2015 ETS Proficiency Profile Comparative Data Guide for Unproctored Administrations The annual Comparative Data Guide (CDG) contains tables of scaled scores and percentiles for institutional means and individual student scores drawn directly from test takers across the nation. The CDG can assist you in interpreting the scores from the ETS Proficiency Profile by helping you determine how your students' skills compare with the skills of students at similar institutions. The report provides descriptive statistics based on the number of students that have completed an unproctored version of the ETS Proficiency Profile between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2015. Information about an institution gathered through ETS Proficiency Profile administrations cannot be released in any form attributable to or identifiable with an individual institution. The anonymity of each institution s performance is maintained by reporting only the aggregate performance of the selected reference group. are descriptions of the various tables provided in this guide: Institutional s Total Score/ Distributions The distributions in these tables present the number of institutions at each mean score level. These tables provide a way to compare the Total Score and means for your institution with those of other participating institutions. These tables show the mean of means (or the average of the mean scores for those institutions/programs selected) as well as the standard deviations of those means. Individual Students Total Score/ Distributions The distributions in these tables may be used to interpret results by determining what percent of those taking the test at the selected institutions attained scores below that of a particular student. Each table shows scaled score intervals for Total Score and s separately. By looking up the Total Score or and reading across the row to the corresponding number in the column headed, the percent of individuals scoring below any interval can be determined. Summary of Proficiency Classifications This table presents the percentage of students classified as Proficient, Marginal, and Not Proficient for each skill dimension and level. This table provides a way to compare the proficiency levels at your institution with the selected test taker population. Descriptions of the competencies and abilities measured at each Proficiency Level can be found at http://www.ets.org/proficiencyprofile/scores/proficiency_classifications/. The following considerations should be kept in mind when interpreting comparative data: This data should be considered comparative rather than normative because the institutions included in the data do not represent proportionally the various types of higher education institutions and programs. The data are drawn entirely from institutions that choose to use the ETS Proficiency Profile. Such a self-selected sample may not be representative of all institutions or programs. The number of students tested and sampling procedures vary from one institution to another. Therefore, it is impossible to verify that the students tested at each institution are representative of all the institution s students in that program. Only those institutions testing 30 or more students in a college class were included in the analyses for that college class. with fewer than 30 test takers at that class level are excluded from these calculations. The score distribution used to compute these statistics has been modified, to prevent the statistics from being dominated by a few very large institutions. If an institution contributed more than 4400 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 4400/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 8800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 4400/8800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 4400 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 8800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 4400 students. For more information about this report or other ways the ETS Proficiency Profile can help your program, contact an ETS Advisor at highered@ets.org or call 1-800-745-0269. The following tables include tests taken as of June 30, 2015. Copyright 2015 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. ETS, the ETS logo and LISTENING. LEARNING. LEADING. are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service (ETS).
Across all Grades (All Students), All Institution Types Institution List Data includes students from domestic institutions who tested between July 2010 through June 2015. Adventist University of Health Sciences, FL American Intercontinental University, IL American Public University, WV American Sentinel University, CO Aquinas College (MI), MI Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ Armstrong State University, GA Art Institute of Atlanta, The, GA Art Institute of Pittsburgh, The, PA Ashford University, IA Ashland Community and Technical College, KY Athens State University, AL Belhaven University (MS), MS Big Sandy Community & Technical College, KY Bloomsburg University, PA Bowie State University, MD Brenau University, GA Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, NC California University of Pennsylvania, PA Camden County College, NJ Capella University, MN Capital University, OH Central Virginia Community College, VA Charter Oak State College, CT College of Southern Maryland, MD College of the Ozarks, MO Colorado Mesa University, CO Colorado State University- Global Campus, CO Columbia College (MO), MO Community College of the Air Force, AL Covenant College, GA Craven Community College, NC Dallas Baptist University, TX DeVry University, IL East Stroudsburg University, PA Eastern University, PA ECPI University, NC Elms College, MA Endicott College, MA Erskine College, SC Everest College, AZ Everglades University, FL Excelsior College, NY Ferrum College, VA Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, FL Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL Friends University, KS Grand Canyon University, AZ Harrison College - Indianapolis, IN High Point University, NC Houghton College, NY Houston Baptist University, TX Howard Payne University, TX Indiana State University, IN Jacksonville State University, AL John Tyler Community College, VA Kaplan University, IL Keiser University, FL Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, PA Lander University, SC Laredo Community College, TX Lee University, TN LeTourneau University, TX Liberty University, VA Limestone College, SC Luther Rice University, GA Martin Community College, NC Midland University, NE Midway College, KY Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, MO Mississippi State University, MS Missouri Southern State University, MO Missouri State University, MO Montana State University, MT Neumann University, PA New England College of Business & Finance, MA New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ New Mexico Junior College, NM Newberry College, SC Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, OK Northeastern State University, OK Northern Arizona University, AZ Oakland City University, IN Ohio Christian University, OH Ottawa University- Phoenix, AZ Pacific Union College, CA Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL Patrick Henry College, VA Patten University, CA Point University, GA Polk State College, FL Presbyterian College, SC Presentation College, SD Providence College, RI Quinnipiac University, CT Rasmussen College, MN Regent University, VA Rio Salado College, AZ Rocky Mountain College, MT Saint Leo University, FL Saint Mary of the Woods University, IN Saint Philips College, TX Sam Houston State University, TX Seattle University, WA Seminole State College of Florida, FL Skagit Valley College, WA South Carolina State University, SC South University, GA Southeastern University, FL St. Petersburg College, FL State Fair Community College, MO Sterling College, KS Strayer University, DC Surry Community College, NC Texas A&M University - San Antonio, TX Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, TX The New School, NY Thomas Edison State College, NJ Touro College, CA Troy University, AL ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 2
Tusculum College, TN University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK University of Charleston, WV University of Cincinnati, OH University of Colorado, CO University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX University of Illinois, IL University of Maryland - University College, MD University of Memphis, TN University of Mount Olive, NC University of Nevada, NV University of New Orleans, LA University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC University of North Florida, FL University of Northern Iowa, IA University of Phoenix, AZ University of South Carolina - Aiken, SC University of South Florida - Tampa, FL University of Southern Mississippi, MS University of Texas at Tyler, TX Valor Christian College, OH Victoria College, TX Victory University, TN Walden University, MN Washburn University, KS Wayland Baptist University, TX Wayne State University, MI West Kentucky Community and Technical College, KY Western International University, AZ Western Oklahoma State College, OK Western Texas College, TX Western Wyoming Community College, WY Wilmington University, DE Wingate University, NC Worcester State College, MA Total Number of Total Number of Students 155 222,846 Only those institutions testing 30 or more students in a college class were included in the analyses for that college class. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 3
Distribution of Institutional Total Scores Across all Grades (All Students), All Institution Types July 2010 through June 2015. Number of Standard Deviation 155 439.5 8.7 Total Score 470 to 500.00 2 99 469 to 469.99 0 99 468 to 468.99 0 99 467 to 467.99 0 99 466 to 466.99 0 99 465 to 465.99 0 99 464 to 464.99 0 99 463 to 463.99 0 99 462 to 462.99 0 99 461 to 461.99 1 98 460 to 460.99 0 98 459 to 459.99 1 97 458 to 458.99 1 97 457 to 457.99 0 97 456 to 456.99 1 96 455 to 455.99 2 95 454 to 454.99 0 95 453 to 453.99 0 95 452 to 452.99 3 93 451 to 451.99 4 90 450 to 450.99 1 90 449 to 449.99 1 89 448 to 448.99 2 88 447 to 447.99 4 85 Total Score 446 to 446.99 2 84 445 to 445.99 4 81 444 to 444.99 4 79 443 to 443.99 8 74 442 to 442.99 9 68 441 to 441.99 12 60 440 to 440.99 10 54 439 to 439.99 7 49 438 to 438.99 8 44 437 to 437.99 9 38 436 to 436.99 4 35 435 to 435.99 13 27 434 to 434.99 3 25 433 to 433.99 8 20 432 to 432.99 5 17 431 to 431.99 5 14 430 to 430.99 1 13 429 to 429.99 5 10 428 to 428.99 2 8 427 to 427.99 3 6 426 to 426.99 3 5 425 to 425.99 2 3 400 to 424.99 5 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 4
Distribution of Institutional s Across all Grades (All Students), All Institution Types July 2010 through June 2015. Skill Number of Standard Deviation Critical Thinking 155 110.6 2.2 Reading 155 116.4 2.4 Writing 155 113.4 1.8 Mathematics 155 112.1 2.5 Humanities 155 114.7 2.0 Social Sciences 155 112.8 2.0 Natural Sciences 155 114.2 2.0 Critical Thinking 125 to 125.99 0 100 124 to 124.99 0 100 123 to 123.99 0 100 122 to 122.99 0 100 121 to 121.99 0 100 120 to 120.99 2 99 119 to 119.99 0 99 118 to 118.99 0 99 117 to 117.99 0 99 116 to 116.99 0 99 115 to 115.99 1 98 114 to 114.99 7 94 113 to 113.99 7 89 112 to 112.99 14 80 111 to 111.99 31 60 110 to 110.99 35 37 109 to 109.99 28 19 108 to 108.99 13 11 107 to 107.99 15 1 106 to 106.99 2 0 Reading 125 to 125.99 2 99 124 to 124.99 0 99 123 to 123.99 0 99 122 to 122.99 0 99 121 to 121.99 2 97 120 to 120.99 5 94 119 to 119.99 12 86 118 to 118.99 18 75 117 to 117.99 22 61 116 to 116.99 24 45 115 to 115.99 29 26 114 to 114.99 16 16 113 to 113.99 15 6 112 to 112.99 4 4 111 to 111.99 6 0 110 to 110.99 0 0 109 to 109.99 0 0 108 to 108.99 0 0 107 to 107.99 0 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 5
Writing 125 to 125.99 0 100 124 to 124.99 0 100 123 to 123.99 0 100 122 to 122.99 0 100 121 to 121.99 0 100 120 to 120.99 0 100 119 to 119.99 2 99 118 to 118.99 0 99 117 to 117.99 4 96 116 to 116.99 4 94 115 to 115.99 13 85 114 to 114.99 35 63 113 to 113.99 39 37 112 to 112.99 31 17 111 to 111.99 13 9 110 to 110.99 8 4 109 to 109.99 3 2 108 to 108.99 3 0 107 to 107.99 0 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 Mathematics 125 to 125.99 0 100 124 to 124.99 0 100 123 to 123.99 0 100 122 to 122.99 1 99 121 to 121.99 0 99 120 to 120.99 2 98 119 to 119.99 1 97 118 to 118.99 1 97 117 to 117.99 1 96 116 to 116.99 4 94 115 to 115.99 7 89 114 to 114.99 11 82 113 to 113.99 14 73 112 to 112.99 31 53 111 to 111.99 31 33 110 to 110.99 22 19 109 to 109.99 20 6 108 to 108.99 6 2 107 to 107.99 3 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 Humanities 125 to 125.99 0 100 124 to 124.99 0 100 123 to 123.99 0 100 122 to 122.99 2 99 121 to 121.99 0 99 120 to 120.99 0 99 119 to 119.99 2 97 118 to 118.99 1 97 117 to 117.99 12 89 116 to 116.99 17 78 115 to 115.99 33 57 114 to 114.99 36 34 113 to 113.99 24 18 112 to 112.99 16 8 111 to 111.99 11 1 110 to 110.99 1 0 109 to 109.99 0 0 108 to 108.99 0 0 107 to 107.99 0 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 Social Sciences 125 to 125.99 0 100 124 to 124.99 0 100 123 to 123.99 0 100 122 to 122.99 0 100 121 to 121.99 1 99 120 to 120.99 1 99 119 to 119.99 0 99 118 to 118.99 0 99 117 to 117.99 1 98 116 to 116.99 3 96 115 to 115.99 14 87 114 to 114.99 17 76 113 to 113.99 27 59 112 to 112.99 37 35 111 to 111.99 29 16 110 to 110.99 15 6 109 to 109.99 7 2 108 to 108.99 3 0 107 to 107.99 0 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 6
Natural Sciences 125 to 125.99 0 100 124 to 124.99 0 100 123 to 123.99 0 100 122 to 122.99 0 100 121 to 121.99 2 99 120 to 120.99 0 99 119 to 119.99 0 99 118 to 118.99 3 97 117 to 117.99 8 92 116 to 116.99 10 85 115 to 115.99 20 72 114 to 114.99 36 49 113 to 113.99 36 26 112 to 112.99 19 14 111 to 111.99 14 5 110 to 110.99 6 1 109 to 109.99 1 0 108 to 108.99 0 0 107 to 107.99 0 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 7
Distribution of Individual Students Total Scores Across all Grades (All Students), All Institution Types July 2010 through June 2015. Number of Students Standard Deviation 175,653* 437.5 19.9 ile Scaled Score 90 th 465 75 th 450 50 th 434 25 th 422 10 th 414 Scaled Score 500 >99 499 >99 498 >99 497 >99 496 >99 495 >99 494 >99 493 99 492 99 491 99 490 99 489 99 488 98 487 98 486 98 485 98 484 98 483 97 482 97 481 97 480 96 479 96 478 96 477 96 476 95 Scaled Score 475 95 474 94 473 93 472 93 471 93 470 92 469 91 468 90 467 90 466 90 465 89 464 88 463 88 462 87 461 86 460 86 459 84 458 83 457 83 456 83 455 79 454 79 453 79 452 79 451 75 Scaled Score 450 75 449 74 448 73 447 70 446 70 445 70 444 65 443 65 442 64 441 61 440 59 439 59 438 57 437 53 436 51 435 51 434 47 433 45 432 45 431 39 430 39 429 37 428 35 427 31 426 31 Scaled Score 425 27 424 26 423 25 422 22 421 20 420 19 419 16 418 15 417 14 416 11 415 11 414 9 413 8 412 8 411 5 410 5 409 5 408 3 407 3 406 2 405 2 404 1 403 1 402 1 401 <1 400 0 *The score distribution used to compute these statistics has been modified, to prevent the statistics from being dominated by a few very large institutions. If an institution contributed more than 4400 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 4400/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 8800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 4400/8800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 4400 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 8800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 4400 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 8
Distribution of Individual Students s Across all Grades (All Students), All Institution Types July 2010 through June 2015. Number of Students Critical Thinking Reading Writing Mathematics Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences 175,653* 175,653* 175,653* 175,653* 175,653* 175,653* 175,653* Score 110.1 116.0 113.1 111.6 114.3 112.4 113.8 Standard Deviation 6.2 7.5 5.4 5.9 6.6 6.4 6.3 ile Critical Social Natural Reading Writing Mathematics Humanities Thinking Sciences Sciences 90 th 120 127 120 120 124 122 122 75 th 114 122 117 115 119 117 119 50 th 109 115 113 110 113 112 113 25 th 106 110 109 107 109 107 110 10 th 103 107 106 105 106 104 106 Skills s: of Students Each Scaled Score Scaled Score Critical Thinking Reading Writing Mathematics 130 >99 97 >99 >99 129 >99 96 >99 >99 128 >99 95 >99 >99 127 99 90 >99 98 126 98 87 >99 97 125 98 87 99 97 124 97 80 99 96 123 95 77 95 92 122 95 72 95 92 121 91 68 91 92 120 88 63 86 86 119 88 62 82 86 118 85 54 81 85 117 84 53 74 80 116 81 52 63 76 115 77 42 61 72 114 72 37 54 70 113 71 36 42 64 112 63 35 41 53 111 57 26 30 52 110 55 21 26 45 109 44 20 24 33 108 43 19 14 30 107 32 9 13 17 106 25 8 9 13 105 20 7 6 6 104 11 4 3 4 103 10 2 2 3 102 5 1 1 1 101 2 1 <1 1 100 0 0 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 9
Context-Based s: of Students Each Scaled Score Scaled Score Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences 130 >99 >99 >99 129 99 >99 >99 128 97 >99 >99 127 97 99 >99 126 95 97 95 125 92 96 95 124 89 96 92 123 85 93 91 122 85 89 88 121 80 85 82 120 75 85 77 119 74 81 73 118 67 79 72 117 61 68 65 116 56 67 64 115 55 61 53 114 53 59 52 113 47 59 46 112 32 44 43 111 31 43 31 110 30 35 24 109 25 35 22 108 17 33 22 107 11 19 12 106 5 13 7 105 4 11 6 104 2 8 6 103 2 1 2 102 <1 1 2 101 <1 <1 2 100 0 0 0 *The score distribution used to compute these statistics has been modified, to prevent the statistics from being dominated by a few very large institutions. If an institution contributed more than 4400 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 4400/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 8800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 4400/8800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 4400 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 8800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 4400 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 10
Summary of Proficiency Classifications Across all Grades (All Students), All Institution Types July 2010 through June 2015. Total Number of Students Weighted Number of Students 222,846 175,653* of Students Classified Skill Dimension and Level Classified as Proficient Classified as Marginal Classified as Non-Proficient Critical Thinking 4% 9% 88% Reading, Level 2 23% 15% 61% Reading, Level 1 47% 20% 33% Writing, Level 3 4% 18% 78% Writing, Level 2 14% 27% 59% Writing, Level 1 45% 30% 25% Mathematics, Level 3 4% 10% 86% Mathematics, Level 2 17% 21% 62% Mathematics, Level 1 36% 24% 41% *The score distribution used to compute these statistics has been modified, to prevent the statistics from being dominated by a few very large institutions. If an institution contributed more than 4400 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 4400/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 8800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 4400/8800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 4400 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 8800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 4400 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 11
Demographic Summary Across all Grades (All Students), All Institution Types July 2010 through June 2015. in Demographic Category Age Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Under 20 22% 24% 20 to 29 43% 44% 30 to 39 20% 18% 40 to 49 11% 10% 50 to 59 4% 4% 60 or more <1% <1% Gender Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Male 39% 38% Female 61% 62% Ethnicity Unweighted Data Weighted Data* African American 16% 16% American Indian/Alaskan Native Asian/Asian American/Pacific Is. 1% 1% 3% 3% Black Hispanic 1% 1% Hispanic 9% 9% Latin American 1% 1% White 63% 63% Other 5% 5% Best Language Unweighted Data Weighted Data* English 81% 81% Other Language 14% 15% Both Equal 4% 4% ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 12
Enrollment Status Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Full Time 81% 82% Part Time 19% 18% Credit Hours Transferred Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Not a Transfer 58% 59% 0-15 Hours Transferred 7% 7% 16-30 Hours Transferred 8% 8% >30 Hours Transferred 26% 26% Hours Worked for Wages Unweighted Data Weighted Data* None 24% 26% 1-15 Hours 18% 19% 16-30 Hours 18% 19% >30 Hours 39% 36% Cumulative GPA Unweighted Data Weighted Data* 3.50 4.00 39% 39% 3.00 3.49 35% 36% 2.50 2.99 19% 19% 2.00 2.49 6% 6% 1.00 1.99 1% 1% Less than 1.00 <1% <1% *The score distribution used to compute these statistics has been modified, to prevent the statistics from being dominated by a few very large institutions. If an institution contributed more than 4400 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 4400/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 8800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 4400/8800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 4400 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 8800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 4400 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Unproctored Administrations) Page 13