California Community & Private Colleges In California

Contacts
MDTP Licenses
Test Approval Status
Computerized Testing through CAPP Associates

MDTP PowerPoint Presentation handouts CCCAA meeting December 2008

Fall 2008 MDTP Community College Newsletter

Contacts

The MDTP Community College Coordinator is available to California community colleges. Please contact MaryAnne with questions converning the use of MDTP materials by community colleges.

MaryAnne Anthony
Santa Ana College
Department of Mathematics
17th at Bristol
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Phone: (714) 564-6646
E-mail: cccmdtp@attglobal.net

The MDTP Business Officer handles business matters such as licensing, usage data requests, invoices, payments, camera ready copy, and purchases of test booklets.

Donna M. Ames
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr.#0112
La Jolla, CA 92093-0112
Phone: (858) 534-4519
E-mail: dames@ucsd.edu

 

Precollegiate (K-12) outreach by community colleges or private colleges and universities does not require a license. Please contact the regional site serving the geographic area the college is located within for any questions. Materials and scoring services are provided at no charge by the regional site for precollegiate outreach.

Licenses for use of MDTP materials in California

Annual licenses grant the right for the college/university to administer MDTP tests to their students.  The tests are normally administered by Mathematics Departments, Testing and Assessment Officers, Matriculation, and sometimes other student service officers as part of the matriculation process to place students in mathematics courses.  The fee is $400 per year if the fall unduplicated head count is less than 5,000 students.  The fee is $800 per year if the fall unduplicated head count is 5,000 or more students. Licenses are for the term 1Jul-30Jun.

3-year license are available at a reduced cost for limited use by Learning Disability Specialists (DSPS).

MDTP makes every effort to make these tests affordable to colleges and universities. Our fee is not based on the number of tests used or the number of students tested. MDTP may waive the first year's fee for first time users to allow them to administer test for the purpose of collecting data to validate cut scores and placement criteria if the college is not using the test scores to place students in mathematics classes.

CCC standard annual license 0910

CCC 3-yr license 0912

Private Colleges and Private Universities standard annual license 0910

License Renewal
Article 6.2 of the license reads:
This Agreement may be renewed on a year-to-year basis upon the mutual consent of both parties and the presentation of LICENSEE's purchase order to MDTP. MDTP will provide LICENSEE with an updated annual fee structure/price list on an annual basis at least sixty (60) days prior to termination of this Agreement. The annual renewal fee shall be based on both the latest fall student enrollment and the annual fee schedule at time of renewal.

If your college cannot process the renewal P.O. or payment prior to 30Jun, please contact our Business Office for interim approval to continue using MDTP tests after 30Jun.

Test Approval Status The California Community College Chancellor's Office has granted full approval status to the MDTP test forms submitted. This link is to a table for the approval status of each test form, and the includes links to PDF documents for the user manual and studies submitted to the Chancellor's Office.

Usage Data Requests
The CCC standard license requires community colleges to report their test usage to MDTP twice a year.  We collect data for the periods 1Jul-30Dec and 1Jan-30Jun.  We only request the total number of each test form administered to students. MDTP will send a form and return envelope to the college contacts in January and August. The form can be mailed or faxed to the MDTP Business Officer. The information may also be sent via email.

Computerized Testing
The CAPP Test Administrator (CTA) is available from CAPP Associates for the purpose of delivering computerized tests. The software is capable of delivering the most commonly MDTP test forms used by community colleges. These tests are approved for use by the Chancellor's Office.  Information on their software and pricing is available from The National Assessment Testing Clearinghouse (NATC).

CTA is designed to provide colleges with maximum flexibility in choosing the assessment tests which best meet their needs. Any combination of paper and pencil along with a variety of publisher produced computerized tests can be fully integrated using CTA. CTA runs on Window's computers. Phone and online support available.

The MDTP annual license is valid for both paper and pencil forms and for computerized forms.  In addition to the license fee, CAPP Associates charges a per student per test fee for the computerized forms and requires a yearly minimum charge of $400 worth of testing.  They do not charge for the CTA software nor is there any initial cost. 

Try out CTA without any risk!
The CTA Demo CD version is available and shows the tests as they would run and appear at your testing center. The demo runs on Win95 thru XP PC's (no installation required - uses CD-Rom).

Please contact Robert Elmore at CAPP Associates for additional information and pricing,

Email: roberte@cappassoc.com

Phone (805) 965-5870
FAX (805) 965-5807
3463 State St. Suite #357
Santa Barbara, CA 93105