Student Achievement Overview

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Student Achievement Overview

• Shoreline Community College
• dprince_at_sbctc.edu

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Todays goal
Present the Student Achievement Initiative and
stimulate discussion for how it can be integrated
into Shoreline Community Colleges' activities and
priorities, and used alongside Promising Practices
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Milestone Events in a Student Enrollment
Pathway Source Ewell (2007)
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SBCTC System Direction

• Ten Year Goals
• Economic Demand - Strengthen state and local
  economies by meeting the demands for a well
  educated and skilled workforce
• Student Success - Achieve increased educational
  attainment for all residents across the state
• Innovation - Use technology, collaboration and
  innovation to meet the demands of the economy and
  improve student success

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Achievement Measures

• Four categories of measures
• Momentum points that build towards college-level
  skills
• Significant adult literacy or English language
  proficiency CASAS test score gains
• Earning GED or high school diploma
• Passing pre-college writing or math courses

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Achievement Measures

• Momentum points that build to Tipping Point and
  beyond
• Earning first 15 college level credits
• Earning first 30 college level credits
• Earning college level credits in math
• Computation requirements for applied degrees
• Quantitative reasoning requirements for transfer
  degrees

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Achievement Measures

• Completions
• Certificates
• Associate degrees (technical and transfer)
• Apprenticeship training

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Momentum Points Gained in Shorelines Baseline
Year 2006-07 (Final)
Basic SkillsGain_Points CollegeReady Total_Points 15ClvlCr_ Point 30ClvlCr_ Point QuantCourse_ Point Tipping Point Total Points
1,763 1,655 1,761 1,410 910 694 8,194
4,395 students made momentum gains. Shoreline
is compared to its own baseline for improvement
year to year. Points tell who is gathering
momentum, but dont explain why. Colleges can
share practices and ideas to learn from each
other.
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Colleges can disaggregate and analyze who is and
who isnt gathering momentum to plan with the
data. We can start with mission areas.

• Transfer Goal
• Basic skills
• Work Force

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Momentum Points Gained by Students with Transfer
Goals in 2006-07 Baseline
Basic Skills Gain_ Points CollegeReady Total_ Points 15Clvl Cr_ Point 30Clvl Cr_ Point QuantCourse_Point TippingPoint Total Points
108 960 743 644 492 324 3271

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Number of Transfer Students by Type of Momentum
Gained in 2006-07 Baseline
Total Students College Level Momentum Pre-College Math or English or Basic Skills No Momentum Gained
3,267 1,531 (427 of these students also made pre-college gains) 248 1,488

• 47 gained some college level momentum
• 8 gained Pre-College or basic skills, but no
  college level momentum
• 46 gained no momentum

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This is all about Momentum Changes- Momentum at
start Momentum at end of year

• Less than college ready to college level
• Little to no college level to some college level
  or more
• Some College level to the tipping point or beyond
• No college math to preparing for and completing
  college math

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Transfer Students by College Level Momentum
Status at the Start( N3,267)

• 1,238 students (38) have little to no college
  momentum to start. This group probably has a
  substantial number of students testing the
  waters.
• 1,117 (35) students starting status has some
  college-level momentum, but no math. This
  includes 347 (11) that started with 15 college
  level credits and 770 (24) started with 30 or
  more credits.
• 912 students (28) have already completed math
  and have a lot of college momentum. 9 in 10 of
  these students also have at least 30 college
  level credits already earned. They basically
  have one major point gain left.

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Students by Momentum Gains (Algorithm)
For transfer students (Kind of Student T) where CLVLEarnedPriorInd 000 (first column)
Tippingpoint 1
Tippingpoint null QuantCourse_Point 1
Tippingpoint null QuantCourse_Point null 30CLVLCR_Point 1
Tippingpoint null QuantCourse_Point null 30CLVLCR_Point null 15ClvlCR_Point 1
TippingPoint null QuantCourse_ Point null 30ClvlCr_Point null 15ClvlCr_Point null (BasicSkillsGain_ Points gt0 OR CollegeReady Total_Points gt0)
Calculated by remainder
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Number of Transfer Students Starting with No
College-Level Momentum by Type of Momentum Gained
in 2006-07
Start with no College-level momentum Tipping Point or Beyond Quant 30 Cr, No Math 15 Cr Only, No Math Pre-College Only No momentum
1,237 8 229 197 324 118 362

• 61 of make college level gains
• 20 gather substantial college level momentum-
  college math and beyond
• 41 gather some college level momentum- 15 and
  30 credits, but no math
• 10 make pre-college gains only
• 29 make no gains

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Number of Transfer Students Starting with
College Momentum, But No College Math by Types of
Momentum Gains in 2006-07
Total Tipping Point or Beyond Quant Reasoning 30 Cr Only, No Math Pre-College or Basic Skills Only No Momentum
15 College Cr, No Math Start 347 7 69 185 20 66
30 College Cr, No Math Start 770 89 141 n.a. 92 448
80 of students with at least 15 college cr to
start continue to build momentum over half get
to at least 30 college credits 20 complete
college math 6 earn pre-college math At 30
college credits, no math, completing math and or
the tipping point are the only remaining college
level points. 29 gain further college
momentum 12 earn pre college points. 60
gather no momentum.
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Transfer Students Starting Without Having
Completed a Quantitative Reasoning Course by Math
Related Momentum Gains in 2006-07
Total Tipping Point or Beyond Quant Reasoning Pre-College Math Only No Math Momentum
No College Momentum 1,237 8 229 257 742
15 College Cr, No Math Start 347 7 69 58 212
30 College Cr, No Math Start 770 89 141 86 455

• 2,352 transfer students (72 of total N) start
  the year yet to complete college math
• 61 of students make no math related gains either
  preparing for or completing college math during
  the year

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Number of Transfer Students Starting with
College Math by Types of Momentum Gains in
2006-07
Total Tipping Point or Beyond 30 Cr Only, No Math
15 College Cr, Math Start 55 3 43
30 College Cr, Math Start 835 217
More than 9 in 10 students who start with math
also have at least 30 college credits. There is
one point left for them- or they transfer. This
appears to be an important advising
time. Students starting with 15 college credits
that includes math continue to march on.
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Basic Skills Students
Student is assigned a minimum entry based upon
the subject area and lowest pre-test score when
they enter in the academic year.
ESL 1 ABE 1 ESL 2 ABE 2 ESL 3 ABE
3 ESL 4 ABE 4 ESL 5 GED 1 ESL 6 GED
2 System wide most basic skills students who
go on to I-BEST or other college level courses
during the year come from these levels.
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Basic Skills Students by Starting Levels
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Basic Skills Students With Point Gains and I-BEST

• Definition Multiple points can be garnered based
  upon the total number of CASAS gains made during
  the year for all subjects pre and post-tested
  during the year or Federally Reportable and
  received a GED. A High School Completion during
  the academic year is also counted as a gain.
• 65 of ESL students and 47 of ABE/GED students
  made point gains in 2006-07
• However, despite having I-BEST ready (level 4
  or higher) students no I-BEST in 2006-07.
• Not building college momentum points- over half
  get to at least 15 college level points system
  wide and also more likely to make basic skills
  gains.

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I-BEST
Basic Skills Gain_ Points CollegeReady Total_ Points 15Clvl Cr_ Point 30Clvl Cr_ Point QuantCourse_Point TippingPoint Total Points
205 0 21 28 1 6 261
33 I-BEST students earned 261 points I-BEST
offered to33 students 11 ESL and 22 ABE/GED
students They earned 261 points 2/3 of ESL and
90 of ABE/GED improved their basic skills while
in I-BEST
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I-BEST Waiting to Happen in WorkFirst
       
COLLEGE NUMBER OF I-BEST PROGRAMS WorkFirst I-BEST Students Total WorkFirst Basic Skills Students
SHORELINE 2 3 59
  Level 4 or Higher
ABE/GED 6
ESL 26
And other students enrolled in levels 4 and
higher. Build pipeline to IBEST from lower levels
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Momentum Points Gained by 4,935 Students with
Workforce Goals in 2006-07 Baseline
Basic Skills Gain_ Points CollegeReady Total_ Points 15Clvl Cr_ Point 30Clvl Cr_ Point QuantCourse_Point TippingPoint Total Points
520 641 898 716 353 349 3477

14 gathered substantial momentum or got to
tipping point and beyond 22 some college
momentum- 1st 15, 1st 30 16 getting ready 58 -
no momentum
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Workforce Students by College Momentum Status to
Start
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Workforce Students by Starting Status and Final
Momentum Gains
Starting Status Students Gained further Clvl Momentum or Reached Tipping Point Pre- College only No Momentum
Math 736 203 15 518
1st 30 1,363 304 60 999
1st 15 555 335 17 203
No Momentum 2,281 927 177 1,177
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Drilling Down Workforce Sub-Groups
Job prep, Job upgrade Contract, State
funded Demographics gender, race ethnicity Low
skills/Low Wage workers Others in colleges
strategic plans
Seattle Funders Group Looked at state and
contract funded between adults 25 and 50
education to start less than the tipping point
(lt45 cr, no certificate), plus 18-24 year olds
with low basic skills or less than high
school At Shoreline 520 basic skills students,
1350 workforce students
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Summary

• Substantial room for growth
• Achievement Initiative provides information for
  planning and gauging improvement
• Colleges can align this with strategies and
  initiatives they have in place or use to identify
  new areas
• At Shoreline-
• Transfer- 1st 15 credits, college math and
  follow up to students with math all areas with
  room for improvement, and/or that raise questions
• Basic Skills- under-utilization of I-BEST
• Workforce- How can the achievement points be
  used as milestones for planning programs? Who?
  Where?

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Promising Practices
http//www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/education/student
_achieve_promising_strategies_rpt_revised_Oct07.pd
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Evidence based- achievement intuitive provides a
common metric- How much momentum have students
gathered after..? Areas include recruitment
and admissions, financial aid, student and
academic services, instruction and curriculum,
commitment and leadership
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SBCTC Resources/Analyses

• 2 research reports available on Student
  Achievement site at
• http//www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/d_studentachievem
  ent.aspx
• Increasing Student Achievement for Basic Skills
  Students
• Transfer Students College-Level Momentum Points

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CCRC Research Toolhttp//ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Pub
lication.asp?UID570

• Using Longitudinal Data to Increase Community
  College Student Success A Guide to Measuring
  Milestone and Momentum Point Attainment (CCRC
  Research Tools No. 2)By D. Timothy Leinbach
  Davis Jenkins January 2008.CCRC Research Tools
  No. 2. New York Community College Research
  Center, Teachers College, Columbia
  University.Shows researchers how to use
  longitudinal SUR data to identify different
  student groups among first-time community college
  students,
• Calculate rates of attainment of milestones and
  momentum points for each group, and identify
  barriers to success for each group.
• Examples are presented from an analysis CCRC
  researchers conducted for the Washington State
  Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

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Ways to learn more about the Student Achievement
Next ITV- May Hoping to have a few colleges
talk in more detail about issues, strategies
they have been focusing on (including things
started before Achievement). Whats the issue?
How does it fit with where college is going?
What is compelling about the issue for the
college? What are they trying or how are they
planning to address the issue/ How will they
know theyve done something? Further information
http//www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/e_studentachie
vement.aspx
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Pre-College English Courses
LEVEL DEPT_DIV COURSE_NUM COURSE_TITLE GPA
2 ENG 080 CRIT THNKG IN COL LIFE 2
3 ENG 090 READ/WRITE IN ACAD SUBJT 2
4 ENG 100 Analytic Reading and Writing 2
3 ESL 098 ACADEMIC ESL 1 2
4 ESL 099 ACADEMIC ESL 2 2
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Pre-College Math Courses
LEVEL DEPT_DIV COURSE_NUM COURSE_TITLE GPA
2 MATH 070 PREPARATION FOR ALGEBRA 2
3 MATH 080 ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA 2
3 MATH 097 FUN OF INTER ALGEBRA I 2
4 MATH 098 FUN OF INTER ALGEBRA II 2
4 MATH 099 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA 2
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Quant Courses (also include every math course in
27 CIP series 3 credits or higher)
COLLEGE DEPT_DIV COURSE_NUM
070 COMPU 131
070 COMPU 142
070 PHIL 120