This is like Elijah’s jar – there is no last worm in this can.
I think Dena’s “workaround” here will be to buy everyone a six-pack and turn us loose on the 100+ classes that need new test score pre-reqs added. Now that the cooler weather is upon us, I recommend Powder Hound.
My heightened sense of panic regarding test scores is probably leading me to misinterpret Jeff’s response, but I’d be very careful about assuming an easy one-to-one correspondence between old tests and new. ACT writing changed in ways that you’ve probably already accounted for but that do need addressing for the campuses who are still trying to catch up on that daisy chain of ACT switcheroos. And while the SAT “sections” smell like the old ones, the latest (?) recommendations from OCHE regarding math and writing proficiency are based on the new “test” portions of the SAT – the ones that score from 10-40 – rather than the previous recommendations based on the “sections” that score from 200-800. So if you’re a school that follows OCHE’s recommendations, that’s a new thing to account for.
Even in cases where it appears that the new test is the same as the old, the reluctance of ACT and College Board to release new cut score recommendations makes me leery of assuming that anything with the same name really is the same test as before, especially for anything that occupies a new position on the electronic data layout. For the organizational pleasure of any fellow Type A folks, I’ve attached my breakdown of every possible ACT and SAT test score related to math and English/writing over the last two years of changes. Not all of these have cut scores here, obviously, but they do have unique Banner codes for loading.
Placement tests will drive me to lunacy yet. Only gifts of beer could save me, right Dena? Dena? …
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From: MACRAO Listserv [mailto:MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Langemeier
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 8:17 AM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: Re: New and Old SAT scores used as pre-requisites
Hi Folks,
From what I can tell, we (MSU system schools) have new codes built in for these new scores (S12 instead of S02), but I'm not seeing that we've actively admitted anybody with these new scores yet; since they went into effect in March of 2016, most admitted students for Fall 2016 already had scores, so they hadn't taken any new ones. As we look towards admissions for Fall 2017, I would guess that we'll have more to go off of, and we will probably need to figure out if there's a difference in what the numbers evaluate to. If we are starting to bring in students under the new scores, we will add the S12 code and appropriate score levels to our math classes that have a test score option (M 105Q, M 121Q, M 151Q, M 165Q, M 171Q) before the first orientation session in June.
We have a flowchart that students use, along with some reporting out of DegreeWorks, and some incoming student information that will need to be updated if these math section scores change from the old to the new (but I haven't found any information leading me to believe that they've substantially changed the scores themselves).
I hope this helps a bit,
Jeff
Jeffrey Langemeier | Data Systems Director
Direct: 406.994.3909 | Main 406.994.6650 | Fax: 406.994.1972
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From: MACRAO Listserv <MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU> on behalf of Charity Walters <Charity.Walters@UMWESTERN.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 3:21:23 PM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: New and Old SAT scores used as pre-requisites
Hi MACRAO
I’m reaching out to those who use Banner and list ACT or SAT scores as prereqs for courses (i.e. M 100 level classes might require that a student has a certain ACT/SAT score to participate).
How are you creating both the old and new SAT test scores in Banner under prereq restrictions (see screen shot below from SSAPREQ)? Are you using a new Test Code for the update SAT test or is there another work around that I’m not aware of?
Thanks for your insight.
Charity
Charity Walters| Registrar and Director of Institutional Research | The University of Montana Western | 710 South Atlantic Street | Dillon, Montana 59725 |
Phone 406.683.7471
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