Fall assessments are made in 100 level classes while spring assessments are made in 200 level classes. No students complete the entire battery. COD students performed at significantly higher levels than national norms for entering freshman and completing sophomores. Additionally, there were significant increases between freshman and sophomore average scores. Attaining skills in communication includes three aspects of the battery.
College reading scores suggest our students enter and exit at the national average.
Changes from freshman to sophomore reading levels were not statistically significant. Writing skills measured through multiple-choice questions indicated that freshman were significantly below national averages, and completing sophomores scored at the national average, reflecting statistically significant improvement. Attaining skills in analysis involves two aspects of the ACT-CAAP battery. In the critical thinking portion of the assessment, freshmen scored significantly higher than national norms, sophomores exit at the sophomore two-year public college national average, and there was no statistically significant change from freshmen to sophomores. In the scientific reasoning portion, COD students enter and exit with scores at the national average and significant increases between freshman and sophomore average scores occurred.