2013-14 Remedial Placement and Enrollment Report

For Presentation to theLegislative Committee on Education

July 15, 2014

Today’s Presentation

Setting the stage Creating a culture of completion

in Nevada White House commitment

Reporting changes Remediation Rates -- Not the same

old story you’ve heard before

New metric for measuring success Gateway course completions

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Creating a Culture of Completion

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The Skills Gap By 2020, 58% of jobs in Nevada will require a career

certificate or college degree Only 28% of young adults in Nevada have an associate’s

degree or higher 30% skills gap

Ensuring that students are prepared for the rigors of college level coursework remains one of NSHE’s greatest challenges

One key to remediation is to get it done quickly and get students in the college level course in their first year of enrollment

White House Summit

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Nevada is committed to achieving a significant increase in the number of college students assigned to remediation completing college level math and English their first year, recognizing that most of these students will need additional academic support. Completion of

these gateway courses will lead to many more students completing their

degrees.

December 2013 Summit on increasing access and success in higher education among low-income students

NSHE’s Commitment to the Obama Administration

Reporting Changes

Imperfect, but the best we had

Remedial rates based on enrollment – not placement Prior availability of data limited the reporting to enrollment

Nevada Revised Statutes 396.548 required enrollment reporting to capture the cost of remediation

Enrollment rates vary for any number of reasons, including the number of available sections, delivery agreements between institutions, etc.

Enrollment rate captured students who enrolled in summer and fall only – many students defer enrollment to spring and beyond

Enrollment rate historically captured remedial courses only, not co-requisite/stretch courses, skills labs, or enrollment at another NSHE institution

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Historical Enrollment Methodology

Historical Enrollment Methodology

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How is the historical remedial enrollment rate calculated?

Number of recent high school graduatesenrolled in a remedial English and/or

mathematics course

Total number of recent high school graduates enrolled

=Remedial

Enrollment Percent

NSHE Remedial Enrollment Rate

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

35.5%32.6% 34.1% 33.9% 31.6%

27.8%

Percent of Recent High School Graduates Enrolled in Remediation Immediately Following Graduation

Summer and Fall 2013 Enrollments Only

Fewer students enrolling in remedial courses does not mean fewer students need remediation. 7

Reporting Changes

New and Improved Methodology Remedial rates based on placement

The percent of students “placed” into a remedial English and/or mathematics course in summer, fall or spring immediately following high school graduation based on the institutions’ placement protocols

Students who are “placed” into a remedial course may not immediately enroll the course

New method captures students who need remediation (based on placement), not just those who enroll in a remedial course

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Reporting Changes

Providing a broader picture . . . including enrollment rates Captures all the remedial enrollment options

Remedial courses Skills labs, co-requisite/stretch courses and technical courses – not

captured in the historical methodology

Captures students enrolled in ANY lab or course at ANY institution To eliminate the effects of “swirling” on enrollment rates the new

methodology captures students placed at one institution who have chosen to enroll in a remedial course at another NSHE institution -- first enrollments only captured

Rate includes recent high school graduates enrolled in summer, fall or spring

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New Placement Methodology

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How is the new remedial placement rate calculated?

Number of recent high school graduatesplaced in a remedial English and/or

mathematics course

Total number of recent high school graduates enrolled

=Remedial

Placement Percent

2013-14 Placement RatesRecent High School Graduates Placed Below College-Level – English and/or math

System-wide Placement

Rate: 55.6%

UNLV UNR NSC 4-Year Institutions0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

20.0%

3.1% 2.7%12.6%

24.5%

21.1%

41.3% 23.9%

12.2%

9.3%

36.9%

12.2%

56.7%

33.5%

80.9%

48.7%

English only Math only Math and English 11

Enrollment of Placed Students - English

UNLV UNR NSC0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

42.8%

78.9%

2.2%

47.4%

7.2%

55.1%

1.8% 7.9%

10.1%

8.0% 6.0%

32.6%

No English College Level Co-Req Remedial

UNLV32.2% Placed

(N=937)

UNR12.4% Placed

(N=251)

NSC39.6% Placed(N=89)

Summer, Fall, or Spring (2013-14) immediately following high school graduation

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Enrollment of Placed Students - Math

Skills Lab

Summer, Fall, or Spring (2013-14) immediately following high school graduation

UNLV UNR NSC0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

77.8%

62.7%

78.9%

0.4% 27.1%0.4%

6.9%

2.3%

21.4%

3.3%

18.8%

No Math College Level Co-Req Remedial

UNLV36.7%Placed

(N=1,067)

NSC78.2%Placed

(N=176)

UNR30.4%Placed

(N=612)

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2013-14 Placement RatesRecent High School Graduates Placed Below College-Level in English and/or mathematics

System-wide Placement

Rate: 55.6%

English only Math only Math and English

CSN GBC TMCC WNC 2-Year Institutions

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

14.0%2.6% 4.6% 1.7%

11.2%

17.7%

15.0%

29.1%42.9% 21.2%

22.4%

36.5%

43.5%

6.9%25.1%

54.1%57.5%

51.5%

77.2%

54.1%

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Enrollment of Placed Students - English

CSN GBC TMCC WNC0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

18.9%

44.2%

70.1% 75.6%36.1%

1.0%

13.8%39.4%

1.2%

31.2%

15.4%

28.7% 24.4%

No English College Level Co-Req Remedial

WNC8.6%

Placed (N=41)

TMCC48.1% Placed

(N=494)

GBC39.1% Placed

(N=104)

CSN36.4% Placed

(N=1,753)

Summer, Fall, or Spring (2013-14) immediately following high school graduation

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Enrollment of Placed Students - Math

CSN GBC TMCC WNC0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

30.2%*

69.4% 70.6%*61.3%*

7.8%

17.5%0.9%

13.9%62.0%

13.1%

27.2% 24.8%

1.3%

No Math College Level Co-Req Remedial

*includes skills labs

WNC49.8%Placed

(N=238)

TMCC72.6%Placed

(N=746)

GBC51.5%Placed

(N=137)

CSN40.1%Placed

(N=1,928)

Summer, Fall, or Spring (2013-14) immediately following high school graduation

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2013-14 Placement Rates by Race/EthnicityRecent high school graduates placed below college-level in English and/or mathematics

American In

dian or Alask

a Native

Asian

Black or A

frica

n American

Hispanics

of any ra

ce

Native Hawaiian/P

acific I

slander

White

Two or more

race

s0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%58.7%

45.6%

66.1% 64.8%58.2%

48.7%54.1%

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2013-14 Placement Rates by Millennium StatusRecent high school graduates placed below college-level in English and/or mathematics

Millennium Scholars

non-Millennium Scholars

Overall Rate (all students)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

46.2%

65.0%

55.6%

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Lessons Learned

Important to take the time to ask if the data is answering the question Enrollment rates alone will not tell the whole story Placement rates alone will not tell the whole story More is better

Too soon to tell what this change in methodology really means for our institutions One year’s worth of placement and enrollment

data is NOT ENOUGH

Data is great, but not sufficient Listening to institutional stories

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New Metric for Measuring Success

Fall 2012 CohortPercent Completed Gateway Math within First Year

UNLV UNR NSC CSN GBC TMCC WNC0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

44.7%

80.6%

12.8%10.3%

19.3% 17.8%

30.0%

Cohort Definition: First-time, degree-seeking freshman 20

Gateway Course Completions

Fall 2007 CohortPercent Complete Gateway Math within First 2 Years

Cohort Definition: First-time, degree-seeking freshman

UNLV UNR NSC CSN GBC TMCC WNC0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

50.3%

71.2%

29.6%

12.1% 9.8% 12.8%27.1%

9.2%

8.0%

7.4%

4.9% 7.7% 6.0%

7.9%

79.2%

37.0%

16.9%

17.5%

18.8%

35.1%

Completed Gateway Math in

1st year

Completed Gateway Math in

2nd year

59.5%

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Gateway Course Completions

Fall 2007 cohort

% Completed Gateway

Math in first 2 years

150%Graduation

Rate

UNLV 59.5% 48.8%

UNR 79.2% 52.0%

NSC 37.0% 25.0%

CSN 16.9% 23.2%

GBC 17.5% 26.8%

TMCC 18.8% 31.8%

WNC 35.1% 30.9%

% not Completed

Gateway Math in first 2 years

150%Graduation

rate

40.5% 22.6%

20.8% 12.7%

63.0% 3.9%

83.1% 3.9%

82.5% 1.8%

81.2% 1.5%

64.9% 0.3%

Impacts on Graduating Students

Students who complete the gateway course in mathematics in the first two years of enrollment are significantly more likely to graduate.

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Gateway Course Completions

Shifting focus Gateway course completion

Graduating students

More work to be done Deeper dive in examining institutional placement

protocols is needed

Getting students to complete the gateway course in the first year of enrollment – critical to success

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NSHE Remedial Placement and Enrollment Report

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Link to the report:http

://www.nevada.edu/ir/Documents/RemedialEnrollment/2013_14_Remedial_Placement_&_Enrollment_Report.pdf

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