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Use of exit exams as graduation requirement for AAS programs

By Helena Midkiff posted 07-24-2012 21:55

  
Fellow educators,
I would like to know the pros and cons of using passing AMP exit exams as graduation requirement.  We are now under new department direction and are reconsidering using this criteria.  we have a review course at the end of year 1, credits are earned from this course only if the student meets the national average on the CRT "exit" exam from AMP company.  If they don't meet this requirement they are not allowed to move onto the next year.  At the end of the 2nd year another review course is required.  Both a WRE and CSE exit exams are taken and both must meet national average for the student to obtain credit for the course and therefore obtain their degree and graduate.we know that some schools use other graduation criteria.
we have numerous software programs in our computer lab that allows  the student to practice throughout the semester.  In addition, we meet weekly and review important concepts, testing strategies, etc.  Some of our students also enroll in the Kettering Review course.  We use  James Sill's review book for both courses.
Any and all comments are welcomed.
Thank you!
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Joan Gauthreaux
08-12-2012 01:00

We here in South Arkansas use the WRE as the exit exam from our program. the entire last semester in one course we review with kettering. the other 3 courses run concurrently. by the time finals roll around they have to pass the wre to graduate. this has worked well for us in that all of our graduating students pass the CRT and RRT without difficulty. We use it as a learning tool to let the student know where they are weak in some areas so they can go back and review those areas. they have two chances to pass the WRE if they do not pass they do not graduate and need to take a review class.

Charles Bishop
08-04-2012 11:16

That is exactly the format my school has used since I was there in 1996 (I am now adjunct faculty). Students are required to meet criteria prior to graduation in order to finish. This is true regardless of GPA and check-offs.