NEXT-GENERATION ACCUPLACER Test Specifications
NEXT-GENERATION ACCUPLACER
Test Specifications
Version 2.0
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This document describes the redesign of ACCUPLACER? being undertaken by the College Board. This initial release provides an overview of the rationale behind the redesign, its aims and nature, and information about key components of the new, next-generation ACCUPLACER. Subsequent releases will provide additional information for various audiences on specific topics related to the redesign.
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Contents
5 List of Tables
6 Executive Summary
7 SECTION I: Behind the Redesign 7 1.1 Rationale for the Redesign 7 1.2 Alignment to the Redesigned SAT Suite of Assessments
10 SECTION II: Overview of Next-Generation ACCUPLACER 11 2.1 Computer-Adaptive Testing
12 SECTION III: Specifications of Next-Generation ACCUPLACER
12 3.1 Reading Placement Test
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3.1.1 Test Description
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3.1.2 Test Summary
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3.1.3 Key Features
15 3.2 Writing Placement Test
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3.2.1 Test Description
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3.2.2 Test Summary
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3.2.3 Key Features
20 3.3 Math: Arithmetic Placement Test
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3.3.1 Test Description
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3.3.2 Test Summary
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3.3.3 Key Features
22 3.4 Math: Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Placement Test
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3.4.1 Test Description
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3.4.2 Test Summary
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3.4.3 Key Features
24 3.5 Math: Advanced Algebra and Functions Placement Test
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3.5.1 Test Description
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3.5.2 Test Summary
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3.5.3 Key Features
27 SECTION IV: Developing Next-Generation ACCUPLACER
27 4.1 Guiding Principles of the College Board's Test Development Process
27 4.2 The Test Development Process
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4.2.1 Defining the Test Domains
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4.2.2 Test and Question/Task Specifications
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4.2.3 Stimuli and Question Development
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4.2.4 Content and Fairness Reviews Prior to Pretesting
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4.2.5 Pretesting
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4.2.6 Postoperational Administration Statistical Review
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30 4.3 COMPANION Forms
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4.3.1 COMPANION Form Content and Fairness Review
31 SECTION V: Conclusion
32 APPENDIX Text Complexity (Qualitative): Reading and Writing
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List of Tables
10 Table 1: ACCUPLACER Suite (2016 Launch)
12 Table 2: Reading Placement Test Content Specifications
13 Table 3: Reading Placement Test Question Content
16 Table 4: Writing Placement Test Content Specifications
17 Table 5: Writing Placement Test Question Content
21 Table 6: Arithmetic Placement Test Content Specifications
21 Table 7: Arithmetic Placement Test Question Content
23 Table 8: Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Placement Test Content Specifications
23 Table 9: Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Placement Test Question Content
25 Table 10: Advanced Algebra and Functions Placement Test Content Specifications
26 Table 11: Advanced Algebra and Functions Placement Test Question Content
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