Project: Expanding the Adoption of Multiple Measures Assessment 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 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|

Reviewing the Research on Informed Self-Placement: Practices, Justifications, Outcomes, and Limitations

By Tiffany Morton | June 2022

This brief reviews the existing research on informed self-placement (ISP). It discusses the processes and methods used to implement ISP as well as justifications for its use, provides an overview of the available data about how students behave and perform when ISP is used, and makes recommendations for future study.

stacie2022-06-22T11:51:44-04:00June 16, 2022|

Informed Self-Placement Today: An Exploratory Study of Student Outcomes and Placement Practices

By Jessica Brathwaite, Dan Cullinan, Elizabeth Kopko, Tiffany Morton, Julia Raufman, and Dorota Rizik | June 2022

This brief presents the findings of CAPR’s exploratory study of informed self-placement (ISP), a placement system in which colleges provide information about placement policies, available courses, and other relevant topics to engage students as active participants in their own placement.

stacie2022-06-22T11:52:54-04:00June 16, 2022|

CAPR Survey Shows Widespread Adoption of Developmental Education Reforms

Student Responses to Artificial Intelligence

CAPR Link Roundup: Bolstering Developmental Education Reform With Additional Supports