ADMITTED TO REMEDIATED IN ONE YEAR WERE DOING IT

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ADMITTED TO REMEDIATED IN ONE YEARWERE DOING
IT!

• Susan McClory
• San José State University
• mcclory_at_mathcs.sjsu.edu

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EO 665

• ALL INCOMING STUDENTS MUST TAKE THE MATH AND
  ENGLISH PLACEMENT TESTS IF NOT EXEMPT.
• THOSE WHO FAIL ONE OR BOTH TESTS MUST ENROLL IN
  THE REQUIRED COURSES DURING THEIR FIRST SEMESTER.
• ALL REMEDIATION MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF
  THE FIRST YEAR.

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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE

• ADDITIONAL TESTING SESSIONS
• DOUBLED ENROLLMENTS
• MANDATORY ORIENTATION / ADVISING
• REGISTRATION MATRICES

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EARLY CHANGES

• ASSIGNED TEST DATES
• ADVISING / REGISTRATION
• SEPARATE ORIENTATION
• PRE-REGISTRATION
• CENTRALIZED PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS

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COMMUNICATIONS

• PREPARING FOR THE TESTS
• TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
• DO I REALLY NEED TO ATTEND?
• NO ACCESS TO REGISTRATION
• MY FIRST SEMESTER IS UP - NOW WHAT?
• I COMPLETED REMEDIATION. YEAH!
• MY ONE YEAR IS UP. OH NO!

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CHANGES TO THE PEDAGOGY

• WRITING
• ACADEMIC ENGLISH - ATTENDANCE
• COMMON FINAL
• ENGLISH 1A PLACEMENTS WITH A LAB

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CHANGES TO THE PEDAGOGY

• MATH
• INDEPENDENT STUDY
• COMBINED CURRICULUM
• REVIEW SECTIONS

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MASTERY LEARNING

• PASS RATE WENT FROM 30 TO 66 IN REVIEW
  CLASSES
• INTRODUCTION THROUGHOUT IN FALL 2001
• PASS RATE WENT FROM 68.9 TO 78.4
• INTRODUCTION OF ON-LINE TESTING

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SUMMER SESSION

• EARLY START
• YEAR ROUND OPERATION
• STEP-TO-COLLEGE
• COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES

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DEVELOPMENTAL MATHSUMMER PROGRAM

• COMMUNITY COLLEGE COOPERATIVE
• INCOMING AND CONTINUING STUDENTS

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SUMMER RESULTS

• 1999 64 CONTINUING - 27 PASSED 67
  INCOMING - 94 PASSED
• 2000 52 CONTINUING - 42 PASSED 94 INCOMING -
  91 PASSED
• 2001 45 CONTINUING - 79 PASSED 69 INCOMING -
  100 PASSED ( INTRODUCTION OF MASTERY LEARNING
  )

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PROFICIENCY RATES

• SYSTEMWIDE
• 1998-1999
• 68 NEEDED REMEDIATION
• 79 PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 86 OF INCOMING PROFICIENT IN ONE
  YEAR
• 1999-2000
• 63 NEEDED REMEDIATION
• 79 PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 87 OF INCOMING PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 2000-2001
• 62 NEEDED REMEDIATION
• 81 PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 88 OF INCOMING PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR

• SJSU
• 1998-1999
• 67 NEEDED REMEDIATION
• 80 PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 87 OF INCOMING PROFICIENT IN ONE
  YEAR
• 1999-2000
• 66 NEEDED REMEDIATION
• 69 PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 80 OF INCOMING PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 2000-2001
• 65 NEEDED REMEDIATION
• 79 PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR
• 86 OF INCOMING PROFICIENT IN ONE YEAR

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MUSE

• SEMINARS
• PEER MENTORS
• NEW STUDENT CENTER

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BEST PRACTICES

• NORTHRIDGE
• GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING
• COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
• IN-CLASS TUTORS
• ON-LINE
• INDEPENDENT STUDY
• SAN DIEGO
• EXTRA UNIT FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
• FULLERTON
• MINICOURSE
• CHICO
• ALGEBRA REVIEW - TEST

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REDUCING THE NEED

• MILESTONES
• REDUCE BY 10 BY 2001
• REDUCE BY 50 BY 2004
• REDUCE TO 10 BY 2007
• PROGRESS SO FAR
• MATH - 9 REDUCTION
• ENGLISH - 1 REDUCTION