ACCUPLACER case studies
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ACCUPLACER is a placement assessment from College Board that helps colleges and workforce training providers gauge student readiness for required coursework and identify areas where students may need additional support to succeed. It is not an admissions exam: it is a placement tool, used by two-year and four-year institutions, workforce training programs, and Ability to Benefit (ATB) contexts to decide which courses a student should start in and where extra support may help. The ACCUPLACER case studies are 5 cases and about 2,980 words.
1The Fine-Free Library and the Board Member's Leap
Read this excerpt from a neighborhood newsletter, then answer the tasks below. Three years later, 96 percent of items are returned, and the share returned within two weeks has risen by 11 percentage points.
639 words, about 3 min2Marcus's Scholarship Paragraph: Three Revision Judgments
Marcus is revising a 96-word paragraph for a scholarship essay limited to 100 words. His draft: (1) Every Saturday I volunteered at the Riverside food pantry, I learned that hunger is not always visible.
605 words, about 3 min3The Tutoring Center's Two Constraints
The Riverside Learning Center has a 480 materials-and-staffing budget for one Saturday session. Each enrolled student receives a materials kit costing 9.
512 words, about 3 min4Two Sections, One Outlier
Two sections of the same college algebra course took a common final exam. Section A (10 students): 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88 Section B (10 students): 88, 89, 90, 90, 91, 92, 92, 93, 93, 10 The department chair reports that Section A's mean is 79 and Section B's mean is 82.8, and concludes that Section B was taught more effectively, though he calls the 3.8-point gap "modest." A dean points out that Section B's lowest score belongs to a student who sat the exam the morning after being discharged from the hospital.
630 words, about 3 min5Ana's Email: Grammar, Tone, and Two Readers
Patel, I am writing for complain about my apartment. I am living here since two years.
594 words, about 3 min