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Colorado Department of Higher Education Policy Review Recommendations November 2013

Colorado Department of Higher Education Policy Review Recommendations November 2013. Agenda. Objective Policy review timeline Overview of current admissions policy and recommendations Overview of current remedial policy and recommendations Next steps. Policy Review Process.

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Colorado Department of Higher Education Policy Review Recommendations November 2013

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  1. Colorado Department of Higher EducationPolicy ReviewRecommendationsNovember 2013

  2. Agenda • Objective • Policy review timeline • Overview of current admissions policy and recommendations • Overview of current remedial policy and recommendations • Next steps

  3. Policy Review Process • Statutorily required to review both policies

  4. Current College Admissions • HEAR = Higher Education Admission Requirements • Admissions Index = • Assessment score (ACT/SAT) AND • Grade Point Average or class rank

  5. Goals of Policy • Inform prospective students • Establishing and clearly communicating performance-based admission standards, which align to statewide policies • Encourage diversity • Allow institutional flexibility

  6. Admissions Recommendations • Academic performance indicators will include assessment scores, GPA and rigor. • Minimum admission standards • Assessment • ACT • SAT • PARCC * – Partnership for Assessing Readiness for College and Career • Smarter Balanced *

  7. Admissions Recommendations • Rigor could include: A. Completed high school core content courses; B. Quantity and quality of high school core content courses completed; C. Advanced Placement exams, International Baccalaureate exams or gtPathway concurrent enrollment courses (grade of “C-” or better); D . High school senior year coursework ; E. High school courses relevant to career path.

  8. Admissions Recommendations • Concurrent Enrollment and first-time admissions are also rigorous.

  9. Admissions Recommendations • A transfer student is defined as an applicant who has successfully completed college-level coursework at another regionally accredited institution after completion of high school or after earning a high school equivalency degree.

  10. Admissions Recommendations • Guarantee admissions for AA and AS graduates with minimum GPA • The transfer student admission standard applies to all degree-seeking undergraduate transfer applicants with 24 or more college-level semester credit hours completed at the point of application

  11. Admissions Recommendations • Concurrent Enrollment and transfer admissions

  12. Current Remedial Education Policy • Determining if ready to enter a college course

  13. Remedial Policy Goals • To provide clear guidelines on English and mathematics college readiness • To provide accurate and timely information on college-level remediation needs • To provide transparency on college-level remediation needs

  14. RemedialRecommendations State-approved Assessments ACT Assessment Test SAT Assessment Test Accuplacer Assessment Test Compass Assessment Test Partnership for Assessing Readiness for College and Career (PARCC*) Assessment Smarter Balanced* Assessment

  15. RemedialRecommendations • Review cut scores data • ACT English subscore 18 • ACT Mathematics subscore19 • Crosswalk to other assessment scores • Increased Institution flexibility in placement

  16. RemedialRecommendations • Students scoring at or above the cut score are ready for a college-level course. Colleges may determine that the student may need co-requisite Supplemental Academic Instruction to ensure success. Students may not be required to take remedial coursework if they have been deemed college ready. • Students scoring below the cut score may be allowed to enter college-level courses based on an institution’s secondary evaluation process.

  17. RemedialRecommendations • Concurrent Enrollment and Remedial Education • Considered first-time students • Exempt from assessment if their determined program of study would otherwise not require assessment for placement • two-year statutory role and mission may include basic skills credit hours generated by concurrently enrolled students in the 12th grade in the number claimed for state general fund support.

  18. Timeline • Nov. 7, 2013 CCHE meeting to discuss policy recommendations • Dec. 5, 2013 CCHE meeting to vote on policy • 2014 Implementation • December 2014 minimum admission standards due

  19. Thank you! • Learn more and stay informed: • Admissions Policy Review http://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/Groups/AdmissionTransferReview/default.html • Remedial Policy Review • http://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/Groups/RemedialReview/default.html

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