developmental education overview jan 2012
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DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION TASKFORCE - COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Presentation outline
Developmental education nationally Colorado context Current innovation examples in Colorado
Nationally, most fail to begin DE sequence
Progress on remedial sequence after 1 academic year
Completed SequencePartially completed sequenceDid not begin sequence
Clery, Data Notes, 2008
The goal
Move students as quickly and effectively through their first college level course.
THE REMEDIAL EDUCATION SEQUENCE
Assessment
Placement
Enrollment
Completion
TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCEAssessment
• Take single standardized exam
Placement
• Cut score determines placement in one or more levels of remedial education
Enrollment
• Students take 1 or more courses consecutively before enrolling in gateway courses
Completion
• Success is defined as completion of remedial course
ACCELERATED REMEDIAL SEQUENCE
Assessment
• Use of multiple tools to include HS curriculum, HS GPA and diagnostic academic assessment
Placement
• Placement is based on student motivation and precise diagnosis of deficiencies
• Range of cut scores, rather than a precise cut score enables flexibility
Enrollment
• Co-Enrollment in Remedial and College-Level Course
• Offer single semester remedial option for students in need of more intense academic preparation
Completion
• Success is defined as completion of gateway course
CCCS is…
One system Thirteen colleges 117,000 students served annually
Percent of 09-10 Enrollment in DE
27%
73%
Enrollment
Students enrolled in at least one DE courseAll other students
CCCS Students
0
20
40
6061.6
25.313.1
Percent of total remedial enrollment
Percent of total remedial enroll-ment
Colorado course pipeline
MAT 030
MAT 060
MAT 090
MAT 099
ENG 030
ENG 060
ENG 090
REA 030
REA 060
REA 090
Colorado pipeline
• 63.6% Complete
030• 65%
Complete060
• 61.8% Complete
090
Completion % based on 09-10 system average completion.
Colorado pipeline
• 63.6% Complete
030• 65%
Complete060
• 61.8% Complete
090
Completion % based on 09-10 system average completion.
.636 * .65 * .618
Colorado pipeline
• 63.6% Complete
030• 65%
Complete060
• 61.8% Complete
090
Completion % based on 09-10 system average completion.
.636*.65*.618 = 25.54%
Colorado 3 year graduation for DE students
ACC
CCACCD
CNCCFR
CCLC
CMCC
NJC OJCPC
CPP
CC
RRCCTS
JC
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Fall 07 Cohort in Remedial Graduation Rate
Colorado 3 year graduation for DE students based on course level
ACC
CCACCD
CNCCFR
CCLC
CMCC
NJC OJCPC
CPP
CC
RRCCTS
JC
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100
Fall 07 Cohort in Remedial Graduation RateGraduation rate for level 030Graduation rate for level 060Graduation rate for level 090 or 099
Three year graduation for DE versus all students
ACC
CCACCD
CNCCFR
CCLC
CMCC
NJC OJCPC
CPP
CC
RRCCTS
JC
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10
20
30
40
50
Fall 07 Cohort in Remedial Graduation RateOverall 2007 cohort graduation
Themes
Key metric – success in college courses Time, not student learning, is the
greatest barrier to success Use evidence based practice Continuous improvement is essential to
long-term success
Complete College America
Transforming remediation Co-requisite models Modular offerings Customized education
Funding for performance Still enrolled, certificate or degree
completion Align state policies to facilitate
completion
Remedial redesign
Reduce time to completion – accelerate students’ from developmental to college work
Acceleration Compressed Mainstreaming Modular
Contextualization
Colorado assessment and placement
Accuplacer Message about test? Student retest options? Cost for test? Non-cognitive questions? Colorado specific?
College projects
Open entry-exit Math lab
Mainstreaming Higher-level
courses +academic
support
Accelerated and
compressed DE courses
Contextualized learning with ECE program
Online or hybrid format
DE courses with STAR
Diagnostic assessments
Modular math DE courses
ACC x
CCA x
CCConline x
CCD x x
FRCC x
LCC x
MCC x x
NJC x x
PCC x
OJC x
TSJC x
Aurora
Elimination of the lowest level DE courses in English, math, and reading
Careful placement of students in higher level courses
Academic support systems that foster faster course completion Academic coaching, advising, supplemental
tutoring
Traditional placement picture
MAT030 MAT060
Denver
Fast Start Contextualization
MAT030 and Early Childhood cohort Tutors in classroom
Learning communities Team teaching with contextualized learning ENG090/ POS105 REA090/ COM125
Pueblo
Diagnostic assessments Individualized course competencies
developed Modular coursework
MAT 077 – self-paced for a semester Earn up to 13 credits of coursework Students who score at any developmental
math level qualify
CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION
Unless otherwise specified, this work by the Colorado Community College System http://www.cccs.edu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. The material was created with funds from the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant awarded to the Colorado Online Energy Training Consortium (COETC).