AAS Standardized Testing Policy

Students in the associate of applied science in nursing (AAS) program will be provided with a series of online tests and remediation resources designed to evaluate and enhance the nursing knowledge of students in an undergraduate program. The tests serve as nationally normed formative and summative evaluation tools for use during the program. In addition to testing basic nursing content, these tests evaluate students' critical thinking/decision making skills. The results enable faculty to identify at-risk students with knowledge and learning deficits in specific content areas in a timely manner so that early intervention may be provided. This program also includes an admission test to evaluate students' baseline reading, math, writing, and science knowledge and skills.

In regard to remediation, following the completion of any standardized examination; students who have not successfully met the course guidelines for the exam are required to be accountable for remediation by accessing their individual remediation plan via the testing website within two weeks of the availability of the exam score. Students that progress to the subsequent nursing course will meet prior to the first exam of the beginning of the following semester with assigned faculty. Students are recommended to contact and schedule a remediation meeting to document action toward their remediation plan based on the students’ individual, identified deficiencies of the specific exam. The remediation should be completed prior to attendance at the remediation meeting. Failure to schedule a meeting or complete a plan of remediation may negatively impact the students’ success in courses throughout the AAS curriculum as well as success on the NCLEX-RN (licensure exam).