Measure your students’ basic computer skills
with the NEW CSP (Computer Skills Placement)!

Benefits of the new CSP are:

• Pinpoints each student’s proficiencies and deficiencies
• Results provide faculty, staff, and administrators with essential information needed for both proper academic advising and accurate course selection
• Outcomes allow students to be assigned to classes which optimize their opportunity for success.
• Increased student success and retention
• Developed with input from higher education faculty, test development experts, and actual marketplace experience

Key features of CSP:

• The CSP assessment is a mix of multiple choice and performance-based questions
• Questions quickly and efficiently test a student’s basic knowledge of seven competency areas necessary for success in today’s digital world
• Student receives immediate test results at the conclusion of the test
• Faculty and staff are empowered to determine the cut score for passing each competency area.
• The CSP assessment is administered via a secure internet connection with minimal setup and system requirements
• Students take the assessment using campus computers in a secure, proctored environment
• Scores are released to candidate and college’s designated recipient

The seven competency areas included in the CSP assessment are:

• Basic Concepts of Information Technology
• File Management
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheets
• Database
• Presentation
• Information & Communication