1. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ALGEBRA Select California campus Select faculty and staff Select academic departments Select mathematics Select Carnegie Projects Select AMATYC Conference 2005 Student Learning Outcomes: November 10, 2005 1:45 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. All information can be found online: www.glendale.edu Supported by the Carnegie Foundation

2. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Motivation Not evaluation of instructors Not to measure SLO’s Initial motivation was to measure grade discrepancies between instructors.

3. Problems to Overcome Instructors teaching to the test Interfering with the academic freedom of the instructors Logistics

4. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Problems to Overcome Fairness in composing and administration of test Fairness in grading Flexibility –Early/Late tests –How instructors use results in course grading –Disabled Students

5. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Exam Composition Fairness Security Topics Instructor Input

6. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Administering Time and day of Exam –Friday 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Early/Late Tests –Accommodations made on a case- by-case basis by the Division Chair Disabled Students –Start early so finish by 7:00 p.m.

7. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Administering Shuffle professors and rooms –Each student is in a new classroom with a different instructor Seating chart –Desks rearranged –Names taped on door –Two versions Photo ID required –Students must present an ID or their test is not graded Check calculators –Non-graphing scientific calculators are OK

8. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Exam Grading Stats –2.5 hours testing time –25 questions per test –4 points per problem –≈4 hours grading time

9. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Exam Grading Availability of past tests One or two problems per grader Slow graders versus fast Extra graders Scoring problems Test valuation Compensation Food

10. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Elementary Algebra Instructor Data Spring 2005

11. Intermediate Algebra Instructor Data Spring 2005

12. Elementary Algebra Item Analysis Spring 2005

13. Outcomes Intended –Narrowing of deviation Unintended –FT faculty attrition –SLO’s –Success Rate Decline

14. COMMON FINAL EXAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Contact Information Peter Stathis, Division Chair pstathis@glendale.edu (818) 240-1000 x 5658 Larry Newberry newberry@glendale.edu (818) 240-1000 x 5656 Yvette Hassakoursian yvetteh@glendale.edu (818) 240-1000 x 3130