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The main campus is in Fort Dodge, Iowa, along with four additional satellite campuses serving nine counties. Its mission is to provide quality educational opportunities in and outside the classroom. In October of 2017, Iowa Central created a STEMM division (science, technology, engineering, math, and medical) to meet the needs of the 21st century STEM initiative initiated by the state of Iowa’s Governor Reynolds. It is committed to helping students excel in the areas of STEMM and serve its community. Professor John Hansen serves as the dean of this division.  \nMeet Professor John Hansen, Dean of STEMM Division  \nFrom a young age, I always enjoyed mathematics. But it wasn’t until high school where my math teacher’s enthusiasm towards the subject made me want to pursue the field as a college degree. Although I enjoyed the research aspect of mathematics, my goal was to pass the same enthusiasm for the subject I got from my highschool math teacher to others. When I first started at Iowa Central, we had no placement requirements. We then adopted mandatory placement, but still had many students fail for a variety of reasons.  \nWhatever the case, we lacked the tools to determine what was happening until we adopted ALEKS PPL in the summer of 2014. Not only did we see an immediate increase in success, but we also gained a tool that helps us understand each student’s knowledge state. Since our adoption, we have used ALEKS to redesign our developmental math sequence with a simple set of goals: increase student success, increase student retention, and decrease the amount of time students spend in developmental math.  \n“ALEKS PPL is the only assessment I know that measures a student’s actual mathematical skill set. Not only does it measure their skill set, it also tells me exactly what they know and what they don’t know, which is a game changer!”  \n– John Hansen, Dean of STEMM Division  \nBecause learning [changes everything](changes everythingTM mheducation.com)[TM](changes everythingTM mheducation.com)[ mheducation.com](changes everythingTM mheducation.com)  \nIntroduction (Cont.)  \nBefore ALEKS PPL, Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) was not getting the results it wanted for students with its placement tools. Prior to 2000, advisors would suggest math courses appropriate to the skill set of the student, but students could enroll in any course for which they met the prerequisite. The high school GPA and/or the scores of the ACT, SAT, and Compass test were used as placement. This led to high failure rates and students repeating courses. Seeing the need for change, Iowa Central implemented mandatory placement in the fall of 2000, with Compass and ACT scores being the most commonly used placement tools.  \nEven though Iowa Central began to see some immediate improvement in student success and retention, it was not enough. College-level math course success rates was 8% for students who started in Fundamentals of Math, and 27% for those who started in Elementary Algebra. After 14 years of not getting the results it wanted, the school was ready to try something new. It began a pilot project with McGraw-Hill in the summer of 2014 to implement ALEKS PPL for placement. The pilot was part of a state-wide initiative to gather data concerning placement and success rates in math courses. Much of the decision to move to ALEKS PPL was due to retention concerns. Iowa Central were losing, on average, about 900 students from fall to spring, in part from them failing their math course.  \nPlacement at Iowa Central from 2000–2014  \n\n| Compass | ACT | AccuPlacer | Course Placement |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| P 0-33 | 0-15 | 20-48 | MAT – O45 Fundamentals of Math (Developmental)* |\n| P 34-63; A 0-50 | 16-19 | 49-90 | MAT – 063 Elementary Algebra (Developmental) |\n| P ","cbCaitU1RDkL7sB0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitU1RDkL7sB0","pdf",2330915,"English","# Introduction\n## About Iowa Central Community College\n## Introduction (Cont.)\n# Implementation\n## Initial Setup\n## How do I access ALEKS?","[{\"question\":\"Why did Iowa Central Community College change its placement approach before adopting ALEKS PPL?\",\"answer\":\"Before ALEKS PPL, advisors suggested courses based on high school GPA and test scores (ACT, SAT, Compass), but students could still enroll in any course meeting prerequisites. This contributed to high failure rates, repetition, and insufficient improvements in success and retention.\"},{\"question\":\"What improvement goals did Iowa Central set after adopting ALEKS PPL?\",\"answer\":\"After adoption, the school redesigned its developmental math sequence with goals to increase student success, increase student retention, and decrease the amount of time students spend in developmental math.\"},{\"question\":\"How is ALEKS PPL accessed at Iowa Central for students?\",\"answer\":\"Students use TritonPass via the student portal, where they log in and click the paddle lock to find the ALEKS Assessment link and follow on-screen instructions. If not a current student or outside the region, the document directs contacting the Coordinator of Testing Services.\"}]","Iowa Central Community College - ALEKS PPL Case Study | PDF",1790464187,15]