Accounting and Advanced Accounting
1. College Level Accounting (Pilot) Assessment
2. College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) –
Financial Accounting Examination
3. NOCTI Accounting (Basic) Assessment
4. NOCTI Accounting (Advanced) Assessment
A. NOCTI.org
B. NOCTI requires a Site Coordinator and a Monitor
1. It cannot be the instructor of the class taking the test
2. We had counselor and principal
C. All login codes and student scores get emailed to the
Site Coordinator
D. MARSS person will need the student scores to input
into report that is sent to the MDE
A. When to give the test?
1. Evaluate Duties and BluePrints.
2. Pre-tests are available
a.
b.
Must be complete by November 30
Time frame between administering the pre-test and post-test
B. Study Guides - cost
1. Come with online feature and booklet
2. My error or learning experience –
a.
b.
c.
Both booklet and online have EXACT same questions
Questions never change
Just have students do the online feature
C. Booklet tells you to spend 1-2 months studying
A. Two tests
1. Performance
2. Written – MDE required
B. 3 hour test
1. 1 sitting
2. 3 separate sittings
a.
b.
c.
Once student logins, it takes them directly to section on
Students canNOT go back to previous sections
Test will tell students the total number of questions (148),
not the section number of questions – anxiety levels went
up
A. Duties – areas covered in the test
B. Accounting Test includes 8 Duty areas
C. Test results are separated into the Duty areas for your
site and by individual student – you get to see these!!!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Journalizing
Posting
Payroll Preparation
Banking and Banking Procedures
Merchandise Inventory
Completion of Accounting Cycle
Locating Source Data
Mechanical and Electronic Accounting Devices
A. Cost Sheet
B. BluePrints
C. National Averages
D. Online Systems – where you take the test
Duty
Description
Nat'l
State
Average
Average
(12/17/2010)
6,508
5
Site
11
Mechanical and Electronic Accounting Devices
52.0
54.1
52.7
52.2
50.5
50.0
56.2
61.8
60.0
49.5
47.3
50.4
51.4
48.2
62.0
63.1
64.8
72.2
64.2
61.7
63.2
64.5
74.5
67.8
Total
52.9
53.0
65.7
1
Journalizing
2
Posting
3
Payroll Preparation
4
Banking and Banking Procedures
5
Merchandise Inventory
6
Completion of Accounting Cycle
7
Locating Source Data
8
My students ranged from 43.2 – 89.9 with one (1) student
falling below the state and national averages.
Nat'l
Average
Duty
# of my
students
below by
duty
Description
1
Journalizing
2
Posting
3
Payroll Preparation
4
Banking and Banking Procedures
5
Merchandise Inventory
6
Completion of Accounting Cycle
7
Locating Source Data
8
Mechanical and Electronic Accounting Devices
52.0
54.1
52.7
52.2
50.5
50.0
56.2
61.8
Total
52.9
4
1
2
1
2
2
0
4