Early Assessment Program and Early
Start Program
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Carolina Cardenas, Associate Director, Academic Outreach and Early Assessment
Goals of the EAP
 Give students an early signal of college readiness
– Identify students before their senior year who need to
do additional work in English and/or mathematics
before entering the CSU
 Collaborate with the high school community
– Inform students, families, and high schools of students’
readiness for college-level work and partner with high
school teachers and administrators to develop solutions
 Provide 12th grade interventions
– Motivate students to take needed steps in 12th grade to
ensure readiness
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Components of EAP
The components of the CSU Early Assessment
Program provide a comprehensive solution for helping
students become ready for college.
 11th grade testing
 Supplemental high school preparation
 Teacher/administrator professional development
 Parent/family communication
 Preservice teacher preparation
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11th Grade Testing
To receive EAP results students must complete
ALL sections of test
– CST in English and/or mathematics (Algebra 2 or
Summative High School Mathematics as appropriate)
– EAP 15 multiple-choice items in English and/or
mathematics
 Administered with the CST
 Untimed
– EAP essay in English
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11th Grade Testing
 Determinations of readiness are based on the
scoring of all sections
– Portion of the CST (45-55 items)
– EAP multiple-choice items (15 items)
– EAP essay in English
 EAP essay administration
– March 1 - 31, 2011
– March 6 – 31, 2012
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Administering Essay/Test Security
 Best if essay is administered for all students on
the same day. However, administering essay on
multiple days is allowed.
 Please discourage students from discussing
topics with other students.
 All essay topics are to be returned to ETS.
 Topics and completed essays are not to be
photocopied, photographed, retained, or taken
outside the testing room.
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Test Determinations
 Students are identified as
– Ready for CSU or participating CCC-level courses in English or
mathematics
– Not yet demonstrating readiness…
 In mathematics, students may also be identified as ready on a
conditional basis.
– They must fulfill requirements in 12th grade in order to maintain
exemption from placement testing.
 Students whose results indicate readiness are exempted
from placement exams
– English Placement Test (EPT)
– Entry Level Math Exam (ELM)
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Releasing Test Results
 Students should be encouraged to release their
scores to the CSU and the CA Community
Colleges
– Students need to grid bubble on their answer sheet
to release their scores.
– Doing so allows them to retrieve their scores online
and ensures that CSU/CCC admission offices receive
their scores after they are admitted.
– The EAP is voluntary and does not affect admission
to the CSU.
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EAP Test Results
Available on the STAR Grade 11 Student Report
– The results are on the backside of the report in the
lower left-hand corner.
– EAP results are not included on the CDE label with
the rest of the student STAR results.
– Separate EAP reports were not sent.
– EAP results were sent to districts on CD Rom with
STAR results.
– Students can access their EAP results online (if the
student filled the bubble on the score sheet) at
www.collegeEAP.org
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EAP Test Results
Codes for Results on STAR Data CD Rom
1 – Ready for CSU or participating CCC college-level
course in English or mathematics
2 – Ready for CSU or participating CCC college-level
mathematics courses -Conditional
3 – Not yet demonstrating readiness for CSU or
participating CCC college-level English or
mathematics courses
4 – Incomplete
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Duplicate Student Reports
 Students may email requests for paper copies of
reports to [email protected]
 Requests must include the following information
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Full name
Date of birth
High school name and address
Year student attended 11th grade
Note: EAP results are only valid for the year following high
school graduation.
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EAP Test Results
EAP aggregate data by state, county, district, and
school are available online :
http://eap2010.ets.org/
http://eap2009.ets.org/
http://eap2008.ets.org/
http://eap2007.ets.org/
http://eap2006.ets.org/
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English-language arts
Supplemental High School Preparation
 Expository Reading and Writing Course for students in
grades 11 and/or 12
– Emphasizes in-depth study of expository, analytical,
and argumentative writing
– Approved to fulfill the “b” English requirement of the UC
and CSU “a-g” college entrance requirements
– Intended for broad usage (not as an honors or remedial
course and not necessarily tied to EAP results)
 Calibrated Peer Review  online essay preparation
– http://www.csuenglishsuccess.org/practice_ept_essays
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Mathematics
Supplemental High School Preparation
 Supervised e-learning course in mathematics
(ALEKS) for students who were identified as
conditionally ready
 Online test preparation in mathematics
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Math and English Success Websites
www.csuenglishsuccess.org
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www.csumathsuccess.org
Free, customized information and tools for students, teachers, and counselors
Checklists and guidance tips for parents (English and Spanish)
Personalized roadmaps with step by step advice and e-mail reminders
Student testimonial videos
Online learning tools
Online EAP Status Check
www.calstate.edu/eap/results
– Students can get their EAP
math and English results online
from this website
– Available any time from
anywhere
– Provides advice for getting
ready for CSU math and
English.
California Community Colleges
and the Early Assessment
Program
Senate Bill 946
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Signed by Governor September 28, 2008
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Authorizes the System Office and community colleges to
implement EAP and to access data
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CCC’s to use existing EAP framework established by CSU &
CDE
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No new funds
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Community colleges can volunteer to administer EAP
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Authorizes community college districts to use EAP results
for assessment and placement purposes
CCC Community College Information
 CCC CO EAP Homepage
– http://www.cccco.edu/eap
 CCC CO List of Participating Schools
– See above website and go directly to the link
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Early Start Program
 CSU Executive Order 1048 established the Early
Start Program as mandated by the California
State University Board of Trustees
– Designed to facilitate a student’s graduation
through changes in policies on fulfilling entry-level
proficiencies in mathematics and English
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Early Start Program
 Admitted freshman who have not demonstrated
proficiency in mathematics and/or English will be
required to:
– begin remediation prior to the term for which they
have been admitted (starting Summer 2012)
– demonstrate proficiency on or before the end of
their first year at a CSU
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Early Start Program
 If admitted freshmen have begun addressing
deficiencies in a recognized CSU program before
enrollment, they will be permitted to enroll for the
term for which they have been admitted, whether
they have completed remediation or not.
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Early Start Program
 If they have not started to address a deficiency ,
they will not be permitted to enroll at the CSU
campus of their admission unless they have
applied for an exception, and the requirement
has been waived due to extraordinary
circumstances.
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Early Start Program
 Students who have not registered in a proficiency
activity before the first day of the semester or
term upon which they plan to matriculate, may be
disenrolled from courses in their first regular
semester.
 This also applies if they drop and/or withdraw
from the course, program, or activity and have
not received an exception.
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Early Start Program
 Deficiencies are to be determined by test scores
on the Early Assessment Program (EAP), or the
Entry Level Mathematics Exam (ELM) and/or the
English Placement (EPT).
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Administration of the Early Start Program
 Each campus will:
– Design a program
– Design an implementation plan
– Begin offering Early Start Programs in summer of
2012
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Programmatic Requirements
 The proficiency score on the EPT (English
Placement Test) will be reset from 151 to 147
(effective Summer/Fall 2011)
 Proficiency scores on the SAT and ACT have
been reset
– SAT (Critical Reading Section): 500
– ACT (English Test): 22
 Proficiency activities will begin summer/fall 2012.
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Programmatic Requirements
 Recommendation that the Mathematics Council
consider resetting the Entry Level Math (ELM)
proficiency score
 Recommend that proficiency scores on ELM and
EPT be reviewed every two years
 Each campus will develop its own approach to
satisfy the Early Start Program to include a
communication plan intended for students,
parents, counselors and high school and
community college administrators
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Programmatic Requirements
 Proficiency activities may be offered in a variety
of approaches recommended by appropriate
faculty and administrative leadership:
– State supported summer courses
– Extended Education Special Session courses
– Courses offered via a coordinated program
developed with regional community colleges
– Summer bridge programs
– Online coursework
– Other best practices
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Programmatic Requirements
 Each campus will determine how to approach
consideration of exceptions
 Students who have begun and/or partially
achieved proficiency in a recognized Early Start
Program will have his/her status recognized by
all other CSU campuses
– A certification process will be utilized
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Definitions
 Matriculated Students
– Requires that a student be enrolled in a term for
which (s)he has been admitted and in courses,
which will be counted towards a degree or
credential
 Early Entrants
– Have been admitted for the fall term and are
enrolled for the immediately preceding summer
term in coursework that either meets degree
requirements or are eligible remedial courses
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Financial Aid Eligibility
 Matriculated students who are required to enroll
in remediation shall be classified as “early
entrants”
 “Early Entrant” students may be eligible for
federal financial aid if they meet eligibility
requirements
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Financial Aid Eligibility
 Student awards will vary based on financial need,
enrollment, and other factors
 Students may be eligible to receive federal Pell
Grants for year round enrollment provided they
meet certain unit and academic progress
requirements
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www.calstate.edu
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