Over half of community college students place into developmental education, resulting in significant financial costs. We extend previous research demonstrating that using placement tests to assign students into developmental courses results in frequent misplacement. We use Florida data to explore the extent to which students are misplaced into their first college course by more than one level. Results suggest that moving away from placement tests and toward other metrics (like high school grade point average [GPA]) may not be as beneficial in Florida as was demonstrated in prior studies. Rather, it may be preferable to choose cutoffs that minimize misplacement than to use new metrics. States should consider their own unique contexts and examine whether they can improve placement accuracy by changing cut scores.

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改善大学准备状况的指标：将学生最佳地安排在多个专上课程中的方法

超过一半的社区大学生接受了发展教育，这导致了可观的财务费用。我们扩展了先前的研究，表明使用分班考试将学生分配到发展课程中会导致频繁的错位。我们使用佛罗里达州的数据来探讨学生错位到第一门大学课程的程度超过一个水平。结果表明，在佛罗里达州放弃分班考试而转向其他指标（如高中平均成绩[GPA]）可能没有先前研究中证明的那样有益。相反，与使用新的指标相比，选择最小化错位的临界值可能更可取。各国应考虑自己的独特情况，并检查是否可以通过更改切分来提高放置精度。