English Equivalency Exam Review Update

Happy Fall Term Everyone!

With the new term comes opportunity to continue work on the English Equivalency Exam Review Project. In the summer, the English Equivalency Exam project team worked with the curriculum team to complete Form A of the English 30-2 Equivalency Exam. The project had been ongoing since January of this year with a lot of hard work being done by some very dedicated and talented instructors. Thanks so much for all your work!

Thank you to Meghan Clayon, Lorna Houck, Susan Lemmer, Jennefer Rousseau, Patricia Pryce, Murray Ronaghan Tasha Nott, Chris Taylor, and Allen Bobie for their work on reviewing and revising the exam. We had a retreat in March to give us the opportunity to work together and determine which readings and items would remain on the exam. During the summer months, Meghan Clayon, Lorna Houck, Susan Lemmer, Jennefer Rousseau, and Patricia Pryce worked to create items to fill gaps in the blueprint for Form A. The collaboration in the short time frame was inspiring! Once the items were written, the exam was reviewed as a whole by the group and the new Form A Version 202 was born. We are collecting statistics on the exam and its items to ensure reliability. We will share data once a large enough sample size is collected. As with all exam review projects, exam maintenance is ongoing and we will continue to modify the exam where necessary. 

Now we move to writing items for Form B to replace eliminated items and to create items for new readings. The exam will be reviewed by all project team members, and the instructional designers will create a blueprint to ensure the exam is valid. Our targeted completion for Form B is December. As we have components in place such as English exam blueprints, templates, item writing guidelines, and the Foundational Curriculum website, the English Language Arts exam development can be even more rapid and collaborative. 

Thank you to everyone who worked on and supported the English Equivalency Exam Review! We are happy to have everyone contribute to projects. Please email Maureen or Carey with any questions or concerns. You can also submit a project idea on the Exam Development Project page.