the implementation of a multiple measures placement system at seven State University of New York colleges and presents results on first-term impacts.

amazzariello2021-10-28T12:14:17-04:00September 19, 2018|

Ten Years of CAPR

How Research Informed Policy in Arkansas’s Adoption of Multiple Measures

Promoting Equity in Developmental Education Reform: A Conversation with Nikki Edgecombe and Michael Weiss