Consistent with its statutory mandate and mission, the Board of Trustees of Community-Technical Colleges has endorsed and promoted a host of system planning efforts rooted in recognition of
Accordingly and within this context, the board of trustees approves the following recommendations for implementation of a system wide program for assessment of the skills and competencies of students who enter a community college:
1. The Accuplacer computerized adaptive test shall be used for purposes of assessment placing of entering Connecticut Community College students.
2. Each college shall use, at a minimum, the reading comprehension, sentence skills and mathematics sections of the test, with the remaining sections to be used at each college’s option.
3. Students seeking Ability to Benefit (ATB) in order to qualify for Federal financial assistance shall be tested, at a minimum, in the reading comprehension, sentence skills and arithmetic sections of the Accuplacer test.
4. The Chancellor is authorized to develop an alternative assessment program to pilot the validity of testing instruments such as the ACT and SAT or other national or state tests to be used for student academic assessment at the point of entry to a community college. Colleges designated to participate in an alternative assessment program will be required to follow the standards established for the program and to report the research findings for system wide use.
5. Students with previous college-level English and/or Mathematics credits may be exempt from placement testing.
6. Resources shall be made available to assist colleges in implementation of the testing program and for appropriate research studies.
(Adopted May 16, 1988; amended May 16, 2005)