EAP for Educators
What is EAP for Educators?
The CSU provides high school English and mathematics teachers with extensive professional development opportunities as well as rigorous curricula created by teams of CSU faculty and secondary education professionals.
The Early Assessment Program (EAP) for Educators includes the opportunity to attend the CSU Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) Workshop, and implement the Mathematics Reasoning with Connections (MRWC) curriculum.
How do I request a presentation?
The EAP staff is happy to visit high schools in Santa Clara County to provide presentations for staff, faculty, administrators, parents and students. To schedule a presentation, please complete our Request a Presentation Form or email earlyassessmentprogram@sjsu.edu.
In the past, we have provided the following types of presentations below. However, we also can tailor our standard presentation to any group and time constraint.
High School Juniors
Overview of the CSU's Early Assessment Program and the importance of the CAASPP exam. (Can be offered throughout the year, but typically held in January, February and March in anticipation of the March/April CAASPP exam administration.)
High School Seniors
Early Assessment presentation focusing on senior course selection and multiple measures that impact math and writing placement at the CSU. Emphasis on decisions that students can make while in high school to demonstrate their academic preparation and explanation about how the CSU places students in first year courses based on EAP. (Held throughout the year.)
Middle College Sudents
Explanation of the CSU's Early Assessment Program and importance of the CAASPP exam, with a special focus on helping students (who have already earned a significant amount of college credit) learn to advocate for themselves with college staff to ensure they are placed in appropriate first year courses. Includes a tutorial of the SJSU Articulation website and assist.org to help students understand how their credit will be applied to complete general education requirements. (Held throughout the year.)
Admitted CSU Students
Workshops that help admitted CSU first-year students identify their math/writing enrollment categories and enroll in the Early Start Program if required. (Held in April and May.)
Parents/Guardians/Families
An overview about the CSU placement process and how to best support their students academic preparation for college level courses.
Staff presentation
SJSU EAP staff can also present more detailed Early Assessment Program information (and updates from the CSU Chancellor's Office) to high school staff and administration at on-campus meetings, as well as during district-wide professional development events. We provide general staff-level presentations about CSU EAP, as well as tailored sessions about CSU's Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) and Mathematical Reasoning with Connections (MRWC) curriculum.
EAP Updates
Executive Order 1110
The CSU Chancellor’s Executive Order 1110, approved in August 2017, re-framed academic preparation standards on CSU campuses in the following important ways:
No more EPT/ELM: The CSU’s multiple measures criteria replaces the English Placement Test (EPT) and Entry Level Math (ELM) exams. The EPT and ELM will no longer be offered.
No more remediation: The CSU no longer offers remedial coursework. All students, regardless of their enrollment category, are considered ready for college and will take general education English and math courses. Traditional non-credit remedial coursework has been replaced by supported instruction classes that fulfill general education English and Math requirements, but also allow students to access extra help along the way.
How are your students performing at SJSU?
Over the summer, a small team of SJSU administration and staff reviewed outcomes for students from Santa Clara County high schools who began their first year of college at SJSU in Fall 2018.
Of the 1378 records evaluated, 92 percent of students successfully completed their general education writing requirement (A2) during their first year of college, while 84 percent successfully completed their general education math requirement (B4).
Writing: 177 students previously completed the A2 general education writing requirement through AP, IB and Community College credit (placed in enrollment category one). Another 1135 were ready to enroll in general education writing without support (category 2). This means that 1312 students, or 95 percent, of students evaluated were academically prepared for college-level writing.
Quantitative Reasoning: 337 students fulfilled the B4 general education mathematics and quantitative reasoning requirement while in high school. An additional 808 were qualified to enroll in their first semester college math courses without support. This means that 1145 students, or 83 percent, of students evaluated were academically prepared for college-level math
Campus specific outcomes: If you would like to know more about outcomes for graduates from your high school,
contact earlyassessmentprogram@sjsu.edu. The EAP team can also visit your campus to
present these data directly to staff.
Additional system-wide data:
