2015 ETS Proficiency Profile Comparative Data Guide for Proctored 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 a proctored 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 900 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 900/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 1800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 900/1800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 900 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 1800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 900 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).
Sophomore (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours), Master s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I and II Institution List Data includes students from domestic institutions who tested between July 2010 through June 2015. Abilene Christian University, TX Alabama A&M University, AL Alabama State University, AL Alcorn State University, MS Armstrong State University, GA Bethel University, TN Cairn University, PA Campbell University, NC Christian Brothers University, TN Citadel, The, SC College of Charleston, SC Concordia University (CA), CA Concordia University Chicago, IL Concordia University Wisconsin, WI Faith Baptist Bible College, IA Florida Gulf Coast University, FL Fort Hays State University, KS Friends University, KS Governors State University, IL Grambling State University, LA Lamar University, TX Lincoln Memorial University, TN Lindenwood University, MO Maharishi University of Management, IA Massachusetts Maritime Academy, MA McNeese State University, LA Missouri State University, MO Neumann University, PA Nicholls State University, LA Norfolk State University, VA North Central Missouri College, MO Northeastern Illinois University, IL Northwest Missouri State University, MO Nyack College, NY Our Lady of Holy Cross College, LA Pfeiffer University, NC Quinnipiac University, CT Saint Mary's University, TX Saint Peter's College, NJ Slippery Rock University of PA, PA South Arkansas Community College, AR Southeast Missouri State University, MO Stephen F. Austin State University, TX Tarleton State University, TX Texas A&M University Kingsville, TX Texas Wesleyan University, TX Touro College, NY Trevecca Nazarene University, TN Troy University - Global, AL Truman State University, MO University of Central Missouri, MO University of Central Oklahoma, OK University of Charleston, WV University of Colorado, CO University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX University of Maryland - Eastern Shore, MD University of South Florida - St. Petersburg, FL University of Southern Indiana, IN University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, TN University of Tennessee at Martin, TN University of the Cumberlands, KY University of Wisconsin - Platteville, WI Western Texas College, TX William Carey University, MS Total Number of Total Number of Students 64 17,367 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 (Proctored Administrations) Page 2
Distribution of Institutional Total Scores Sophomore (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours), Master s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I and II July 2010 through June 2015. Number of Standard Deviation 64 439.3 8.1 Total Score 470 to 500.00 0 100 469 to 469.99 0 100 468 to 468.99 0 100 467 to 467.99 0 100 466 to 466.99 0 100 465 to 465.99 0 100 464 to 464.99 0 100 463 to 463.99 0 100 462 to 462.99 2 97 461 to 461.99 0 97 460 to 460.99 0 97 459 to 459.99 0 97 458 to 458.99 0 97 457 to 457.99 0 97 456 to 456.99 0 97 455 to 455.99 0 97 454 to 454.99 0 97 453 to 453.99 0 97 452 to 452.99 1 95 451 to 451.99 0 95 450 to 450.99 1 94 449 to 449.99 2 91 448 to 448.99 1 89 447 to 447.99 1 88 Total Score 446 to 446.99 4 81 445 to 445.99 1 80 444 to 444.99 4 73 443 to 443.99 5 66 442 to 442.99 2 63 441 to 441.99 3 58 440 to 440.99 2 55 439 to 439.99 7 44 438 to 438.99 4 38 437 to 437.99 0 38 436 to 436.99 0 38 435 to 435.99 5 30 434 to 434.99 4 23 433 to 433.99 1 22 432 to 432.99 2 19 431 to 431.99 4 13 430 to 430.99 0 13 429 to 429.99 1 11 428 to 428.99 1 9 427 to 427.99 0 9 426 to 426.99 3 5 425 to 425.99 1 3 400 to 424.99 2 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 3
Distribution of Institutional s Sophomore (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours), Master s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I and II July 2010 through June 2015. Skill Number of Standard Deviation Critical Thinking 64 110.5 2.2 Reading 64 116.6 2.6 Writing 64 113.2 1.7 Mathematics 64 112.2 2.4 Humanities 64 113.6 1.9 Social Sciences 64 112.3 2.1 Natural Sciences 64 114.1 2.1 Critical Thinking 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 0 100 118 to 118.99 0 100 117 to 117.99 0 100 116 to 116.99 1 98 115 to 115.99 1 97 114 to 114.99 0 97 113 to 113.99 7 86 112 to 112.99 2 83 111 to 111.99 18 55 110 to 110.99 12 36 109 to 109.99 9 22 108 to 108.99 4 16 107 to 107.99 8 3 106 to 106.99 1 2 100 to 105.99 1 0 Reading 123 to 123.99 1 98 122 to 122.99 1 97 121 to 121.99 0 97 120 to 120.99 1 95 119 to 119.99 6 86 118 to 118.99 7 75 117 to 117.99 16 50 116 to 116.99 7 39 115 to 115.99 10 23 114 to 114.99 4 17 113 to 113.99 5 9 112 to 112.99 4 3 111 to 111.99 1 2 110 to 110.99 0 2 109 to 109.99 1 0 108 to 108.99 0 0 107 to 107.99 0 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 100 to 105.99 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 4
Writing 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 0 100 118 to 118.99 1 98 117 to 117.99 0 98 116 to 116.99 2 95 115 to 115.99 5 88 114 to 114.99 13 67 113 to 113.99 16 42 112 to 112.99 13 22 111 to 111.99 8 9 110 to 110.99 4 3 109 to 109.99 1 2 108 to 108.99 0 2 107 to 107.99 1 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 100 to 105.99 0 0 Mathematics 123 to 123.99 0 100 122 to 122.99 0 100 121 to 121.99 0 100 120 to 120.99 1 98 119 to 119.99 0 98 118 to 118.99 0 98 117 to 117.99 2 95 116 to 116.99 1 94 115 to 115.99 1 92 114 to 114.99 7 81 113 to 113.99 10 66 112 to 112.99 9 52 111 to 111.99 13 31 110 to 110.99 10 16 109 to 109.99 4 9 108 to 108.99 4 3 107 to 107.99 2 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 100 to 105.99 0 0 Humanities 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 0 100 118 to 118.99 2 97 117 to 117.99 0 97 116 to 116.99 3 92 115 to 115.99 13 72 114 to 114.99 12 53 113 to 113.99 8 41 112 to 112.99 14 19 111 to 111.99 6 9 110 to 110.99 5 2 109 to 109.99 0 2 108 to 108.99 1 0 107 to 107.99 0 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 100 to 105.99 0 0 Social Sciences 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 0 100 118 to 118.99 0 100 117 to 117.99 2 97 116 to 116.99 1 95 115 to 115.99 1 94 114 to 114.99 6 84 113 to 113.99 14 63 112 to 112.99 15 39 111 to 111.99 11 22 110 to 110.99 5 14 109 to 109.99 5 6 108 to 108.99 3 2 107 to 107.99 0 2 106 to 106.99 1 0 100 to 105.99 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 5
Natural Sciences 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 1 98 118 to 118.99 1 97 117 to 117.99 4 91 116 to 116.99 3 86 115 to 115.99 14 64 114 to 114.99 14 42 113 to 113.99 10 27 112 to 112.99 5 19 111 to 111.99 6 9 110 to 110.99 5 2 109 to 109.99 0 2 108 to 108.99 0 2 107 to 107.99 1 0 106 to 106.99 0 0 100 to 105.99 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 6
Distribution of Individual Students Total Scores Sophomore (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours), Master s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I and II July 2010 through June 2015. Number of Students Standard Deviation 11,832* 438.0 19.3 ile Scaled Score 90 th 466 75 th 450 50 th 436 25 th 424 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 99 487 99 486 99 485 98 484 98 483 98 482 98 481 97 480 97 479 97 478 96 477 96 476 96 Scaled Score 475 96 474 95 473 94 472 94 471 93 470 93 469 92 468 92 467 91 466 90 465 90 464 89 463 88 462 87 461 87 460 85 459 85 458 84 457 83 456 82 455 81 454 79 453 78 452 76 451 75 Scaled Score 450 74 449 72 448 71 447 69 446 68 445 66 444 64 443 63 442 61 441 59 440 57 439 55 438 54 437 51 436 49 435 46 434 45 433 43 432 40 431 39 430 36 429 34 428 33 427 30 426 28 Scaled Score 425 26 424 24 423 22 422 21 421 19 420 18 419 17 418 14 417 13 416 12 415 10 414 9 413 8 412 7 411 6 410 5 409 4 408 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 900 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 900/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 1800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 900/1800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 900 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 1800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 900 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 7
Distribution of Individual Students s Sophomore (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours), Master s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I and II July 2010 through June 2015. Number of Students Critical Thinking Reading Writing Mathematics Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences 11,832* 11,832* 11,832* 11,832* 11,832* 11,832* 11,832* Score 110.3 116.1 113.0 111.9 113.4 111.8 113.9 Standard Deviation 6.1 7.1 5.2 5.9 6.3 6.1 6.0 ile Critical Social Natural Reading Writing Mathematics Humanities Thinking Sciences Sciences 90 th 119 125 120 120 123 120 122 75 th 114 122 117 115 118 116 119 50 th 109 116 113 111 112 111 114 25 th 106 111 109 108 109 106 109 10 th 103 106 106 105 106 105 106 Skills s: of Students Each Scaled Score Scaled Score Critical Thinking Reading Writing Mathematics 130 >99 99 >99 >99 129 >99 98 >99 >99 128 >99 96 >99 99 127 99 93 >99 98 126 99 91 >99 98 125 98 86 99 97 124 97 82 98 95 123 96 77 96 94 122 96 73 96 92 121 93 70 92 90 120 90 65 89 89 119 89 60 84 85 118 86 54 79 83 117 83 53 75 80 116 79 46 69 75 115 76 40 62 71 114 71 38 55 66 113 67 33 46 58 112 62 29 39 53 111 58 25 33 46 110 50 22 26 38 109 45 18 20 33 108 39 14 15 23 107 30 11 12 19 106 22 7 8 13 105 19 5 5 8 104 12 3 3 4 103 8 1 2 2 102 4 1 1 2 101 3 <1 <1 1 100 0 0 0 0 ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 8
Context-Based s: of Students Each Scaled Score Scaled Score Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences 130 >99 >99 99 129 99 >99 99 128 99 >99 99 127 97 99 99 126 96 98 99 125 94 97 98 124 93 96 95 123 90 96 91 122 86 92 90 121 85 90 85 120 82 87 78 119 76 83 74 118 74 79 71 117 68 76 65 116 65 73 59 115 58 69 56 114 56 61 48 113 50 57 44 112 44 51 38 111 35 49 32 110 32 40 28 109 24 33 21 108 23 28 17 107 12 25 12 106 9 14 7 105 7 9 5 104 4 7 2 103 1 3 2 102 <1 1 1 101 <1 1 <1 100 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 900 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 900/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 1800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 900/1800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 900 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 1800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 900 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 9
Summary of Proficiency Classifications Sophomore (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours), Master s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I and II July 2010 through June 2015. Total Number of Students Weighted Number of Students 17,367 11,832* of Students Classified Skill Dimension and Level Classified as Proficient Classified as Marginal Classified as Non-Proficient Critical Thinking 3% 14% 83% Reading, Level 2 25% 20% 55% Reading, Level 1 55% 21% 24% Writing, Level 3 5% 19% 76% Writing, Level 2 13% 32% 55% Writing, Level 1 51% 32% 18% Mathematics, Level 3 5% 11% 84% Mathematics, Level 2 20% 22% 58% Mathematics, Level 1 43% 27% 30% *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 900 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 900/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 1800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 900/1800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 900 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 1800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 900 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 10
Demographic Summary Sophomore (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours), Master s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I and II July 2010 through June 2015. in Demographic Category Age Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Under 20 26% 26% 20 to 29 65% 62% 30 to 39 5% 6% 40 to 49 3% 4% 50 to 59 1% 1% 60 or more <1% <1% Gender Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Male 41% 39% Female 59% 61% Ethnicity Unweighted Data Weighted Data* African American 20% 25% American Indian/Alaskan Native Asian/Asian American/Pacific Is. 1% 1% 3% 4% Black Hispanic 1% 2% Hispanic 4% 6% Latin American 1% 1% White 65% 58% Other 4% 4% Best Language Unweighted Data Weighted Data* English 84% 84% Other Language 12% 11% Both Equal 3% 4% ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 11
Enrollment Status Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Full Time 94% 94% Part Time 6% 6% Credit Hours Transferred Unweighted Data Weighted Data* Not a Transfer 62% 60% 0-15 Hours Transferred 8% 7% 16-30 Hours Transferred 11% 11% >30 Hours Transferred 20% 21% Hours Worked for Wages Unweighted Data Weighted Data* None 34% 33% 1-15 Hours 27% 25% 16-30 Hours 25% 25% >30 Hours 15% 17% Cumulative GPA Unweighted Data Weighted Data* 3.50 4.00 27% 26% 3.00 3.49 33% 34% 2.50 2.99 27% 27% 2.00 2.49 12% 12% 1.00 1.99 1% 2% 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 900 students to this data set, the score of each of its students has been weighted by the fraction 900/n, where n is the number of students from that institution. For example, if an institution tested 1800 students, the score of each of its students would receive a weight of 900/1800 = 1/2. In computing the statistics, each of its students would count only half as much as a student from an institution that tested 900 or fewer students. Therefore, an institution testing 1800 students would influence the statistics just as much as if it had tested only 900 students. ETS Proficiency Profile 2015 Comparative Data Guide (Proctored Administrations) Page 12