Information for Site Administrators
- COMPASS Overview brochure (PDF; 12 pages, 1.3MB)
COMPASS “Getting Started” User Guide
Becoming a COMPASS Site- Previewing COMPASS (PDF; 1 page, 61KB)
- Licensing COMPASS (PDF; 1 page, 41KB)
- Installing COMPASS (PDF; 16 pages, 1.5MB)
- Managing Your Account (PDF; 32 pages, 2.2MB)
- Administering a COMPASS Test (PDF; 9 pages, 389KB)
- Generating Reports (PDF; 14 pages, 553KB)
- Using the Remote Test Network (PDF; 18 pages, 758KB)
- Moving Single Student Record Data from COMPASS to Microsoft Excel (PDF; 7 pages, 295KB)
- Additional Available Reports (PDF; 5 pages, 156KB)
- Upgrading from Windows to the Internet Version (PDF; 8 pages, 618KB)
- Setting Up a Test Package (PDF; 15 pages, 942KB)
- Setting Up Local Measures (PDF; 10 pages, 741KB)
- Setting Up Bulletin Boards (PDF; 8 pages, 614KB)
- Setting Up Majors and Major Groups (PDF; 12 pages, 889KB)
- Setting Up Local Demographics (PDF; 18 pages, 852KB)
- Setting Up Campus Resources (PDF; 5 pages, 569KB)
- Setting Up Transfer Institutions (PDF; 9 pages, 541KB)
- Setting Up High Schools (PDF; 9 pages, 676KB)
Upcoming COMPASS Conferences
Tutorial
- How to Generate Reports Using COMPASS
- How to Generate a Customized List Report in COMPASS for Windows
COMPASS Reference Materials
- Reference Manual (PDF; 241 pages, 1.4MB)
Access is restricted; contact your nearest ACT Office to request an authorized user name and password. - COMPASS Guide to Effective Student Placement and Retention in Language Arts (PDF; 68 pages, 3,025KB)
- COMPASS Guide to Effective Student Placement and Retention in Mathematics (PDF; 12 pages, 280KB)
- COMPASS Guide to Successful ESL Course Placement (PDF; 24 pages, 812KB)
- COMPASS Course Placement Service Interpretive Guide (PDF; 72 pages, 1,956KB)
- COMPASS Guide to Successful High School Outreach (PDF; 60 pages, 5,715KB)
- Guide to Enhancing Developmental Education with COMPASS Diagnostics (PDF; 23 pages, 510KB)
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about COMPASS e-Write & ESL e-Write (PDF; 37 pages, 250KB)
- Concordant ACT®, COMPASS®, and ASSET® Scores (PDF; 15 pages, 248KB)
- What Are ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks? (PDF; 3 pages, 57KB)
- Updating COMPASS Item Pools (PDF; 1 page, 37KB)
COMPASS Case Studies
- Moraine Valley Community College – ESL Placement (PDF; 2 pages, 60KB)
- Richland College – ESL Placement (PDF; 2 pages, 60KB)
- Wright State University – Remote Testing (PDF; 1 page, 54KB)