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AP Placement Validity Studies
- Do I need to submit a new data file for a placement study based on students analyzed in our admission study?
- Can we get placement information for our math and English courses at the same time?
- If my institution primarily gives Pass/Fail grades, can we conduct a placement validity study?
- Can we include students with Fail, Incomplete, or Withdraw grades?
- How should we collect data for a placement validity study?
- What’s the minimum number of students needed for a placement validity study?
- How many semesters of data are required for a study?
- Can I include more than one cohort?
- What if there is no specified sequent course?
- What if we only give placement for AP Exam scores and not course credit?
- What if we only give course credit for AP Exam scores and not placement into a more advanced course?
- What if our policy awards credit for more than one course?
- What if students can earn course credit through other pathways, such as dual enrollment?
- Can I conduct subgroup analyses or include control variables in the study?
- Can we include other commercial exams as a predictor in my ACES study?
- How do I analyze and articulate my institution’s AP credit and placement policies within ACES?
- Which College Board testing programs are supported by ACES?
- Are grades required for an AP Placement Validity Study?