Developmental Education Redesign Decision Making

1. Developmental Education
Taskforce

2. Overview
 History of developmental education in CO
 Our recommendations
 Math
 College Reading and Composition (English & Reading)
 Administrative
 Proposed timeline

3. The problem
―The more levels of developmental courses a
student needs to go through, the less likely
that student is to ever complete college
English or math.‖
- Thomas Bailey (2009) CCRC Brief.

4. Colorado percent of enrollment in developmental
education
27%
73%
Enrollment
Students enrolled in at
least one DE course
All other students

5. CCCS students
61.6
25.3
13.1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
MAT ENG REA
Percent of total remedial enrollment
Percent of total remedial
placement

6. Traditional Colorado course pipeline
MAT 030
MAT 060
MAT 090
MAT 099
ENG 030
ENG 060
ENG 090
REA 030
REA 060
REA 090

7. Current course completion
Course 2010-2012: 3 year average
ENG 030 61.6%
ENG 060 63.2%
ENG 090 63.5%
REA 030 64.0%
REA 060 68.1%
REA 090 63.8%
MAT 030 60.8%
MAT 060 66.3%
MAT 090 60.1%
MAT 099 57.9%
Total Average 62.9%

8. Why high attrition rates are a structural problem
 For students who place two levels below a college
course there are 5 ―exit points‖
 Do they pass the first course
 Do they enroll in the next course?
 Do they pass the second course?
 Do they enroll in the college-level course?
 Do they pass the college-level course?
 Students placing three levels down have 7 exit
points.

9. Why high attrition rates are a structural problem
 CCCS pipeline example for students beginning in
MAT090
 Enroll in remedial math (6933) 100%
 Do they complete MAT 090 (3053) 44%
 Do they enroll in college math (1746 ) 25%
 Do they complete college math (1239) 18%
 Do they graduate (558) 8%
Nawrocki, Baker, & Corash (2009). Success of remedial math students in the
Colorado community college system: A longitudinal study.

10. Why high attrition rates are a structural problem
 CCCS pipeline example for students who completed
ENG 030 - fall 2010
 Completed 030(538) 100%
 Do they enroll and complete 060 (189) 35%
 Do they enroll in and complete 090 (32) 6%

11. The goal of our recommendations
Move students quickly and effectively through their
first college level course.

12. National models considered
 Washington State - iBest
 Tennessee – modules and math emporium
 Los Medinos - shortening the developmental
pipeline and acceleration in math*
 CCBC - Accelerated Learning (ALP)*
 Chabot College – Acceleration and engaging faculty
to dive into pedagogy and practice*
 University of Texas - new mathways project*
 APSU– mainstreaming
* Indicates projects that heavily influenced CO recommendations

13. Our recommendations
 Reduce the amount of time, number of credits, and
number of classes
 Curriculum redesign
 Reverse design
 What students need to know for success in college class
 Active learning experiences
 Ongoing process

14. Math

15. Math recommendations

16. Multiple pathways
 Each course in each developmental sequence should
be redesigned to only cover content necessary for the
college level course.
 Multiple developmental sequences/paths/branches
available to students based on their career/major
interest. Leading to college math clusters in:
 Non-transfer
 Non-STEM
 STEM

17. Student advising as part of placement
 Work with advisors to help students make informed
choices that realistically reflect their academic
preparation, abilities, and interests

18. Assessment preparation
 Non-credit leading to re-test
 Options for colleges:
 Referral to ABE programs
 AAA Accuplacer preparation
 Boot camp
 NROC
 MFL, Aleks, Enhanced web assign
 MOOC’s
 Tutoring

19. College Reading and Composition
(English & Reading)

20. College Reading and Composition
 Offer an accelerated model that provides students
with the opportunity to enter a 100 level class no
later than their second term in enrollment
 Integrate Reading and English
 Current sequence should be compressed and
accelerated
 There are a variety of possible delivery strategies to
achieve this goal

21. Multiple placements
REA030 REA060 REA090 None
ENG030 3% 2% 1% 0%
ENG060 2% 6% 6% 3%
ENG090 0% 5% 14% 20%
ENG121 0% 0% 4% 34%

22. CRC recommendations
Placement Score(s) First Term Leads to
1A)
RC 0-39 and/or SS 0-49
Soft Landing Accuplacer test
1B)
RC 0-39 and/or SS 0-49
CRC 092 + CRC 091 Completion of all REA
and ENG developmental
requirements
RC40-61 and/or SS 50-69 CRC 092 Completion of all REA
and ENG developmental
requirements
2A)
RC62-79 and/or SS 70-94
CRC 093
Studio D
Completion of all REA
and ENG developmental
requirements
2B)
RC62-79 and/or SS 70-94
CRC 094
Studio 121
Completion of all REA
and ENG developmental
requirements

23. Administrative

24. Testing and placement
 Colorado specific Accuplacer with ―strands‖
 Uniform multiple measures built into Accuplacer
system
 Consistent test administration statewide
 Validate Accuplacer scores every 3-5 years – are we
using the right cut scores
 To accomplish these goals use a system level
institutional administrator (IA) in addition to college
site administrators for local control

25. Student support
 Use CCCSE practices
 Orientation
 Goal setting and planning
 No late registrations
 First year experience
 Student success course
 Tutoring
 Supplemental instruction
 Case management/academic advising/career coaches
 College develop a plan to use for
planning, initiating, and sustaining success for
developmental students

26. Faculty support and development
 Colleges create a professional development plan
 Offer limited full time positions to current adjunct instructors
during implementation
 Provide release time for implementation
 Course release and reassigned time to develop and implement
student success strategies
 Functional work groups on campus—i.e. BANNER, Advising,
Testing—address the issues of the implementation process
 Provide, with CCCS, continuing professional development
focusing on research-based strategies
 Train transfer level and developmental faculty

27. Measures of success
 Successful developmental students and programs
should be measured in the following ways:
 In Math – Successful completion of any college level (100+)
math course
 In English and Reading – Successful completion of any college
level (100+) English course or any college level discipline
strands course.

28. What happens next?

29. Implementation teams
 Core implementation team
 Faculty
 Focused on curriculum, content, training, and professional
development
 Redesign advisory group
 Administrative (Banner, Business officer, Advising, financial
aid…)

30. Timeline
 Spring/summer 13 discipline team work to develop
curriculum and to create professional development
training for faculty and staff
 Fall of 13 schools that are already working on
redesign will ramp up projects
 Spring 14 all colleges should transition to the new
models
 Fall of 14 all colleges should be operating with the
new models in place

31. Questions?

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