Representatives from three major, nationally available placement testing programs will present on what test developers want campuses to know about choosing and implementing a new placement testing system. These experts in test development will speak generally about best practices in test development and how that relates to choosing an instrument. While each represents a placement testing product, their focus will be on their knowledge of placement test development and how that relates to successful implementation of a new placement testing system on college campuses, regardless of which instrument or product your campus is using.

Topics will include:

• National conversations around placement testing
• Designing a course placement program, not just selecting a test
• Best practices/processes in choosing a placement instrument
• On-going review and analysis of placement program effectiveness
• Test validation in a placement testing environment
• Sharing efficacy data with your administration and departments
• What role should testing programs play in determining effective placement tools?
• Evaluating the “True Cost” of your placement program (institutional costs and student cost)
  • o IT (SSO and data retrieval)
    o Cut scores
    o Accessibility
    o Proctoring vs un-proctoring
    o Research and data analytics

Dr. Jim Wollack, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Tailwind Placement
Chantel Reynolds, The College Board/Accuplacer
Richard Kolasa, ALEKS/McGraw-Hill Education