Assessment Coordinating Committee

Judy Dittman, Carrie Ahern, Peg O’Brien, Mark Hawkes, Tim Fiegen, Risë Smith, Wayne Pauli, John Nelson, Tom Halverson, Nancy Moose, Kari Forbes-Boyte, Omar El-Gayar, Gabe Mydland, Rick Puetz, Kristy Ahrendt, Katherine Bassett, Mary Francis, Joe Walwik, Kevin Streff, Pam Rowland, Susan Slaughter, Cecelia Wittmayer

 

Proficiency Scores: DSU Students Compared to South Dakota and National User Norms

 

All degree-seeking students in the regental system must meet the minimum required score on each of the four Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) exams.  Students who do not meet the minimum required score remediate and retest in that area(s) within one year.  During academic year 2007-08, 10% of the DSU students did not meet the minimum score on one or more of the exams compared to 16% of the students during 2006-07.  On a system basis, 9.5% of the students required remediation in one or more areas during 2006-07.  

 

Percentage of Students Requiring Remediation by Proficiency Test and Cohort

 

Cohort	Writing Skills			Math			Reading			Science Reasoning
	DSU	System	User Norms	DSU	SD  System	User Norms	DSU	SD System	User Norms	DSU	SD System	User Norms
2004-05	9.8%	6.5%	12%	2.2%	2.0%	5%	6.2%	3.6%	10%	0.4%	0.4%	4%
2005-06	8.3%	6.6%	13%	2.4%	1.3%	6%	7.9%	4.0%	11%	0.4%	0.3%	4%
2006-07	10.6%	5.7%	14%	1.4%	1.6%	6%	9.5%	4.5%	10%	1.4%	0.5%	4%
2007-08	6.6%			1.5%			3.9%			1.5%

Prior to Fall 2007, students receiving special accommodations were included in the percentages. The 2007-08 data excludes students who received special accommodations.  The system results for the 2007-08 year will be published Fall 2008. The national user norms include data from four-year college sophomores.