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She has a research interest in applying Quality Engineering to Engineering Education. Her professional affiliations include ASEE, ASQ and INFORMS. She may be reached at[cpveenst@umich.edu](cpveenst@umich.edu).  \nGary D. Herrin, University of Michigan  \nGary D. Herrin, [Ph.D. is](Ph.D. is) Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education of the College of Engineering and Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. He has authored over 150 papers in Industrial Engineering. His professional affiliations [include ASEE and ASQ. He may be reached at gdherrin@umich.edu](include ASEE and ASQ. He may be reached at gdherrin@umich.edu)  \n© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006  \nPage 11.1415.1  \nUsing the SAT and ACT Scores for Placement Into Engineering Freshman Courses  \nI. Introduction  \nEngineering education research has shown that the placement of a freshman in his/her first semester in engineering is a key factor in his/her successful retention and eventual graduation. A first-term course that is too difficult may discourage a student from pursuing a degree in engineering.6 Recent college retention literature has emphasized the need for early assessment and intervention. 10,11,12  \nAs part ofan early assessment program, most engineering colleges use a placement test during college orientation to place a student into the most appropriate calculus course. A literature review shows that some engineering schools are having success using the ACT or SAT results as part of their placement process for the appropriate calculus course. If a student scores high on the ACT or SAT Math test, he/she is placed into Calculus I without a placement test. As an example, the University of Pittsburgh places a student with a SAT Math of 650 or higher into the first Calculus course without a placement test.9 If the ACT or SAT Math could be used to place a majority of the students, significant savings in placement testing would be the result.  \nRecently, ACT, Inc. has issued a report4 recommending a cut-point on the ACT Math test of 27 for predicting success in the first college level calculus course. At most engineering colleges, the first term courses include engineering courses that are math-intensive. This paper looks at the question of whether this ACT Math cut-point of 27 could be used to predict success in most firstterm engineering courses. This paper also compares ACT Math to the SAT Math scores as predictors of success in the first term engineering courses. Success is defined as having earned a“C” or better.  \nPlacement in the College of Engineering  \nAt the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering, there currently is a placement test for both calculus and chemistry. The result of the math placement test is a placement of a student into either pre-calculus or calculus I. AP tests are used to place students in Calculus II or higher. Because it is recognized that the correct placement into the appropriate calculus is a critical part of the learning process, both a placement test and a math advisor is part of this placement process. The result of the chemistry placement test is a placement of a student into the regular freshman college chemistry course or a remedial section of the freshman chemistry course. The chemistry placement test is also used to place students into the sophomore level chemistry course.  \nIn addition to calculus and freshman chemistry, most freshmen engineering students take either Engineering 100 or Engineering 101 in the first term of their freshman year. Engineering 100 is a project-based introduction to engineering course and Engineering 101 is a course on programming with engineering applications. There are no remedial sections or c","cbCaiuzpUaVZh794","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuzpUaVZh794","pdf",199735,"English","# I. Introduction\n## Placement in the College of Engineering\n## Research Questions\n# II. Theoretical Basis for Prediction with the ACT and SAT tests","[{\"question\":\"What placement problem does the paper address in engineering education?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses how placing a freshman into the correct first-semester engineering courses affects retention and graduation, and how difficult courses can discourage students.\"},{\"question\":\"How is student success defined for the prediction analysis?\",\"answer\":\"Success is defined as earning a “C” or better in the first-term engineering courses.\"},{\"question\":\"Which research questions does the paper investigate?\",\"answer\":\"It asks whether ACT Math or SAT Math can predict “C” or better for typical courses (Calculus I/II, Chemistry, Engineering 100/101), and which test provides the better prediction.\"}]","Using the SAT and ACT Scores for Placement Into Engineering Freshman Courses | PDF",23]