Administrative Council July 28, 2010 Presented by Nancy McNerney Institutional Effectiveness Planning and Research
Developmental Students Today I will talk about 1. Who are they? 2. What are some facts about them? 3. How well do CLC students do compared to other community colleges? 4. Some indicators of success?
Fall 2009 New Students How do you define a developmental student? Required to take one or more developmental classes For today I will be looking at new students Fall 2009 facts about these students Fall 2007 track success over two years
Five Categories for New Students 1. Not tested (missing placement data) 2. Placed into language and math developmental range 3. Placed into language but not math 4. Placed into math but not language 5. Not developmental in either language or math (College Ready)
Of the five groups below which is the largest? Fall 2009 new students 1. Not tested (missing placement data) 2. Placed into language and math developmental range 3. Placed into language but not math 4. Placed into math but not language 5. Not developmental in either language or math (College Ready)
1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Not Tested Dev Both Dev lang only Dev math only Not Dev
What do we know about these three groups? Fall 2009 new students, were males or females more likely to be college ready (group 5 not developmental in math or language)?
Males are more likely to be college ready Gender 900 800 700 63% 600 500 50% 400 300 200 100 20% 17% 23% 27% 0 Female Male
Race 800 700 600 500 400 Dev Lang & Math Dev Math Only Not Dev 300 200 100 0 White, non-hispanic Black, non-hispanic Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander
Percent of Successful Grades in Developmental Classes Between English and Math developmental classes which has a higher percent of successful grades?
Percent of Successful Grades in Developmental Classes 70% 62% 62% 64% 60% 50% 49% 49% 52% 40% 30% 20% Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 10% 0% Dev Eng Dev Math
How do we compare to other community colleges on success rates Do we do better or worse in percent of successful grades in developmental classes?
How do we compare to other community colleges on success rates 80% 70% 60% 50% 2007 Data 70% 72% 62% 54% 52% 49% 40% 30% CLC All Peer 20% 10% 0% Dev Math Dev Lang
How do CLC dev students do when they get to a college level class? After completing their developmental courses in English, what percent pass their first College level writing course? Answer 75%
How do CLC dev students do when they get to a college level class? After completing their developmental courses in Math, what percent pass their first College level Math course? A. 46% C. 66% B. 56% D. 76% Answer 56%
How do dev students do when they get to a college level class? 80% 70% CLC 75% 60% 56% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Math Language
How does CLC compare to other colleges?
How does CLC compare to other colleges in success in first college level class? 80% 70% 64% 64% 75% 70% 75% 60% 56% 50% 40% 30% CLC All Peer 20% 10% 0% Math Language
How do they do? Looking at fulltime, degree seeking students who started in Fall 2007, what percent completed an associate s degree within two years? Answer less than 4 %
Degree completion by dev. status 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 total Assoc Cert 200 0 Developmental Language and Math College Language Developmental Math College Language and Math
What percent of students who are dev. in Math and language, do not complete a college level class within two years? 19% 24% 29% 34%
College level hours completed in two years 70% 60% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 34% 21% 17% 15% 16% 15% 14% 13% 18% 36% 16% No hours 2.00 1-6 hrs 7-12 hrs 13-24 hrs 25 plus hours 10% 8% 9% 8% 0% Dev Lang&Math Dev Math Only Not Dev
Enrolling in Dev Ed Classes Among Language Dev. Ed students How many never enrolled in a dev. Eng. Class 14% 23% Enrolled but never passed a dev. Eng class Among Math Dev Ed students How many never enrolled in a dev. Math class 49% 18% Enrolled but never passed a dev. Math class 25% of those who were both lang and Math dev., enrolled but were unable to pass their dev. Math class
Wrap Up Only 20% of entering students are college ready Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be dev in both Math and language Success rates in developmental classes are lower than at other community colleges 34% of students dev in math and lang never got to a college class Half of the dev math students never enrolled in a dev math class