Valencia’s Start Right: Closing the Achievement Gaps in Developmental Education

1. Valencia’s Start Right: Closing the Achievement Gaps in Developmental Education

2. Overview of Presentation • Start Right and Vanguard College • Valencia’s Strategic Planning • Initial Data analysis 2000-2005 • 3 Gaps Identified in Success Rates • Targeted Courses, Implementation Timeline & Participation #s • Closing the Gaps

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4. Mandatory!!!! • New Student Orientation * • ATLAS* • Deadlines are real* (flex start classes) • Start Right • LifeMap

5. Start Right • No Adding classes after first class has met. • Prep Sequence • Reading • Student Success Course (if 3-prep student added Fall 2006) • Mathematics • English (Writing)

6. YOUR plan for your semester…… your degree ….. your life! • LifeMap Life’s a Trip...You’ll need directions!

7. FOCUS!!!! HOW??? Entering Student Success Institute

8. Achieving the Dream Opportunity • Identify challenges • Include students historically underserved • Choose “fix” strategies & bring to scale • Study implementation results • Apply lessons toward further improvement • Continue the cycle… Entering Student Success Institute

9. Achieving the Dream Leverage • External commitment • Goals & time lines • Progress reports • Coaching guidance/encouragement • Connection to community of learners • Focus & discipline Entering Student Success Institute

10. What did we discover? Valencia’s performance gaps: Between college-ready & underprepared Between math & other disciplines Across racial and ethnic groups

11. Gap 1: Progression and Completion rates are lower for under prepared students (Fall 2000) Fall 2000 FTIC Students n = 3741 n = 966 n = 2775

12. Gap 2: Hispanics and African Americans fall below other groups; Asians lead

13. Gap 3: Math courses dominate the list of 10 courses with lowest success rates

14. Gap 3: Math has high enrollment and low success rates

15. Developmental Pre-Algebra Beginning Algebra Intermediate Algebra Gateway College Algebra Freshman Comp I U.S. Government Targeted Courses

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19. Climateof Innovation Level I Level II “Eye for Evidence”: More rigorous at each level. 100 are selected for support as Phase I Innovations. “Angel Capital Stage” Prototype Level III 1000’s of opportunties tried. Maintain a Research and Development Component. 10 supported as Phase II Innovations. “Venture Capital Stage” Pilot Implementation (Limited Scale) 1 or 2 are brought up to scale and Institutionalized. Innovation Management System Valencia’s challenge is in moving from Level II to Level III. Level II Innovations must be scalable and must show potential to bring systemic change and “business-changing results.” Standard of evidence increases at each level.

20. What approaches did we choose? • Strategies that are effective, ripe, scalable: • Supplemental Learning • Learning in Community (LinC) • Student Life Skills course • All help build “connection and direction.” Entering Student Success Institute

21. Strategy Implementation Timeline 2007-08 2009-10 2008-09 2006-07 2005-06 Phase I Supplemental Learning MAT 0012, 0024, 1033 ENC 1101, POS 2041, MAC 1105 Phase II Linked SLS Course (LinC) SLSLinC w/ MAT 0012, 0024, 1033 & w/ ENC 1101, POS 2041, MAC1105 as option Phase III Linked Interdisciplinary Courses (LinC) ENC1101, POS2041,MAC1105 w/ Other Courses Phase IV Required SLS Enrollment 3Prep Course Mandates

22. AtD Consultant Team Supplemental Learning Learning Communities Math and SLS and Interdisciplinary Courses Data Team West Campus Team Winter Park Campus Team Osceola Campus Team East Campus Team SAS Implementation for AtD Community Focus Groups Valencia AtD Coordinating Teams Coordinating Teams (Campus Based and College-wide) Consultants Coordinating Team/ Leadership Team Student Success Expansion Focus Group Faciliatators College Learning Council (Core Team)

23. Supplemental Learning (SL)Course Success • In each comparison, Fall, Spring and Summer: • Success (A, B, or C) was higher for SL sections • Unsuccess (D, F, or WF) and Withdrawal (W, or WP) were lower for SL sections • Fall Success rates were significantly different for SL sections (*p<.10) for all ethnicities (N = 65 Instructors, N = 5157 students) • African American students • All courses: 10.36% higher (p=0.029) • Developmental: 8.53% higher (*p=0.167) • Gateway: 15.65% higher (p=0.019) • Hispanic students • All courses: 7.07% higher (p=0.007) • Developmental: 7.59% higher (p=0.025) • Gateway: 6.65% higher (p=0.099) *With one exception.

24. Learning in Community (LinC) Research Report • Students who enrolled in LinC courses successfully completed the courses at higher rates than students in the same courses that were not LinC’d (10.4%) • This effect was even greater for Hispanic (11.9%) and African-American (11.6%) students • The greatest effect was in math courses, particularly developmental courses

25. Student Success Course Mandate Research Summary • Fall to Spring persistence increased, particularly for Hispanic and African American students • Fall to Fall persistence did not increase, except for Hispanic students • Course success rates increased for Hispanic and African American students

26. College-wide, Longitudinal Data!

27. 1. Progression Through College at Benchmarks for Fall FTIC

28. 2&3. Enroll In and Successfully Complete (C or better) Targeted Courses

29. 4. Persistence From One Term to the Next

30. 5. Earn a Certificate or Degree

31. 5. Graduation Rates by Ethnicity (College-Ready)

32. 5. Graduation Rates by Ethnicity (Not College-Ready) Entering Student Success Institute

33. Julie Phelps, Professor of Mathematics & Project Director of Achieving the Dream (2005 – 2009) • Phone – 407-582-2527 • Email – jphelps@valenciacollege.edu • ATD web site: http://www.valenciacc.edu/dream/