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What is the Program Performance Report (PPR)? |
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The Program Performance Report, PPR, a subscription costing annually $95 in 2011 and $125 in 2012, allows program directors to access and print your students’ certification examination scores online. Program and national scaled score comparisons and sub-content area mean scaled scores are also available. You can access this information from the last six years (excluding Cytogenetics). This access is available throughout the calendar year.
The PPR is only available to the following program categories: Cytogenetics (CG), Cytotechnology (CT), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Histologic Technician (HT), Histotechnologist (HTL), Phlebotomy Technician (PBT), Molecular Biology (MB), Pathologists' Assistants (PA) and Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB). |
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How do I access the Program Performance Report? |
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The PPR is accessed here at the following website: Program Performance Report. Here you will need to type in the following information: your school number (assigned by the ASCP BOC), your program category, and your password (assigned by the ASCP BOC). Once you log in, the PPR is located on the top portion of the screen. There you can view the PPR for either the current examination cycle or cycles from previous years.
Please note: Access to the current PPR is only permitted if you have paid for the current year’s subscription. Also, by gaining access to the 2010 PPR, you can also access all archived PPR’s from previous years. |
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How often is the Program Performance Report updated? |
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The PPR is updated weekly, usually at the beginning of the week. You can check the date the scores were last updated on the Electronic Program Performance Report and Record Release Report webpage. |
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How is my School Code Number assigned to me? |
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When NAACLS notifies our office (via the post) that your school has reached "Serious" Status, a school code number is created for your program by the Board of Certification. You are sent a packet containing your school code number, an example of a Program Performance Report (PPR) and the "Procedures for Examination and Certification". |
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What if I have lost or forgotten my password? |
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If you have lost or forgotten your password, then you will need to contact Sonja Bugvilionis at Sonja.Bugvilionis@ascp.org or call 312-541-4959. |
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What if I cannot access my current Program Performance Report because I have not paid for the current year’s subscription? |
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If you have not paid for access to the current year’s PPR, then you will need to first obtain an invoice and then submit payment either by direct mail or fax as soon as possible. Invoices can be obtained by contacting Sonja Bugvilionis at Sonja.Bugvilionis@ascp.org or calling 312-541-4959.
Please be mindful that we do not accept purchase orders. Only checks and credit cards are considered to be acceptable tender. |
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When are invoices distributed to program directors? |
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Invoices for access to the 2012 PPR were distributed via email directly to program directors in mid-September 2011.
2012 PPR invoices are due December 31, 2011. However, payments can be submitted at any time for access to the 2012 PPR. |
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I am the program director of a Histotechnician (HT) program. However, I received two different PPR invoices: one for a HT program and another for a HTL program. Why did I receive a Histotechnologist (HTL) invoice when my school does not even have a HTL program?
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Under the eligibility routes for the HTL(ASCP) certification examination, an applicant could have completed a Histotechnician (HT) program and be deemed eligible to sit for the HTL exam. Therefore, the students that graduate from your HT program can sit for the HTL exam.
As a HT program director, in order to see those students’ scores who took the HTL exam, you must pay for access to the current year’s PPR for both the HT and HTL programs. |
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What if I do not see a particular student’s scores listed or I do not recognize a particular student’s name on my Program Performance Report? |
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It is important to note that applicants have the right to either choose to release their scores for program director access or to decline to release their scores. If a student chooses to decline to release their scores, then their individual scores for the certification examination will NOT be listed in the PPR. However, their scores will be included in the collective averages for the program’s performance during a particular examination cycle.
If you are certain that a particular student did choose to release their scores, then you will need to directly contact the particular ASCP BOC Evaluator, who processes the certification applications for various certification categories. For your particular program category, please see the list below:
For CT/HT/HTL/MLS/PA applicants, contact Thedora Floyd at Thedora.Floyd@ascp.org.
For PBT/SBB applicants, contact Iris McLemore at Iris.McLemore@ascp.org.
For CG/MLT/MB applicants, contact Angela Nunn at Angela.Nunn@ascp.org.
These Evaluators can also answer questions pertaining to their particular certification examination categories. |
