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College admission standards will chanae Tiffany Smith OttQ&n Q&fy Proficient v-based admission standards will change the way students got into college and will better prepare students for college level work, ni l ording to a i»|K>rt from the Oregon State System of Higher Education Hie Proficient vl vised Admission Standards Nvs tern, known us PASS, requires students to demon strnt«> that their knowledge and skills meet or exi i*>d the standards for admission The new system. whi< h gm-s into effei t in tile fall of muo ties admission directly to a student's demonstrated profit ien< v. not "sent time, credit hours or other indirect mea sures of learning, an ording the report "The current system lulls both fat ultv and stu dents into complacent v and they get a very rude shock w hen they get hem." said lames Rm h. dins tor of admissions The i urrent system assumes if you sit in a room you know something " The change in admission standards was net os sary for two reasons, the report said First, school reform legislation emit ted in 1991. known as the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st CUtntury, requires all Oregon schools to begin offer ing Certificates of Initial Mastery in I99f> and Cor tificates of Advanced Mastery in 1997 A pilot pro gram is currently in progress in tho Cottage Grove School District OSSHE is obligated to have admission policies that are compatible with tho the program in the public education system Secondly, OSSHE officials feels tho current admission system is not identifying students pre pared to do college-level work as well as it might, and the current system i annot he impri.ved v\ ilis out a complete overhaul, according to the report The belief is lh.il an attempt to raise the required grade point average would load to grade inflation and more required classes have little effect The first challenge in overhauling admission standards was to determine what students need to know to do well in college "We have identified what knowledge and skills we think you need to know ." Buch said. “It's far more specific than the current standard." The proficiency-based admission standards, whu h were adopted hv the Oregon State Board of Higher Initiation in May 1'i'H are divided into content proficiency aren't and process proficient y areas Students must prove content profit mm y in mathemalii s. s< fence. sot tal science, foreign lan guage. humanities and literature, arid fine and per funning arts The prut ess profii lent v areas include reading, writing, (ummunit ation competent y, critical and attalvtii thinking, problem solving, technology as a learning tool, systems anti integrative thinking, teamwork and quality work More than mi national and state t urrit ulum reports were analyzed it) determine the emerging expectation fot Amarit an student* The edut a tional systems of other countries were examined, and. where possible, their standards were ana lyzed is well, at i ording to the CXSS1IF report 1 he results were reviewed hv faculty members from Oregon institutions of higher edut ation. edu cators from public schools and community col leges The analysis of reports, w ith their comments and recommendations, served as the basis for iden tifying what the proficient ies would entail. Currently, officials are developing assessment tasks and performance levels Prototypes will t*> available in fall 1906. according to the report 1 he SA f and AITT tests will still bo used a.s additional sources to mark demonstrated college readiness in students Both tests are undergoing extensive redesign to improve profit tent v assess merit According to the report. OSS Hi staff is working w ith representative of both national col lege admissions test., After conversations with admissions officers front other Utates. 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