City College of San Francisco - California Competes

STANDARD II.B
Additional activities and programs related to
diversity include, but are not limited to, Heritage
Month events hosted by the Library, the Concert
and Lecture Series, the Asian Coalition, the
African American Council, the Latino Education
Association, and Project Survive.
Finally, the College has intensified efforts to
respond to the linguistic diversity of its students
and the general public both in its hiring practices
and through the production of a variety
of critical materials in multiple languages, most
notably Spanish and Chinese. Taken together,
these initiatives both respond to the needs of the
students and provide an opportunity to expand
our collective understanding of and appreciation
for diversity, a hallmark of the CCSF community.
of Assessment. Finally, test result data are collected
for systematic review and disproportionate
impact on groups based on gender, age, ethnicity,
and disability. The availability of resources
to fund the development of test items including
the expertise and cooperation of the instructional
departments in creating the test items and
conducting extensive field testing, the expertise
of the Coordinator of Assessment, and the
researchers of the Office of Research, Planning
and Grants contribute significantly to the
College’s strong record of obtaining approval
from the State Chancellors’ Office for
placement tests.
Complementing the College’s open admissions
process, the rigor of the test validation process
effectively minimizes the potential for bias.
II.B.3.e. The institution regularly evaluates
admissions and placement instruments and
practices to validate their effectiveness while
minimizing biases.
All assessment instruments used to recommend
placement into CCSF English, ESL, and mathematics
courses are approved by the California
Community College State Chancellor’s Office.
To obtain this approval, the College ensures
that all tests meet specific standards regarding
content validity, criterion/consequential validity,
reliability, bias, cut-score validity, and disproportionate
impact. CCSF sends validation studies for
all new tests to the State Chancellor’s Office as
required, and submits tests for re-approval every
six years. The State Chancellor’s Office then forwards
validation documentation to the Center
of Educational Testing (CETE) at the University
of Kansas for psychometric review of validation
data and the Center recommends approval or
disapproval to a statewide review panel known
as the CCCCO Assessment Workgroup.
The local data collection process for test validation
requires that the College convene a diverse
panel representative of the student population
to review test items and instructions for possible
cultural and/or linguistic bias. Scrutiny of test
content for bias also occurs throughout the test
construction process under the coordination of
the Matriculation Office and the Coordinator
II.B.3.f. The institution maintains student
records permanently, securely, and confidentially,
with provision for secure backup of all files,
regardless of the form in which those files are
maintained. The institution publishes and follows
established policies for release of student
records.
Student academic records are maintained in
Banner. Information Technology Service (ITS)
has implemented adequate security and has
provided for recovery in case of emergencies.
The Dean of Admissions and Records must
approve access to student records. Access to
levels of student record information is authorized
and monitored by an employee’s individual
admittance password and computer entry code.
Select staff members within the Offices of
Admissions and Records are authorized to
change student records, and the Dean approves
these corrections through appropriate access
security code levels. An audit trail of all student
record transactions is available and reviewed on
a scheduled basis. All administrative systems are
protected by password security, as well as by a
high-level layer of network security, and the
Banner/Student segment is separated by hardware
and software filters with system firewalls
installed for added security.
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