Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

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Community College Survey of Student Engagement
(CCSSE) Benchmarks of Effective Educational
Practice Summary Report
Benchmark 1 Active and Collaborative Learning
Background The Community College Survey of
Student Engagement (CCSSE) provides community
colleges across the United States with
information about effective educational practices
to inform decision making and target
institutional improvements. Specifically, CCSSE
is intended to provide information to further
efforts in student learning and persistence.
The Community College Student Report (CCSR) is
the CCSSE survey instrument that collects student
responses about their engagement in an effort to
measure institutional quality. Student
engagement is defined by CCSSE as the amount of
time and energy students invest in meaningful
educational practices. Annual Participation
In the 2010 administration of CCSSE at Rock
Valley College, 426 students participated in the
CCSR. As a medium-sized college by CCSSEE
definition, the target for participation is 800.
As such, Rock Valley College sampled 53 of its
target for participation.
Students learn more when they are actively
involved in their education and have
opportunities to think about and apply what they
are learning in different settings. Through
collaborating with others to solve problems or
master challenging content, students develop
valuable skills that prepare them to deal with
real-life situations and problems.
Summary ltgt Rock Valley College scored a 49.0
on this benchmark. ltgt RVC students rated this
benchmark slightly higher than their peers in
Illinois community colleges. ltgt RVC students
rated this benchmark lower than their peers in
national comparison groups.
2010 CCSSE Participation at RVC 2010 CCSSE Participation at RVC
Target Participation 800
Actual Participation 426
of Target 53
Understanding the Scores Using Benchmark
scores, comparisons can be made among subgroups
and to other groups of colleges participating in
the survey, including the following ltgt
Illinois - community colleges in the state
participating in the survey ltgt 2010 CCSSE
Cohort - all the community colleges in the nation
participating in the 2010
administration of the survey ltgt 2010 Top
Performing Colleges - the ten colleges in the
nation with the highest scores for each
of the identified benchmark actual colleges may
change with each benchmark
NOTE Information for this report comes from
CCSSE Standard Reports. Additional data,
including disaggregated data (i.e., gender,
race/ethnicity, age, developmental, first
generation and full-time/part-time status), is
available. More complete reporting of CCSSE
results will be posted on the Assessment website.
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Community College Survey of Student Engagement
(CCSSE) Benchmarks of Effective Educational
Practice Benchmark 2 Student Effort
Benchmark 3 Academic Challenge
Summary ltgt Rock Valley College scored a 51.0
on this benchmark. ltgt RVC students rated this
benchmark higher than their peers in Illinois
community colleges, as well as peers in the
2010 CCSSE Cohort. ltgt RVC students rated this
benchmark lower than their peers in 2010 Top
Performing Colleges.
Summary ltgt Rock Valley College scored a 52.4
on this benchmark. ltgt RVC students rated this
benchmark higher than their peers in Illinois
community colleges, as well as peers in
the 2010 CCSSE Cohort. ltgt RVC students rated
this benchmark lower than their peers in 2010 Top
Performing Colleges.
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Community College Survey of Student Engagement
(CCSSE) Benchmarks of Effective Educational
Practice Benchmark 4 Student-Faculty Interaction
Benchmark 5 Support for Learners
Summary ltgt Rock Valley College scored a 48.3
on this benchmark. ltgt RVC students rated this
benchmark slightly higher than their peers in
Illinois community colleges. ltgt RVC
students rated this benchmark lower than their
peers in national comparison groups.
Summary ltgt Rock Valley College scored a 47.8
on this benchmark. ltgt RVC students rated this
benchmark lower than their peers in Illinois
community colleges and in national
comparison groups.