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Information for Site Administrators

COMPASS “Getting Started” User Guide

Becoming a COMPASS Site

• Previewing COMPASS (PDF; 1 page, 57KB)
• Licensing COMPASS (PDF; 1 page, 38KB)

Administrative Tasks

• Installing COMPASS (PDF; 16 pages, 1,462KB)
• Managing Your Account (PDF; 32 pages, 2,292KB)
• Administering a COMPASS Test (PDF; 9 pages, 379KB)
• Generating Reports (PDF; 14 pages, 538KB)
• Using the Remote Test Network (PDF; 18 pages, 751KB)
• Moving Single Student Record Data from COMPASS to Microsoft Excel (PDF; 17 pages, 292KB)
• Additional Available Reports (PDF; 5 pages, 144KB)
• Upgrading from Windows to the Internet Version (PDF; 8 pages, 603KB)

Test Package Setup and Features

• Setting Up a Test Package (PDF; 15 pages, 920KB)
• Setting Up Local Measures (PDF; 10 pages, 724KB)
• Setting Up Bulletin Boards (PDF; 8 pages, 598KB)
• Setting Up Majors and Major Groups (PDF; 12 pages, 865KB)
• Setting Up Local Demographics (PDF; 18 pages, 833KB)
• Setting Up Campus Resources (PDF; 5 pages, 553KB)
• Setting Up Transfer Institutions (PDF; 9 pages, 525KB)
• Setting Up High Schools (PDF; 9 pages, 657KB)

Upcoming COMPASS Conferences

• Regional 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; 165 pages, 1,935KB)
  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)

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)

High School Outreach Programs Build College Readiness with COMPASS (Activity, Autumn 2008)