COMPASS/CAAP Linkage Report

The COMPASS/CAAP Linkage Report presents an analysis of performance for students who tested with COMPASS on entry to college and with CAAP at a later date.Each report is designed to assist institutions in investigating general education-related student cognitive skill growth from the time students enter college until they are tested with CAAP.

A COMPASS/CAAP Linkage Report can be ordered at any time during the calendar year and will include results that use institutionally requested COMPASS and CAAP scores (e.g., an institution may choose to link COMPASS scores to CAAP scores for the present year and up to three years preceding).

Here are some questions that a COMPASS/CAAP Linkage Report can begin to address:

How does the absolute performance of local students on COMPASS and CAAP compare to the national reference group?

How have local students changed in terms of cognitive skills related to general education, compared to a national reference group (e.g., have students demonstrated less growth than expected, expected growth, or more growth than expected)?

Here are samples of the information the report provides:

Reading Performance Summary
COMPASS				CAAP
	N	Mean	S.D.		N	Mean	S.D.
Reference Group:	1,229	80.2	13.8	Reference Group:	1,229	60.8	5.1
Your School:	100	79.8	13.7	Your School:	100	61.6	5.4

Sample descriptive statistics for the local institution and reference group

sample page from report

Sample distribution of matched student CAAP scores by COMPASS score level

For more information about ordering a COMPASS/CAAP Linkage Report, contact ACT at 319/337-1136. For technical questions, call 319/337-1482.

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