Fact Book 2011-2012

Fact Book 2011-2012

Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency

Table 2-14

Student Performance on the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) Compared to Performance of Other Public Two-year College Students 2002 – 2011
Year	Topic	NACC			Public Two-year Colleges
Year	Topic	Mean	S.D.	Number	Mean	S.D.	Number
2002	Writing Skills	64.3	4.4	115	62.6	4.7	25,209
2002	Science	60.3	3.5	115	58.9	4.3	15,639
2003	Writing Skills	63.9	4.2	104	62.5	4.8	25,884
2003	Mathematics	57.5	3.6	104	56.0	3.2	921^†
2004	Reading	61.1	4.6	127	60.6	4.8	26,647
2004	Critical Thinking	60.9	5.4	127	60.5	5.5	20,299
2005	Science	59.1	3.4	63	59.0	4.1	17,675
2005	Writing Skills	63.7	4.6	63	62.3	4.7	27,875
2006	Mathematics	56.8	4.3	103	56.1	3.6	28,577
2006	Reading	60.6	4.8	103	60.4	5.5	29,097
2007	Critical Thinking	59.8	5.2	57	60.9	5.4	21,114
2007	Writing Skills	61.5	4.6	57	62.2	4.8	27,905
2008	Reading	60.8	5.0	128	60.5	5.4	29,911
2008	Science	59.3	3.9	128	59.2	4.1	18,849
2009	Mathematics	60.2	3.8	100	56.2	3.6	29,274
2009	Writing Skills	63.1	5.1	109	62.0	4.8	28,236
2010	Critical Thinking	62.6	4.5	147	60.7	5.4	26,816
2010	Reading	60.9	4.9	130	60.4	5.5	25,633
2011	Science	60.0	4.0	111	59.1	4.1	17,133
2011	Writing Skills	63.4	4.6	143	61.8	4.9	25,721

^†Mathematics test changed effective September 2002 to assess skills through college algebra (four calculus items were removed and replaced with four college algebra items).

Note: The Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency is an instrument designed and evaluated by American College Testing to measure general education outcomes. Two of the five sections are administered to NACC students each spring.

Source: NACC Information on Fulfillment of the Mission 2010-2011. June 2011. p. 29.

Table 2-15

Northeast Alabama Community College

Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP)

2002 – 2011

Critical Thinking

Year NACC Mean National Mean Difference

2004 60.9 60.5 +0.4

2007 59.8 60.9 -1.1

2010 62.6 60.7 +1.9

Mathematics

Year NACC Mean National Mean Difference

2003 57.5 56.0 +1.5

2006 56.8 56.1 +0.7

2009 60.2 56.2 +4.0

Reading

Year NACC Mean National Mean Difference

2004 61.1 60.6 +0.5

2006 60.6 60.4 +0.2

2008 60.8 60.5 +0.3

2010 60.9 60.4 +0.5

Science

Year NACC Mean National Mean Difference

2002 60.3 58.9 +1.4

2005 59.1 59.0 +0.1

2008 59.3 59.2 +0.1

2011 60.0 59.1 +0.9

Writing Skills

Year NACC Mean National Mean Difference

2002 64.3 62.6 +1.7

2003 63.9 62.5 +1.5

2005 63.7 62.3 +1.4

2007 61.5 62.2 -0.7

2009 63.1 62.0 +1.1

2011 63.4 61.8 +1.6

Source: NACC Information on Fulfillment of the Mission 2010-2011. June 2011. p. 30.

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