iskills & Proficiency Profile (PP) Report

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1 1 iskills & Proficiency Profile (PP) Report Descriptive Statistics & Correlations Report Submitted: Aug 17, 2011 Perry Deess, Director, Institutional Research & Planning orbert Elliot, Chair, Middle States Steering Committee Rupali Sabharwal, Institutional Research & Planning

2 2 Table of Contents iskills & Proficiency Profile (PP) Report...1 iskills and Proficiency Profile (PP): Description...3 iskills...3 Proficiency Profile...3 Proficiency Profile - Essay...3 iskills and Proficiency Profile : Summary...4 iskills- Descriptive Statistics...4 PP- Descriptive Statistics...4 iskills- Descriptive Statistics (By School)...5 PP- Descriptive Statistics (By School)...6 iskills-correlation (all variables)...8 PP-Correlation (all variables)...9 PP-Correlation (by sub-components)...10 Correlation (PP-iSkills)...11 APPEDIX-I...12 Descriptive Statistics- PP Components...12 APPEDIX-II...16 Comparative Data: Proficiency Profile...16

3 3 iskills and Proficiency Profile (PP): Description iskills: iskills is an assessment of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) literacy skills. The exam is designed to measure and validate advanced critical thinking skills in a scenario-based, technological context The test has questions that simulate real-world scenarios. Knowledge of the topics and ability to manipulate technology are needed to complete tasks such as extracting information from a database, developing a spreadsheet, or composing an based on research findings. The iskills assessment does not have multiple-choice questions. iskills tests students' ability to navigate, critically evaluate and make sense of the wealth of information available through digital technology is measured. The content areas measured are: Technology Topics: Web Use , Instant Messaging, Bulletin Board Postings, Browser Use, Search Engines Database Management Data Searches, File Management Software Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentations, Graphics Total number of students who took iskills : 216 Proficiency Profile: The Proficiency Profile measures proficiency in critical thinking, reading, writing and mathematics in the context of humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It also accesses the academic skills developed, as opposed to subject knowledge taught, in general education courses. Questions on the Proficiency Profile are multiple choice and are arranged in blocks of three to eight. In addition to a total score, proficiency classifications (proficient, marginal or not proficient) measure how well your students have mastered each level of proficiency within three skill areas: Reading/Critical Thinking Writing Mathematics Humanities Social sciences atural Sciences Total number of students who took Proficiency Profile: 50 Proficiency Profile - Essay: PP essay is a constructed-response type test, which is an optional component added to gain the additional insight into students general knowledge and critical thinking and writing skills. Total number of students who took the essay part: 33

4 4 iskills and Proficiency Profile : Summary umber of Students iskills Proficiency Profile Total Above Cutoff iskills- Descriptive Statistics Valid 216 Missing 31 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 330 Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.166 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.330 Range 390 Minimum 60 Maximum 450 Sum PP- Descriptive Statistics Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 400 a Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 97 Minimum 400 Maximum 497 Sum

5 5 iskills- Descriptive Statistics (By School) iskills SCHOOL Statistic Std. Error ARC =7 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 290 Maximum 400 Range 110 Interquartile Range 70 Skewness Kurtosis CCS =68 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 90 Maximum 450 Range 360 Interquartile Range 158 Skewness Kurtosis CE =96 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 60 Maximum 430 Range 370 Interquartile Range 128 Skewness Kurtosis MT =4 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 240 Maximum 380 Range 140 Interquartile Range 115 Skewness Kurtosis

6 6 SLA SOM =12 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 140 Maximum 390 Range 250 Interquartile Range 123 Skewness Kurtosis =29 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 90 Maximum 350 Range 260 Interquartile Range 90 Skewness Kurtosis PP- Descriptive Statistics (By School) PP SCHOOL Statistic Std. Error ARC =7 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 456 Maximum 477 Range 21 Interquartile Range 14 Skewness Kurtosis CCS =9 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 404 Maximum 497 Range 93 Interquartile Range 49 Skewness Kurtosis

7 7 CE =8 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 400 Maximum 480 Range 80 Interquartile Range 18 Skewness Kurtosis SLA =9 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 426 Maximum 490 Range 64 Interquartile Range 51 Skewness Kurtosis SOM =16 Mean % Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound Upper Bound % Trimmed Mean Median Variance Std. Deviation Minimum 400 Maximum 465 Range 65 Interquartile Range 34 Skewness Kurtosis a. There are no valid cases for PP when SCHOOL =.000. Statistics cannot be computed for this level. b. PP is constant when SCHOOL = MT. It has been omitted.

8 8 iskills-correlation (all variables) =73 iskills ACCUMGPA SAT_TOTAL HSRAK GEDER ETHICITY iskills ACCUMGPA SAT_TOTAL HSRAK GEDER ETHICITY Pearson Correlation *.559 **.348 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.257 * **.386 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.559 **.359 ** ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.348 **.386 **.487 ** * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). a. Listwise =73

9 9 PP-Correlation (all variables) =12 PP ACCUMGPA SAT_TOTAL HSRAK GEDER ETHICITY PP Pearson Correlation * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Crossproducts Covariance ACCUMGPA Pearson Correlation * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Crossproducts Covariance SAT_TOTAL Pearson Correlation.611 * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Crossproducts Covariance HSRAK Pearson Correlation * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Crossproducts Covariance GEDER Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Crossproducts Covariance ETHICITY Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Crossproducts Covariance *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). a. Listwise =12

10 PP PP-Critical Thinking PP-Reading PP-Writing PP- Mathematics PP-Humanities PP-Social Sciences PP-atural Sciences GPA SAT PP-Correlation (by sub-components) PP-Critical PP- PP- PP- PP- PP-Social PP-atural PP Thinking Reading Writing Mathematics Humanities Sciences Sciences GPA SAT Pearson Correlation **.950 **.919 **.893 **.925 **.928 **.939 **.386 *.594 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.937 ** **.813 **.743 **.936 **.913 **.935 **.376 *.638 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.950 **.883 ** **.823 **.912 **.949 **.936 ** ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.919 **.813 **.826 ** **.795 **.780 **.845 **.391 *.495 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.893 **.743 **.823 **.806 ** **.774 **.783 **.453 *.435 * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.925 **.936 **.912 **.795 **.765 ** **.875 ** ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.928 **.913 **.949 **.780 **.774 **.876 ** **.386 *.541 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.939 **.935 **.936 **.845 **.783 **.875 **.901 ** *.560 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.386 *.376 * *.453 * *.383 * Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance Pearson Correlation.594 **.638 **.552 **.495 **.435 *.638 **.541 **.560 ** Sig. (2-tailed) Sum of Squares and Covariance **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). a. Listwise =31 10

11 11 Correlation (PP-iSkills) iskills PP iskills Pearson Correlation ** Sig. (2-tailed).000 Sum of Squares and Covariance PP Pearson Correlation.762 ** 1 Sig. (2-tailed).000 Sum of Squares and Covariance **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). a. Listwise =32

12 12 APPEDIX-I Descriptive Statistics- PP Components PP-Critical Thinking Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 103 a Std. Deviation Variance Skewness.002 Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 27 Minimum 100 Maximum 127 Sum PP-Reading Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 126 Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 30 Minimum 100 Maximum 130 Sum

13 13 PP-Writing Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean.866 Median Mode 115 Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis.128 Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 24 Minimum 100 Maximum 124 Sum PP-Mathematics Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 127 Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 29 Minimum 101 Maximum 130 Sum

14 14 PP-Humanities Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 110 a Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 28 Minimum 101 Maximum 129 Sum PP-Social Sciences Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 110 a Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 30 Minimum 100 Maximum 130 Sum

15 15 PP-atural Sciences Valid 50 Missing 197 Mean Std. Error of Mean Median Mode 122 Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.337 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.662 Range 30 Minimum 100 Maximum 130 Sum PP-Essay Valid 33 Missing 214 Mean 4.27 Std. Error of Mean.181 Median 4.00 Mode 4 a Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.409 Kurtosis Std. Error of Kurtosis.798 Range 5 Minimum 1 Maximum 6 Sum

16 16 APPEDIX-II Comparative Data: Proficiency Profile JIT Mean Score: (=50) Senior (more than 90 semester hours or more than 145 quarter hours) Doctoral/Research Universities I and II Distribution of institutional mean total scores Mean umber of Percent of Total Institutions Instns. Score Below 470 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to Mean umber of Percent of Total Institutions Instns. Score Below 445 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to Total umber of Institutions 32 Mean Std. Dev. 9.49