Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC - ATI Testing Policy

Introduction: Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College selected Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC (ATI) as the provider for nationally standardized assessments.

Purpose: To provide undergraduate students and their faculty with guidelines for utilization of the ATI Assessments.

Policy Statements: ATI products are integrated across the undergraduate curriculum in each content area. The curriculum alignment was drafted using documents related to course sequence and course descriptions.

Summary: ATI assessments provide one way to identify undergraduate student strengths and weaknesses for teaching and learning purposes. ATI assessments provide a plan for filling learning gaps by providing knowledge assessments and focused reviews to guide remediation.

All pre-licensure nursing students will use the Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Nursing Education program. This program is designed to assist in identifying student mastery of content and prepare the student for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).

The comprehensive review program includes learning and assessment activities, such as case studies, supplemental review materials, quizzes, practice assessments, proctored and predictive assessments that include the updated scoring methods and scoring expected on the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN). ATI materials are integrated throughout the curriculum in selected courses. The proctored assessments constitute 10% of the course exam average.

Each proctored exam will be administered once in the associated course. Students scoring below the recommended Level 2 proficiency on a proctored assessment or the benchmark set for the Comprehensive Predictor must complete the remediation process noted below. Failure to satisfactorily complete the remediation work by the end of the course will result in course failure.

To prepare students at the end of the program for the NCLEX examination, the Comprehensive Predictor will be administered twice, with the highest grade entered in the gradebook.

ATI Grading Scale for Proctored Exams:

Level 3 =100 %

Level 2 = 90 %

Level 1 = 78%

Below Level 1 = 70%

ATI Grading Scale for Comprehensive Predictor Exam:

95% probability of passing NCLEX= 100%

94.9-90% probability of passing NCLEX= 90%

89.9%-85% probability of passing NCLEX = 78%

84.9% or below probability of passing NCLEX = 70%

Proctored Exam Remediation Process for Students Scoring Level 1 or Below Level 1:

ATI performance self-assessment worksheet
1 hour ATI focused review
75 question instructor created custom assessment (Must obtain greater than 85%)

Comprehensive Predictor Remediation Process for those students scoring below a 95% probability of passing NCLEX:

ATI performance self-assessment worksheet
2-hour ATI focused review
100 question instructor created custom assessment (must obtain greater than 85%)

Procedure for Students Deemed at Risk in ATI at the Beginning of the Last Term:

Early identification
1. Nursing Synthesis/Integration faculty will enter support notice for any student deemed at risk according to ATI pulse predictor score within the first week of the term.
2. The student will be enrolled in a zero credit NCLEX success course in Canvas for the remainder of the term.
Initial intervention
1. Students must complete ATI data report prior to meeting with specialist.
2. Students must meet with a remediation specialist within two weeks of the referral to collaboratively develop a plan of study.
Remediation assignments
1. Submit study plan for the term
2. Submit weekly progress report
3. Submit Computerized Adaptive Test in BoardVitals as assigned with benchmarks met
4. Complete any other work as assigned by remediation specialist.
5. Students who do not actively participate will be referred to the program director
Outcome evaluation
1. Director of Institutional Effectiveness will evaluate change in pulse predictor score after administration of ATI Comprehensive Predictor and disseminate a report of the findings.