One important Tech Prep goal is for the Tech Prep student to enter his/her college program without a need for remediation.  Each year all Tech Prep students will be required to confirm their academic readiness for college utilizing COMPASS Placement or ACT scores.

All Career Technical students will be assessed in September of their junior year with the COMPASS (computer-administered) Placement instrument.  The assessments in reading and math are designed to determine a student’s academic readiness for college courses and will be used as a benchmark.  Scores are also used by the Consortium for comparison of student achievement levels over time and among consortia across the state.

Senior/12^th Grade Assessment

All Tech Prep seniors will be scheduled to take the COMPASS college Placement assessment during February of their senior year.  COMPASS scores are used by college advisors to place students into specific college courses.  Ohio’s Tech Prep goal is for all students to place directly into college level academics without the need for remediation (defined as college ready).  Remediation increases the tuition costs for the student and also extends the time it takes to graduate from college.  A student who is assessed to be NOT college ready will be required to participate in the Advancer+ Curriculum.

Typically, seniors take the COMPASS at the college located closest to their high school.  Colleges in southwestern Ohio have agreed to share COMPASS scores.  If a student chooses to attend another college, it is possible for COMPASS scores to be shared between the testing college and the entering college.  This sharing of scores will save the student from taking the COMPASS test an additional time.  See the “COMPASS Results Request Form” that should be used by the student to officially request scores to be sent from the testing college to the college the student plans to enter.

Advancer+ is a systematic instructional review for students who did not meet college entry placement, or who wish to refresh dormant skills prior to a placement test.  It is not intended as a comprehensive developmental course.  The curriculum is a consistent, skill-level instrument for reviewing Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Sentence Skills, and Reading Comprehension.  It does not review vocabulary.  Each Advancer+ student license will be good for 90-days prior to taking the Placement test in the spring of their senior year.  After students participate in the Advancer+ curriculum, they will be reassessed for college readiness.