Del Mar College

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Del Mar College

• Utilizing the Results of the 2007 Community
  College Survey of Student Engagement CCSSE
• Office of Institutional Research and
  Effectiveness
• August 2007

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What is the CCSSE?

• The Community College Survey of Student
  Engagement is a tool that helps us
• assess quality in community college education
• focus on good educational practicepractice that
  promotes high levels of student learning and
  retention
• identify areas in which we can improve programs
  and services for students.

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What is the CCSSE?

• The CCSSE
• is administered directly to community college
  students at CCSSE member colleges in randomly
  selected classes
• is based on research, asking questions about
  institutional practices and student behaviors
  demonstrated to promote student learning and
  retention
• uses a sampling methodology that is consistent
  across all participating colleges.

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CCSSE Benchmarks

• Benchmarks are groups of conceptually related
  items that address key areas of student
  engagement.
• CCSSEs five benchmarks denote areas that
  educational research has shown to be important in
  quality educational practice.

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CCSSE Benchmarks

• Benchmark scores are computed by averaging the
  scores on survey items that comprise that
  benchmark.
• Scores are standardized so that all of the
  benchmarks are on the same scale, enabling
  comparisons across benchmarks.
• Standardized scores provide information about
  how an individual school is doing relative to
  other institutions.

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CCSSE Benchmarks

• The most valuable use of benchmarks is to see an
  individual colleges deviation from the mean, and
  the standardized score provides an easy way to
  assess whether an individual college is
  performing above or below the mean on each
  benchmark.

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CCSSE Benchmarks

• Active and Collaborative Learning
• Student Effort
• Academic Challenge
• Student-Faculty Interaction
• Support for Learners

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CCSSE Benchmark Comparisons
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CCSSE Benchmarks

• Active and Collaborative Learning
• During the current school year, how often have
  you
• Asked questions in class or contributed to class
  discussions
• Made a class presentation
• Worked with other students on projects during
  class
• Worked with classmates outside of class to
  prepare class assignments
• Tutored or taught other students (paid or
  voluntary)
• Participated in a community-based project as a
  part of a regular course
• Discussed ideas from your readings or classes
  with others outside of class (students, family
  members, co-workers, etc.)

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CCSSE Benchmarks

• Active and Collaborative Learning
• During the current school year, how often have
  you
• Asked questions in class or contributed to class
  discussions
• Del Mar College 2.82
• 2007 CCSSE cohort mean 2.91
• Made a class presentation
• Del Mar College 2.07
• 2007 CCSSE cohort mean 2.04

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Active and Collaborative Learning
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Using CCSSE Benchmarks

• Each benchmark provides an overview of a
  particular performance area, a way to compare
  performance on various benchmarks within an
  institution, and a way to compare performance
  among institutions
• Results for individual survey items, presented in
  absolute terms, are the place to see exactly what
  is happening and to ask the difficult question,
  how good is good enough?

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Using CCSSE Results

• Prompt dialog about effective teaching and
  learning
• Identify areas of concern and investigate
  potential methods for improvement
• Identify our successes and best practices
• Link results to Strategic Plan, unit planning,
  program review, and accreditation processes
• Provide a reliable, scientific, and comprehensive
  resource for College leaders to assess and
  communicate institutional effectiveness

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Thank you.