Community College Placement Policy Implications Regarding a Discrepancy in the Placement of Students in College Algebra. Issue 12 (2nd December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McEwen, Johnathan J.; Mohn, Richard S.; Herron, Sherry S.; Shelley, Kyna
• Is Part Of: Community college journal of research and practice. Volume 43:Issue 12(2019)
• Page Start: 921
• Page End: 926
• Publication Date: 2019-12-02
• Subjects: Community colleges -- United States -- Periodicals; 378.15430973
• DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2018.1557573
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1066-8926

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Community college administrators face a dilemma in the implementation of placement policies regarding college algebra students. Extensive literature devoted to this subject has been generated in the last 100 years without consensus. Furthermore, faculty opinions of the current placement policies contribute to the presence of a discrepancy in the interpretation of placement models used in policy generation. Utilizing a statistically derived and analyzed model in conjunction with faculty and administrator interviews, a new interpretation of the results generated by placement models in terms of the type of prediction generated may assist in the generation of future placement policies. This new interpretation serves to resolve the discrepancy by redefining the capabilities of the statistical model within the context of the faculty and administrator views of current placement policy.