Developmental Education: Redesign by Committee

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Developmental Education Redesign by Committee

• Dr. Geri J. Anderson for Innovative Educators

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Presentation outline

• Developmental education nationally
• Colorado Plan
• Current Innovation Examples in Colorado

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Nationally, most fail to begin DE sequence
Clery, Data Notes, 2008
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The goal

• Move students as quickly and effectively through
  their first college level course.
• URGENT Financial Aid Changes
• Completion Agenda Including Performance Funding
• Student Success

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The Remedial Education Sequence
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Traditional Developmental Sequence
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Accelerated Remedial Sequence
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CCCS is

• One system
• Thirteen colleges
• 160,000 students served annually

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Percent of 09-10 Enrollment in DE
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CCCS Students
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Colorado course pipeline
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Colorado pipeline
Completion based on 09-10 system average
completion.
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Colorado pipeline
Only 25.54 Complete
Completion based on 09-10 system average
completion.
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Three year graduation for DE versus all students
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The Colorado Plan

• The Task Force

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The Charge

• The Developmental Education Task Force (DETF) is
  charged to review developmental education
  practices throughout the CCCS and make
  recommendations on what steps the system will
  take to become the premier purveyor of
  developmental education in more streamlined and
  efficient ways, resulting in greater student
  success.
• Through data and research in structure and
  policy, the DETF will holistically examine the
  role that developmental education plays in
  overall student success. The DETF will
• Review and clarify the purpose of developmental
  education and analyze implications for policy and
  practice resulting from a clarified purpose.
• Review current system policies and practices
  related to developmental education and propose
  revisions that will promote greater student
  success in alignment with sound academic
  principles and practice.
• Investigate and analyze measures of success, data
  reports and studies on success of developmental
  education students.
• Examine structures for developmental education,
  highlighting innovative and successful
  strategies, improving the student experience and
  identifying barriers to success.
• On the basis of a comprehensive review, recommend
  broad strategies and specific initiatives related
  to developmental education that should be pursued
  by Colorado's Community College System Colleges,
  leading to enhanced outcomes for student learning
  and success.

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Themes

• Key metric success in college courses
• Time, not student learning, is the greatest
  barrier to success
• Use evidence based practice
• Continuous improvement is essential to long-term
  success

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The Participants

• Faculty
• Deans Vice Presidents
• Advisors
• Special Services Directors
• Assessment Directors
• System Staff

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Remedial redesign

• Reduce time to completion accelerate students
  from developmental to college work
• Acceleration
• Compressed
• Mainstreaming
• Modular
• Contextualization

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Colorado assessment and placement

• Accuplacer
• Message about test?
• Student retest options?
• Cost for test?
• Non-cognitive questions?
• Colorado specific?

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Whats Happening In Colorado

• Elimination of the lowest level DE courses in
  English, math, and reading
• Careful placement of students in higher level
  courses
• Academic support systems that foster faster
  course completion
• Academic coaching, advising, supplemental
  tutoring
• Diagnostic assessments
• Individualized course competencies developed
• Modular coursework
• MAT 077 self-paced for a semester
• Earn up to 13 credits of coursework
• Students who score at any developmental math
  level qualify

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The Reading Room

• http//www.cccs.edu/developmental-education/resour
  ces.html
• ARTICLES REPORTS
• Success Rates
• For Students Taking Compressed and Regular
  Length Developmental Courses in the Community
  CollegeCommunity College Journal of Research and
  Practice, 2009.
• Remedial Enrollment and CompletionDemographic
  characteristics and end of term completion status
  of CCCS students enrolled in remedial courses for
  AY 2010.

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For More Information

• Geri Anderson
• geri.anderson_at_cccs.edu
• www.cccs.edu