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Placement Test Scores of Students Entering DCCC Fall 2015
The graphs and tables in this report show trends in the placement test performance of students entering DCCC.
 In general, the percentage of students who placed into transitional Math or Reading decreased over the past 10 years.
Total placements decreased slightly from 53% in 2014, to 51% in 2015. If ESL-only placements are included the
percentage is 53%.
 There was a slight decrease, from 37% to 35%, in the number of new students who placed into developmental English.
Twenty-two percent of those students’ scores qualified for ALP placement.
 Placements into developmental reading decreased from 30% to 29%.
 Placements into each Basic and Developmental Math increased to 29%, a slight decrease in Minimum Entry 4%.
 The percentage of students with placements in all three subjects held steady from 2014 at 19%.
 The Venn diagram on page 2 shows the overlap among new students with transitional placements across the Math,
English and Reading placement tests. The placement numbers from 2014 are in parentheses. The number of all
placements subjects is down, with the exception of single placement in Math. The relative percentages remain stable, as
the number of new students is also down.
 The Venn diagram on page 3 shows three year trends in transitional placements and the overlap of double and triple
placement.
Institutional Effectiveness Office
October 23, 2015
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Fall 2015 New Students
Transitional Placements
Number of Placements
3 placements:
2 placements:
1 placement:
Total placements:
2014
651
364
752
1767
2015
629
275
769
1673
Total New Students:
3350
3256
Percent of new students:
53%
Math
Total=1427
702
51%
(682)
38
(62)
(1497)
58
(102)
629
(651)
24
(23)
43
179
(47)
(200)
English
Total= 909
Reading
Total=870
(1000)
(936)
Numbers within parenthesis (##) = Fall 2014
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Patterns in Percent Scoring Basic or Developmental: Reading
(Nelson Denny/Accuplacer)
10 year average 34%
Unusual Increase
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
47%
41%
37%
38%
37%
42%
44%
42%
44%
43%
40%
40%
39%
37% 37%
37%
Decrease since
2004 (shift to
Unusually Low Points
39%
36%
35%
28%
29%
30%
32%
34%
Unusual
Decrease
---Reading: Nelson/Denny/Accuplacer
Note: The percentage is the number of students who placed into transitional reading, divided by the number of students tested (not the number of new students)
Note: DCCC began using Accuplacer exclusively as the College’s placement test in September of 2003.
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Patterns in Percent Scoring Basic or Developmental: English
10 year average 36%
70%
60%
50%
61%
61% 62%
54%
60% 58% 62%
56% 56% 56%
50% 52% 49%
50%
47%
37% 35% 38% 37%
40%
30%
43%
Downward trend 1999-2009
20%
23%
Unusual
Decrease
10%
0%
5
37% 35%
27%
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Patterns in Percent Scoring Basic or Developmental: Math
70%
65%
59%
10 year average 55%
62%
59%
60%
60%
60%
57%
57%
56%
51%
59%
52%
52%
50%
F12
F13
F14
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
F02
F03
F04
F05
F06
F07
F08
6
F09
F10
F11
F15
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PLACEMENT TEST SCORES:
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NEW STUDENTS SCORING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
FALL 2008
FALL 2009
FALL 2010
FALL 2011
FALL 2012
FALL 2013
FALL 2014
FALL 2015
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Total Number of New Students
English Placement Tests
Writing Sample
Basic*
Developmental
20 (ENG 050)
25 (ALP)
College Level
#
3384
#
3718
#
3556
#
3668
#
3641
#
3619
#
3350
3%
34%
2318
57
796
1%
34%
2672
29
906
1%
37%
2871
22
930
4%
33%
2675
94
883
3%
20%
2691
75
546
<1%
27%
2723
9
725
<1%
37%
63%
1465
65%
1737
63%
1589
63%
1698
77%
2070
73%
1989
63%
2691
13
987
806
181
1691
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
3%
28%
29%
39%
2520
70
716
732
1002
4%
27%
30%
39%
2835
115
759
846
1115
4%
25%
26%
45%
2968
114
754
777
1323
5%
28%
28%
39%
2819
129
792
784
1100
4%
27%
25%
44%
3093
123
825
776
1369
4%
26%
26%
45%
3082
117
791
797
1377
5%
26%
24%
45%
#
3256
65%
2573
9
900
738
162
1664
#
%
#
2715
129
708
660
1218
4%
29%
29%
38%
2291
86
673
668
864
<1%
35%
Math Placement Test
Minimum Entry
Basic
Developmental
College
*Until 2008, the lowest level included both Basic and ESL scores
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PLACEMENT TEST SCORES:
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NEW STUDENTS SCORING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
FALL 2008
%
Reading Placement Test
Number Taking Test
Placements
Minimum Entry
Basic
Developmental
College Level
Rea 100 Recommended
No Reading Required
#
FALL 2009
%
2321
#
FALL 2010
%
2969
FALL 2011
#
%
2862
#
FALL 2012
%
3052
#
FALL 2013
%
3027
#
FALL 2014
%
2593
#
FALL 2015
%
2692
#
2564
1%
4%
32%
64%
20%
44%
12
90
735
1484
466
1018
1%
3%
25%
70%
16%
54%
25
103
754
2087
463
1604
<1%
4%
25%
71%
16%
55%
10
110
717
2025
458
1567
<1%
4%
26%
70%
16%
53%
9
121
793
2129
499
1630
<1%
4%
28%
67%
15%
52%
5
128
862
2032
462
1570
<1%
5%
34%
61%
17%
44%
2
121
881
1589
444
1145
<1%
5%
30%
49%
16%
35%
5
129
802
1313
443
936
<1%
5%
29%
49%
17%
27%
5
115
750
1255
439
692
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
ESL Test
Listening
Beginning
Elementary
Intermediate I
Intermediate II
No ESL required
1%
12%
20%
55%
12%
201
2
24
40
111
24
3%
14%
31%
50%
1%
150
5
3%
21
9%
47
26%
75
59%
2 <1%
188
6
17
48
110
7
4%
13%
19%
57%
6%
154
6
20
30
88
10
2%
11%
20%
53%
14%
161
3
18
32
86
22
2%
12%
21%
57%
8%
121
2
15
25
69
10
2%
15%
24%
56%
4%
114
2
17
27
64
4
2%
6%
54%
28%
11%
65
1
4
35
18
7
Reading
Beginning
Elementary
Intermediate I
Intermediate II
Developmental
Reading 100
0%
10%
27%
49%
8%
6%
201
0
20
54
99
16
12
0%
11%
34%
44%
6%
5%
151
0
16
51
67
9
8
188
0
14
57
91
14
12
1%
6%
32%
53%
5%
3%
154
1
10
49
82
8
4
0%
7%
25%
51%
7%
9%
161
0
12
41
82
12
14
2%
7%
22%
56%
8%
4%
121
2
9
27
68
10
5
0%
16%
23%
52%
3%
5%
115
0
18
27
60
4
6
0%
17%
46%
34%
3%
0%
65
0
11
30
22
2
0
0%
7%
30%
48%
7%
6%
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PLACEMENT TEST SCORES:
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NEW STUDENTS SCORING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
FALL 2008
%
(ESL) Grammar
No grammar required
Elementary
Intermediate I
Intermediate II
(ESL) Writing
Non-Credit ESL
Elementary
Intermediate I
Intermediate II
#
7%
33%
45%
16%
199
14
65
89
31
3%
50%
35%
12%
190
6
95
66
23
FALL 2009
%
#
1%
39%
46%
14%
149
2
58
68
21
11%
45%
31%
14%
150
16
67
46
21
FALL 2010
%
FALL 2011
#
3%
33%
48%
16%
186
5
62
89
30
2%
47%
39%
12%
183
4
86
71
22
%
9
#
6%
34%
45%
15%
153
9
52
69
23
5%
54%
32%
9%
148
8
80
47
13
FALL 2012
%
#
4%
29%
51%
16%
159
7
46
81
25
5%
39%
40%
17%
150
7
58
60
25
FALL 2013
%
#
1%
32%
52%
15%
118
1
38
61
18
9%
36%
40%
16%
116
10
42
46
18
FALL 2014
%
#
6%
34%
47%
12%
114
7
39
54
14
8%
40%
41%
11%
111
9
44
46
12
FALL 2015
%
#
5%
31%
49%
15%
65
3
20
32
10
3%
38%
35%
23%
60
2
23
21
14