Basic Skills Summer Institute

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Basic Skills Summer Institute August 2008
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BSI Success Rates

• Do you know how many basic skills students
  succeed in basic skills classes?
• And why should we care?

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First Time Students
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BSI CCC Statistics
Performance Indicator from the ARCC data State Rate
Basic Skills Course Completion 60.5
ESL Course Improvement 44.7
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Progression

• Each year between 500,000 and 700,000 students
  take a basic skills course.
• How many move on?

2002-2003 to 2004-2005 2003-2004 to 2005-2006 2004-2005 to 2006-2007
Number of Students 126,307 122,880 123,682
The number of students completing coursework at
least one level above their prior basic skills
enrollment within the three-year cohort period.
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Who Are Basic Skills Students?

• 55 female, 45 male
• 55 are citizens18 are not citizens (others
  unknown)
• 45 are 21 or younger 41 are over 26

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Ethnicity
Ethnicity of Total Headcount of Total Enrollment in Credit Basic Skills ESL of Enrollment in Non-credit Basic Skills ESL
African American 7.49 11.24 6.23
Asian/ Filipino/Pac Islander 16.40 17.00 19.39
Hispanic/Latino 28.79 41.40 43.72
Native American 0.86 0.92 0.54
White 35.40 22.57 18.69
Total 100 100 100
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How Many Are Enrolled in Basic Skills Classes?

• 70-85 assess into basic skills
• 27.4 take basic skills classes
• Where are the rest?

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The Latina/o California Community College
Pipeline, 2002-03
100 Latina/o First Time College Students
17 California State University
75 California Community College
8 University of California
7 Transfer
6 California State University
1 University of California
Source California Postsecondary Education
Commission 2004 see also Omelas and Solorzano
2004.
From Martha A. Rivas, Jeanette Perez, Chrystal R.
Alvarez, and Daniel G. Solorzano, An Examination
of Latino/a Transfer Students in Californias
Postsecondary Institutions, CSRC Latino Policy
and Issues Brief No. 16 (Los Angeles UCLA
Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2007).
Reproduced with permission.
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BSI Knowledge Quiz
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Who Are You?

• How many came to last years BSI training?
• How many are on your BSI committee?
• How many have read the Basic Skills as a
  Foundation for Success in CCCs Literature
  Review?
• How many teach a basic skills course?

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General Knowledge about California Community
Colleges, Basic Skills Students, and Yourself

• A note about answering these questions
• This is anonymous.
• Answer honestly. No one is looking.
• This is self-assessment.
• For each question, please select the best answer.

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1. Approximately what percent of California
Community College students place into one or more
basic skills courses in Reading, Writing, ESL or
Mathematics?

• A. 0
• B. 25
• C. 35
• D. 50
• E. Over 70

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2. What percent of the students in your class
probably require additional pre-collegiate
training in order to be successful in
college-level course work?

• A. 10
• B. 20
• C. 40
• D. 60
• E. Over 70

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3. The definition of Basic Skills is Those
foundational skills necessary for students to
succeed in college-level work in

• A. Reading
• B. Writing
• C. Math
• D. English as a Second Language (ESL)
• E. Any of the disciplines above as well as
  learning and study skills

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4. How many students who start 3 or more levels
below college-level actually make it to a
college-level course?

• A. Less than 10
• B. 15- 30
• C. Approximately 40
• D. Over 60
• E. 80 or more 

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How many succeed?
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5. What is the AVERAGE number of hours our CCC
students work per week? (as reported by the
CCCCO)

• A. 8 hours/week
• B. 16 hours per week
• C. 24 hours per week
• D. 28 hours per week
• E. 32 hours per week 

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6. Which of the following is true of students
with basic skills needs in California community
colleges?

• A. They generally assess uniformly low on
  placement tests in all areas reading, writing,
  math, and ESL
• B. They may assess low on placement tests in one
  discipline while testing at college-level in
  other areas (i.e. a college level writer but
  require additional work in math)
• C. They are easily identifiable in our classes
  by sex, age, or ethnicity.
• D. They usually have the learning and study
  skills necessary to succeed in college-level
  work.
• E. They are found only in the community colleges
  and are only rarely found at the UC and CSU
  campuses.

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7. Which of the following is true about student
success in basic skills courses?

• A. The success rate in basic skill classes is
  the same as other college class success rates.
• B. Ethnic diversity has no effect on student
  success in basic skills.
• C. There are obvious and very different success
  patterns in basic skills courses according to
  ethnicity.
• D. Students that take basic skills classes
  always do better in college level classes.
• E. The majority of basic skills students
  complete the entire basic skills class sequence.

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8. Latina/o students represent the fastest
growing population of community college students
(averaging 27 of CCC students statewide but up
to 85 at some individual colleges).
Approximately what percent of Latina/o students
and parents were unable to name even ONE source
of financial aid funding?

• A. 5-15
• B. 15-30
• C. 30-45
• D. 45-50
• E. 50-65

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Do you help direct students to financial aid?
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9. What proportion of tenure track and temporary
faculty are in the CCCs?

1. 75 tenure-track 25 temporary
2. 60 tenure-track 40 temporary
3. 50 tenure-track 50 temporary
4. 40 tenure-track 60 temporary
5. 25 tenure-track 75 temport

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10. Of the total FTE (Full-time equivalent)
faculty in the CCCs, what proportion are tenure
track and what propportion are temporary?

• 45 tenure track FTE 55 temporary FTE
• 55 tenure track FTE 45 temporary FTE
• 60 tenure track FTE 40 temporary FTE
• 65 tenure track FTE 35 temporary FTE
• 75 tenure track FTE 25 temporary FTE

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Tenure Track Faculty Number Tenure Track Faculty FTE
17,840 19,723
Temporary Faculty Number Temporary Faculty FTE
42,949 16,149
Total faculty in the CCCs 60, 789 Total faculty in the CCCs 60, 789
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11. What percent of basic skills classes are
taught by adjunct faculty?

1. 25 - 40 of all basic skills classes
2. 35 50 of all basic skills classes
3. 45 60 of all basic skills classes
4. 55 70 of all basic skills classes
5. 90 - 100 of all basic skills classes

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Self-Assessment Questions

• Look in the handbook in Chapter 3 on pages 4 5
  and complete the self- assessment questions.

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Self-Assessment Rubric

• In Chapter 3 on pages 8-11 are rubrics of
  practice based on 50 years of research.
• Color coded as handouts
• Student Services practitioner
• Instructional Faculty
• Some may be both (like librarians or counselors)
• Piloting Administrative rubric as handout only now