Introducing the new SuccessNavigator™ Assessment
Improve your students' retention and graduation rates
College administrators face daunting challenges in retaining students and ensuring that they graduate. Nationally, only 56 percent of students who start four-year degrees graduate within six years and only 29 percent of those who start two-year degrees graduate within three years.*
We know that success in college takes more than academic skills, and standard admissions and placement tests don't reveal incoming students' strengths and vulnerabilities or whether they are motivated to persevere and succeed. That's why ETS created the SuccessNavigator™ assessment.
Designed to provide a holistic view of an incoming student’s ability to succeed in college
A 30-minute, non-proctored online tool, the SuccessNavigator assessment measures four critical factors that most directly influence student success:
- Academic Skills: behaviors, beliefs and skills that directly facilitate academic success
- Commitment: commitment to, drive toward and perceived importance of academic success
- Self-Management: ability to anticipate and respond to pressure and stress related to college life
- Social Support: availability of resources to support academic success
Test takers also provide demographic and life-event information. The holistic view of each student that emerges will help you to effectively guide your students to success.
A customized score report provides a detailed action plan. And it complements the placement tests you may already use.
You'll receive a comprehensive score report and tailored action plan for each student that provides instant, easy-to-understand feedback and includes:
- Academic Success Index: student's projected GPA range in their first year
- Retention Success Index: student's probability of returning in the following year
- Course Acceleration Recommendation: recommendations for Math and English acceleration for students at the upper end of cut score bands
- Recommended Next Steps: customized to each student's needs and include specific action the student should take to ensure they persist to graduation
The valuable information the SuccessNavigator assessment provides can be seamlessly integrated with the results of any academic placement test you may be using. Aggregate reports for classes or cohorts can also be created to aid in institutional planning and resource allocation.
Based on rigorous research by ETS
This innovative assessment is based on ETS's extensive research on key student attributes and study skills and their impact on retention and success in college.
See these position papers for more information:
Breaking the Developmental Education Logjam: A Holistic Approach to Acceleration
A Holistic View of Course Placement Decisions — Avoiding the High School GPA Trap
Improve retention with minimal investment of resources
The SuccessNavigator assessment is a cost-effective way for colleges to improve their first-year retention rates and directly reach students whose personal challenges go unreported in standardized academic tests. Priced at an affordable $5 per test, the assessment can be administered off campus prior to the start of classes or during incoming student orientation, placement testing, or first-year experience courses.
Test administration and reporting will begin in Summer 2013.
To learn more about using the SuccessNavigator assessment at your institution,
call 1-800-745-0269 or contact an ETS Advisor.
To become an ETS SuccessNavigator customer, download the User Account Information form and fax to 1-973-735-1903 or 1-973-735-1904. Once set up, all orders can be placed online. The PDF form can be completed electronically and printed using Adobe Reader® software. If you need to save the form, you will need the full version of Adobe Acrobat software.
* Source: Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century, Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, February 2011.