EdReady for College Placement Exam Prep:
Community College and High School Implementations
Constance Calandrino, Director of Academic Foundations Mathematics
Darlery Franco, Director of Testing and Assessment Center
Hudson County Community College, NJ
www.hccc.edu
Crystal Van Ausdal, Math Department Chair, Mountain Heights Academy, UT
www.mountainheightsacademy.org
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NROC Developmental Math – An EdReady Content Foundation
Topic areas: arithmetic, beginning algebra, intermediate algebra, including geometry
and trigonometry topics per the Common Core & statistics topics per AMATYC –
covers ~350 learning objectives.
Instructional elements:
At the topic level (97 Topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (19 Units):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics, text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive animation, graphics)
• unit-level assessments (including optional diagnostic pre-assessment)
Over 350 explicit learning objectives to allow fine-grained assessment.
Publicly available: EdReady.org
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score of 80.
Hudson County
Community College
Jersey City, NJ
Implementation & Outcomes
Intervention to Avoid “Unnecessary”
Developmental Math
IMPLEMENTATION
May –August 2014
 I: CPT Prep (public goal)
 II: Summer Bridge (hybrid)
 III: Re-test Opportunity (80% target score)
HCCC EdReady page
www.hccc.edready.org
Customized goals: Public and Private
 HCCC offers two developmental Math courses:
 Basic Math
 Basic Algebra
 Public goal (Arithmetic & Elementary Algebra)
 Private goal(one area only)
Retest Opportunity Pilot Phase I
FALL 2014
80% (TARGET SCORE) MASTERY OUTCOMES:
 49 students participated in the pilot from May through August 2014
 41 students demonstrated gains on the Accuplacer re-test (83.67%); score
gains ranged from 5-59 points.
 25 students exited out of at least one level of Dev. Math (51.02%)
 14 completed Arithmetic and Algebra plans; 4 out of 14 exited two levels (28.5%)
Average score gain on Re-test: 36.4 points (Exiting Students)
 24 completed the Arithmetic study plan; 14 out of 24 exited level (58.3%)
 11 completed the Algebra study plan; 7 out of 11 exited level (63.6%)
Average score gain on Re-test: 36 points (Exiting Students)
Lessons Learned
 Optional Study Resources (0 min-21 hours)
 Minimum Accuplacer Score
 Average score gain on Arithmetic Re-test for non-exiters: 30.3 points
 Average score gain on Algebra Re-test for non-exiters: 35 points
 Time spent on Study Resources time vs. # weeks on EdReady
 Focus on 1 goal = higher success rates on Re-test
Next Steps
Spring 2015
 New Re-test Criteria
1. 90% Mastery
2. Minimum score of 45 on Accuplacer Arithmetic/Algebra
3. 2-6 hours spent on Study Resources (checked by Testing Center)
4. Open to: New, Returning with Expired scores, Prospective Fall 2014
Basic Math exiters.
Using NROC in the
Summer Bridge
Structure of the Bridge Program in
Summer 2014
 19 students from a local high school (juniors and seniors) who had
previously taken the ACCUPLACER.
 3 Fulltime Instructors.
 First day students were administered the NROC Diagnostic.
 Instructors analyzed the results.
Utilized Team Teaching Principles.
Students also practiced in the areas identified in the
diagnostic by engaging in the learning path.
Some extra exercises were assigned when needed.
Statistics
Students improved on average 40 points.
16 of the 19 increased their score which
allowed them to move up one level
(84%).
5 increased their score to move up 2
levels (26%).
Bridge Program data for Arithmetic
for College Now Program
Accuplacer Scores
Williams
Tarawally
Shahid
Rodriguez
Powell
Muhammad
Hadjiedj
Daoud
Carvalho
Argueta
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20
40
New Score
60
Old Score
80
100
120
Final Thoughts
The pilot results were very promising so we will
use NROC in the Summer Bridge with new
students to help them to prepare for the
ACCUPLACER.
We used a model of 3 teachers which worked
well with a team teaching model.
Questions?
Mountain Heights
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EdReady
Proficiency Based Learning in a
High School Setting
Courses
•College Prep
•Secondary Math I Credit Recovery
•Secondary Math II Credit Recovery
Goal 1: Accuplacer Arithmetic Goal
•100% of Study Plan
•90% on Final Test
Goal 2: Accuplacer Elementary Algebra Goal
•80% of Study Plan
•80% on Final Test
Goal 3: Accuplacer College Level
Math
•60% of Study Plan
•60% on Final Test
Mountain Heights
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EdReady
Questions?
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March 1-4 in Monterey, CA
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Special thanks to our presenters!
Constance Calandrino, Director of Academic Foundations Mathematics, ccalandrino@hccc.edu
Darlery Franco, Director of Testing and Assessment Center, dfranco@hccc.edu
Hudson County Community College, NJ
Crystal Van Ausdal, Math Department Chair, cvanausdal@mountainheightsacademy.org
Mountain Heights Academy, UT
This webinar will be archived at NROCnetwork.org.