Accountability ReportingThe “Scorecard”

•Presentation to Academic Senate•November 1, 2012

•Rosaleen Ryan

The world in which we live…

Student Success Taskforce recommendation 7.3: Scorecard

Progress on intermediate measures of student success

Completion outcomes

To the extent possible, implementation of this recommendation will rely on existing ARCC measures

Today’s presentation• Current accountability framework

vs.• The upcoming Scorecard

• Examples of MPC’s performance

Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges (ARCC)

• In 2004, AB 1417 creation of a performance measurement system for the CCCs ARCC

• ARCC has systemwide and collegewide performance indicators

ARCC vs. Scorecard

• Student Progress and Achievement Rate (SPAR)

• 30 unit achievement rate• vs.

• NEW Student Progress and Achievement Rate (SPAR)

• NEW 30 unit achievement rate (“momentum” point)

The 2012 ARCC Report

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Table 1.1: Percentage of first-time students who within 6 yrs “progressed”

or “achieved.”  2003-2004 to 

2008-20092004-2005 to 2009-2010

2005-2006 to 2010-2011

Student Progress and Achievement Rate 56.1% 52.6% 54.2%

The 2012 ARCC Report

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Table 1.1a: Percentage of first-time students who earned at least 30 Units in a CCC.

  2003-2004 to 2008-2009

2004-2005 to 2009-2010

2005-2006 to 2010-2011

Percentage of Students Who Earned at Least 30 Units 70.1% 67.5% 66.6%

ARCC vs. Scorecard

• Persistence (Fall to Fall)• vs.

• NEW Persistence (Fall to Spring to Fall – 3 continuous terms)

The 2012 ARCC Report

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Table 1.2: Percentage of first-time students who returned to any CCC the subsequent

Fall.

  Fall 2007 to Fall 2008

Fall 2008 to Fall 2009

Fall 2009 to Fall 2010

Persistence Rate 69.9% 73.2% 74.5%

Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges (ARCC)

• Collegewide performance indicators include:• SPAR and 30 unit achievement rate• Fall-to-fall persistence• Successful CTE course completion rate• Basic Skills improvement rates

Scorecard• Statewide metrics• Collegewide metrics:

• SPAR• 30 unit achievement rate

(“momentum” point)• Fall-to-fall persistence (continuous

enrollment)• CTE completion rate (degree/cert or

transfer)• Basic Skills progression rates

ARCC vs. Scorecard • Successful course completion rates for

CTE courses• vs.

• NEW CTE completion rate (degree/certificate, transfer, transfer prepared)

The 2012 ARCC Report

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Table 1.3: Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Credit Vocational Courses.

  2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011

Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Vocational Courses

80.0% 78.1% 77.9%

ARCC vs. Scorecard

• Basic Skills Improvement rate• vs.

• NEW Basic Skills progression rate

The 2012 ARCC Report

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Table 1.5: Improvement Rates for Basic Skills Courses

 2006-2007 to 2008-2009

2007-2008 to 2009-2010

2008-2009 to 2010-2011

  Basic Skills Improvement Rate 54.8% 60.8% 61.2%

The changing landscape of accountability reporting…

Focus on long-term distal outcomes, rather than short-term proximal outcomes

Tracking students over time

No context, no room for unique identity or for flexibility

Data are publicly available

Drilling down in the dataIndicators will be broken out by demographics

Questions???