CAAP
Content Analysis Report
Sample College
Institution Code: 9011
Institution Type: 4-Year
Subgroup: none
Test Date: Spring 2011
Normative Group: National 4-year Colleges
08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Introduction
This report provides information intended to help postsecondary institutions better identify specific content
areas in which their students are strong or weak relative to a normative group of students.
Results within this report are generated after
several crucial steps:
For each CAAP test that your students have
taken:
1. Students in both the local and normative groups
(or, cohorts) are classified into proficiency groups
according to whether scale scores for a given
CAAP test were in the top 25%, middle 50%, or
bottom 25% of their cohort.
1. Results for content categories are presented
separately for the normative group and local cohorts
of students.
Note that the normative group
represents students who have tested using a
specific CAAP test form within the past three years.
Local and normative group percents enable you to
compare your students' performance to that of
users in the normative group.
2. For each CAAP test that a given student has
taken (e.g., Mathematics, Reading, Writing Skills,
Science, or Critical Thinking), item responses
(correct or incorrect) are used to compute the
percentage of items answered correctly within
each content category.
2. In this report's figures, proficiency group results
are presented adjacent to one another. This
enables you to compare content category
performance for your students among levels of
proficiency.
3. For each student proficiency group, students'
percent-correct scores on items within content
categories are then averaged, resulting in the
percent of items correctly answered.
This
information is presented in this report's figures.
3. Results reflect major content categories within
each CAAP test. For instance,the CAAP Reading
test is composed of Referring Skills and Reasoning
Skills content categories. Through a comparison of
the percent of items correct across content
categories, you can determine your students'
relative strengths and weaknesses for each specific
content category.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Science
The CAAP Science Test is a 45-item test designed to measure students' knowledge and skills in science. The
contents of the test are drawn from biological sciences (e.g., biology, botany, and zoology), chemistry, physics,
and the physical sciences (e.g., geology, astronomy, and meteorology). The test emphasizes scientific
knowledge and reasoning skills commonly encountered in a postsecondary science curriculum, rather than a
high level of skill in mathematics or reading.
Executive Summary
This report contains results from CAAP Science form 12-A. Valid scores were obtained for 33 students.
Table S-1 belows shows differences in percentages between the local and normative groups. Differences with
magnitudes less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate,
and substantial, respectively. Negative differences indicate areas where local students had more difficulty with
content category items than did the normative group, whereas positive differences indicate that local students
found items easier than did the normative group.
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Table S-1: Science Comparison Highlights
Local-Normative Group Differences in Percent Correct
Content Category
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
1%
- 7%
-10%
Generalization
- 4%
-13%
-24%
Understanding
8%
-15%
- 9%
Analysis
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Science
Content Area: Analysis
Figure S-1: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Analysis
100
90
82
Average Percent Correct
80
72
70
60
58
58
53
Local cohort
51
National
50
40
32
31
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure S-1 are based on your students' responses to the Analysis items on the CAAP Science
test. There are 22 items in this content category, constituting approximately 49% of the Science test. Items in
this category assess students' ability to process information needed to formulate hypotheses and draw
appropriate conclusions. These items also assess students' capabilities in evaluating scientific information to
determine whether it supports a given hypothesis or conclusion. Students are also assessed regarding their
ability to evaluate, compare, and contrast experimental designs or viewpoints, and to specify alternative ways
of testing hypotheses.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Science scores for the
local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top students
in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences less than
5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and substantial,
respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Science
Content Area: Generalization
Figure S-2: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Generalization
100
90
84
Average Percent Correct
80
70
61
60
60
50
60
Local cohort
47
47
40
29
30
National
33
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure S-2 are based on your students' responses to the Generalization items on the CAAP
Science test. There are 15 items in this content category, constituting approximately 33% of the Science test.
These items assess students' ability to extend given information to a broader or different context, to generate
models that are consistent with given information, and to develop new procedures to gain additional
information. Also tested is their ability to go beyond given information to predict outcomes based on that
information.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Science scores for the
local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top students
in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences less than
5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and substantial,
respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Science
Content Area: Understanding
Figure S-3: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Understanding
100
90
85
76
Average Percent Correct
80
70
60
61
61
53
Local cohort
National
46
50
41
40
33
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure S-3 are based on your students' responses to the Understanding items on the CAAP
Science test. There are eight items in this content category, constituting approximately 18% of the Science
test. Items in this category assess students' knowledge and skills relevant to their understanding of scientific
concepts and assumptions, and their ability to identify and evaluate components of an experimental design or
process. Also tested are students' abilities to identify and evaluate data presented in graphs, figures, or
tables, and to translate given data into alternate forms.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Science scores for the
local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top students
in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences less than
5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and substantial,
respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Reading
The CAAP Reading Test is a 36-item test designed to measure reading comprehension as a combination of
skills in two broad categories: (1) reasoning to determine implicit meaning and relationships, and (2) referring
to what is explicitly stated in the text. The test assesses students' understanding of printed information using
passages similar in content and complexity to those found in a postsecondary curriculum.
Executive Summary
This report contains results from CAAP Reading form 12-A. Valid scores were obtained for 33 students.
Table R-1 belows shows differences in percentages between the local and normative groups. Differences
with magnitudes less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible,
moderate, and substantial, respectively. Negative differences indicate areas where local students had more
difficulty with content category items than did the normative group, whereas positive differences indicate that
local students found items easier than did the normative group.
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Table R-1: Reading Comparison Highlights
Local-Normative Group Differences in Percent Correct
Content Category
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Reasoning Skills
0%
-10%
-16%
- 6%
-14%
-15%
Referring Skills
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Reading
Content Area: Reasoning Skills
Figure R-1: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Reasoning Skills
100
87
90
Average Percent Correct
80
71
70
60
63
62
56
Local cohort
52
National
50
40
33
33
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure R-1 are based on your students' responses to the Reasoning Skills items on the CAAP
Reading test. There are 26 items in this content category, constituting approximately 72% of the Reading test.
These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered a prerequisite for more advanced college
reading (e.g., Making Appropriate Inferences, Technique (of Author), Critical Understanding, and Applying
Information).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Reading scores for
the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Reading
Content Area: Referring Skills
Figure R-2: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Referring Skills
100
89
90
Average Percent Correct
80
74
66
70
60
65
56
Local cohort
51
National
50
37
40
31
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure R-2 are based on your students' responses to the Referring Skills items on the CAAP
Reading test. There are ten items in this content category, constituting approximately 28% of the Reading
test. These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered a prerequisite for more advanced college
reading (e.g., Identifying and Locating Specific Details, Recognizing and Understanding Explicitly Stated
Relationships).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Reading scores for
the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Writing Skills
The CAAP Writing Skills Test is a 72-item test designed to measure students' understanding of the
conventions of standard written English in punctuation, basic grammar and usage, sentence structure,
strategy, organization, and style. A range of passage types is used to provide a variety of rhetorical situations
similar to those found in a postsecondary curriculum.
Executive Summary
This report contains results from CAAP Writing Skills form 12-A. Valid scores were obtained for 33 students.
Table W-1 belows shows differences in percentages between the local and normative groups. Differences
with magnitudes less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible,
moderate, and substantial, respectively. Negative differences indicate areas where local students had more
difficulty with content category items than did the normative group, whereas positive differences indicate that
local students found items easier than did the normative group.
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Table W-1: Writing Skills Comparison Highlights
Local-Normative Group Differences in Percent Correct
Content Category
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Punctuation
- 2%
-12%
-15%
Basic Grammar and Usage
11%
- 3%
1%
Sentence Structure
- 4%
-13%
-10%
Strategy
- 5%
- 2%
- 9%
Organization
9%
- 4%
-10%
Style
1%
2%
-10%
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Writing Skills
Content Area: Punctuation
Figure W-1: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Punctuation
100
86
90
Average Percent Correct
80
71
70
60
65
64
56
Local cohort
52
National
50
36
40
38
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure W-1 are based on your students' responses to the Punctuation items on the CAAP
Writing Skills test. There are six items in this content category, constituting approximately 8% of the Writing
Skills test. Items in this category assess students' knowledge and skills in the use and placement of commas,
colons, semicolons, dashes, parentheses, apostrophes, and quotation, question, and exclamation marks.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Writing Skills scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Writing Skills
Content Area: Basic Grammar and Usage
Figure W-2: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Basic Grammar and Usage
100
86
90
85
Average Percent Correct
80
70
70
67
60
64
67
54
50
Local cohort
National
43
40
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure W-2 are based on your students' responses to the Basic Grammar and Usage items on
the CAAP Writing Skills test. There are eight items in this content category, constituting approximately 11% of
the Writing Skills test. Items in this category assess students' knowledge and use of the various parts of
speech, including adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, subjects, verbs, and pronouns. Skills assessed include
the ability to recognize proper agreement between subject and verb and between pronouns and their
antecedents.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Writing Skills scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Writing Skills
Content Area: Sentence Structure
Figure W-3: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Sentence Structure
100
88
90
78
Average Percent Correct
80
68
70
60
67
59
54
Local cohort
National
50
37
40
41
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure W-3 are based on your students' responses to the Sentence Structure items on the
CAAP Writing Skills test. There are 18 items in this content category, constituting approximately 25% of the
Writing Skills test. Items in this category assess students' understanding of relationships between and among
clauses, their knowledge and skills in the management and placement of modifiers, and in avoiding
unnecessary shifts in construction.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Writing Skills scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Writing Skills
Content Area: Strategy
Figure W-4: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Strategy
100
90
82
Average Percent Correct
80
73
70
60
59
62
60
62
Local cohort
National
50
37
40
32
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure W-4 are based on your students' responses to the Strategy items on the CAAP Writing
Skills test. There are 15 items in this content category, constituting approximately 21% of the Writing Skills
test. Items in this category assess students' understanding of the appropriateness of expression in relation to
audience and purpose. Also tested are the student skills in strengthening writing with appropriate supporting
material and in choosing effective statements regarding the theme and purpose of a piece of writing.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Writing Skills scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Writing Skills
Content Area: Organization
Figure W-5: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Organization
100
90
84
Average Percent Correct
80
74
70
61
62
57
60
50
61
Local cohort
National
44
40
35
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure W-5 are based on your students' responses to the Organization items on the CAAP
Writing Skills test. There are ten items in this content category, constituting approximately 14% of the Writing
Skills test. Items in this category assess students' understanding of effective organization of ideas in writing,
and their skill in evaluating the relevance of statements in particular contexts (e.g., in terms of the order,
coherence, or unity of a sample of writing.)
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Writing Skills scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Writing Skills
Content Area: Style
Figure W-6: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Style
100
87
90
77
Average Percent Correct
80
70
66
69
67
67
60
Local cohort
National
50
41
40
40
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure W-6 are based on your students' responses to the Style items on the CAAP Writing Skills
test. There are 15 items in this content category, constituting approximately 21% of the Writing Skills test.
Items in this category assess students' skills in selecting words and images that are precise and appropriate in
a given context, and in managing the various sentence elements in ways that are rhetorically effective. Items
in this category also assess student's ability to write economically but effectively, to avoid ambiguous pronoun
references, and to choose words that fit both meaning and function within text.
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Writing Skills scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Mathematics
The CAAP Mathematics test is a 35-item test designed to measure student's proficiency in mathematical
reasoning. The test assesses student's ability to solve mathematical problems typically encountered in a
postsecondary curriculum. It emphasizes quantitative reasoning rather than the memorization of formulas.
Executive Summary
This report contains results from CAAP Mathematics form 12-G. Valid scores were obtained for 33 students.
Table M-1 belows shows differences in percentages between the local and normative groups. Differences
with magnitudes less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible,
moderate, and substantial, respectively. Negative differences indicate areas where local students had more
difficulty with content category items than did the normative group, whereas positive differences indicate that
local students found items easier than did the normative group.
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Table M-1: Mathematics Comparison Highlights
Local-Normative Group Differences in Percent Correct
Content Category
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
5%
- 9%
0%
Elementary Algebra
-10%
- 7%
-15%
Intermediate Algebra
-12%
-17%
-14%
Coordinate Geometry
2%
1%
-17%
College Algebra
0%
- 2%
-11%
Trigonometry
7%
8%
- 7%
Prealgebra
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Mathematics
Content Area: Prealgebra
Figure M-1: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Prealgebra
100
93
93
90
Average Percent Correct
80
71
76
74
67
70
60
Local cohort
50
50
National
45
40
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure M-1 are based on your students' responses to the Prealgebra items on the CAAP
Mathematics test. There are four items in this content category, constituting approximately 11% of the
Mathematics test. These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered a prerequisite for further
algebra courses (e.g., Operations with Integers, Conversions between Fractions and Decimals, Multiples and
Factors of Integers, and Exponents (e.g.,Scientific Notation).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Mathematics scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Mathematics
Content Area: Elementary Algebra
Figure M-2: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Elementary Algebra
100
93
90
78
Average Percent Correct
80
70
73
71
66
62
60
Local cohort
National
50
39
40
29
30
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure M-2 are based on your students' responses to the Elementary Algebra items on the
CAAP Mathematics test. There are five items in this content category, constituting approximately 14% of the
Mathematics test. These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered a prerequisite for further
college mathematics courses (e.g., Basic Operations with Polynomials, Linear Equations in one Variable,
Substituting Values into Algebraic Expressions, and Exponents).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Mathematics scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Mathematics
Content Area: Intermediate Algebra
Figure M-3: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Intermediate Algebra
100
90
79
Average Percent Correct
80
70
65
60
53
Local cohort
51
National
50
40
39
34
26
30
20
14
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure M-3 are based on your students' responses to the Intermediate Algebra items on the
CAAP Mathematics test. There are two items in this content category, constituting approximately 6% of the
Mathematics test. These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered a prerequisite for more
advanced college mathematics courses (e.g., Systems of Linear Equations in two Variables and Exponents,
Rational Expressions, the Quadratic Formula, and Absolute Value Inequalities).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Mathematics scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Mathematics
Content Area: Coordinate Geometry
Figure M-4: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Coordinate Geometry
100
90
79
Average Percent Correct
80
70
62
60
50
49
53
50
Local cohort
49
National
40
29
30
27
20
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure M-4 are based on your students' responses to the Coordinate Geometry items on the
CAAP Mathematics test. There are five items in this content category, constituting approximately 14% of the
Mathematics test. These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered a prerequisite for more
advanced college mathematics courses (e.g., Graphing on the Real Number Line, Distance Formula in the
Plane, Graphing Conics, Linear Equations in Two Variables, and Graphing Equations in the Plane).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Mathematics scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Mathematics
Content Area: College Algebra
Figure M-5: Average Percent of Correct Answers in College Algebra
100
90
Average Percent Correct
80
70
60
50
50
National
39
40
30
Local cohort
26
30
20
23
14
25
14
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure M-5 are based on your students' responses to the College Algebra items on the CAAP
Mathematics test. There are 15 items in this content category, constituting approximately 43% of the
Mathematics test. These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered important to mastery of
Algebra at the college level (e.g., Exponents, Functions, Logarithmic Functions, Geometric Sequences &
Series, Matrices, and Complex Numbers).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Mathematics scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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08/12/2011
Test Date: Spring 2011
Subgroup: none
Sample College
Inst.Code: 9011
Inst. Type: 4-Year
Mathematics
Content Area: Trigonometry
Figure M-6: Average Percent of Correct Answers in Trigonometry
100
90
Average Percent Correct
80
70
60
Local cohort
47
50
40
30
National
40
31
30
28
22
21
20
14
10
0
Overall
Bottom 25%
Middle 50%
Top 25%
Proficiency Group
Interpretation Guide
The results in Figure M-6 are based on your students' responses to the Trigonometry items on the CAAP
Mathematics test. There are four items in this content category, constituting approximately 11% of the
Mathematics test. These items focus on knowledge and skills that are considered important to mastery of
Trigonometry at the college level (e.g., Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities, Trigonometric Functions and
Identities, and Special Angles).
Overall results and results for the bottom 25%, middle 50%, and top 25% of total CAAP Mathematics scores
for the local and normative groups are provided. This is to enable you to compare bottom, middle, and top
students in the local cohort to the bottom, middle, and top students in the normative group. Any differences
less than 5%, between 5% and 10%, and greater than 10% are considered negligible, moderate, and
substantial, respectively.
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