Additional discussions on assessment will take place at Board of Governors.
Whereas, The recommendations of the Matriculation Assessment/Placement Task Force were formed in consultation with partners from the System Office, the Chief Instructional Officers, the Chief Student Services Officers, and Matriculation Professionals;
Whereas, The Academic Senate supported SB1563 (Escutia -August 30, 2006) a bill that was subsequently vetoed by the Governor but which supported a community college pilot project for the use of the CSU Early Assessment Program (EAP) to better inform students of preparation for college work; and
Whereas, The Academic Senate does not want the use of the CSU EAP to send the message to prospective students that they should not attend college;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopt the following recommendation and work with our partners from the System Office, the Chief Instructional Officers, the Chief Student Services Officers, and Matriculation Professionals to use the following recommendation rather than the one currently presented in the Matriculation Assessment/Placement Task Force recommendations:
If CSU informs a student of his/her readiness for transfer-level work as a result of the Early Assessment Program (EAP), CSU English Placement Test (EPT) and/or the Elementary Level Mathematics (ELM) test, community colleges should allow those students to enter directly into Freshman Composition and/or a mathematics course with intermediate algebra as a prerequisite.
Note: information about the CSU EAP, EPT, and ELM is available at http://www.calstate.edu/eap/ under "Testing and Results" MSC Disposition: Consultation Council, System Office, Local Senates, CIOs