high school transcript: semesters taken and grades for math overall,
precalculus, calculus, CS, statistics
Base placements on rules
Base initial rules on faculty experience (e.g., 1992 faculty background at
Grinnell)
Perform follow-up studies to determine what students actually took and what
they did (e.g., in summer 1995, summer 2002, 2007-2008 [stat], summer 2010)
Develop placement letters and Web page(s)
Text for each placement reviewed by CS, math, stat faculty
Consult HCI specialist(s)
Review sample letters and Web site for numerous cases
Develop software
Version 1 (1993) based on TMYCIN (LISP-based) from the AI Lab at the
University of Texas at Austin
Version 2 (2010) based on PHP, locally developed
created 20 October 2010 last revised 20 October 2010
