Transcript Gateway Course Success: Transforming Remediation

GATEWAY COURSE SUCCESS
Transforming Remediation
Bruce Vandal
Twitter: @BruceatCCA
Too many students
start college in
remediation.
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Too many entering freshmen need remediation.
51.7% of those entering a 2-year
college enrolled in remediation
19.9% of those entering a 4-year
college enrolled in remediation
Source: Fall 2006 cohorts
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Too few remedial
students ever
graduate.
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Most remedial students never graduate.
Source: Completion data: fall 2006 cohorts; graduation data: 2-year, fall 2004 cohorts; 4-year, fall 2002 cohorts
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Student attrition is at
the heart of the
matter.
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Few Ever Get to Gateway
70% of students placed into
remediation fail to enroll in a
gateway course in two
academic years
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Guiding Objective
Students complete gateway
courses and enter programs of
study in one academic year
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Policy Objectives for Gateway Course Success
1. Design STEM and non-STEM math options.
2. The default placement for most students will
be gateway courses.
3. Provide additional academic support as
corequisite, not prerequisite.
4. Establish a placement range instead of a single
cut score.
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Mathematics
must be aligned
with programs of study.
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University System of Georgia
Mathematics Task Force:
“College Algebra was designed
explicitly to meet the needs of
students who are preparing to
take Precalculus and Calculus.”
College Algebra’s Only Purpose :
Preparation for Calculus
College
Algebra
Calculus
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Providing Academic
Support as a Corequisite
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One Semester Redesigned Gateway
Extra
Time
Gateway
• 45 minutes
after class
• Additional
class periods
Mandatory
Tutoring
• Paired
proctored labs
• 5 weeks prep
Sequenced
plus 10 weeks
gateway
content
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One Semester Corequisite Results
Traditional
Model
Corequisite
Model
CC of Baltimore
County Accelerated English
Learning Model
33%
74%
English
49%
70%
Quantitative
Reasoning
11%
78%
8%
65%
Institution
Austin Peay State
University
Structured
Assistance
Subject
Statistics
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One Year Corequisite
Semester 1
Semester 2
Quantitative
Reasoning
Gateway Content
Academic Support
College Success
Gateway
Skills
Statistics
STEM
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One Year Corequisite Results
Carnegie Statway
Success in gateway math within
one academic year
51.0%
5.9%
Traditional Model
Statway
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Aligned and Parallel Support in
Technical Certificate Programs
Technical
Program
Math and
Language
Skills
Tennessee Colleges of Applied
Technology
• Work Keys/Keytrain
• Required, Proctored Lab
• Competency-based, Self-paced
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TCAT Results
79% Graduation Rate
All Complete Academic Support
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Placement into gateway
courses and programs of
study
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Multiple Measures Can Help Determine
Appropriate Support in Gateway Courses
• High school Performance
(GPA/Senior Year Courses)
• High School Transcripts
• Placement/Entrance Exams
• “Grit”
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Using Non-Cognitive Variables, Like Grit
• Grit, like cognitive ability, falls within a normal
distribution.
• The higher education system was built for
students with high grit and high academic
ability.
• We don’t know if we can teach grit – but we can
remove the unnecessary barriers that prevent
student success.
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Percent of Students
Current Model Enrolls Most Students into
Remediation
Remediation
70%
Gateway
30%
Student Placement Data
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Percent of Students
New Model Enrolls Most in College
Test Prep
or
Technical
Certificate
Gateway Course
with Corequisite
Support
10%
60%
Gateway
30%
Student Placement Data
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Percent of Students
A Broad Placement Range
Less than
2.0 HS
GPA or
ACT Below
14 or
Equivalent
2.0 – 2.5 High School
GPA or ACT 14-18 or
Equivalent
2.5 High School
GPA or ACT 19 or
Equivalent
Student Placement Data
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Goal of Assessment Reform :
More Students in Gateway Courses
DON’T:
• Try to build the perfect test
• Create a new rigid system for sorting students
DO:
• Dismantle unnecessary barriers by placing the
vast majority in gateway courses
• Accept that the majority of students need some
support – cognitive and non-cognitive
• Provide that support in the college-level gateway
course – as a co-requisite
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Policy Objectives for Gateway Course Success
1. Design STEM and non-STEM math options.
2. The default placement for most students will
be gateway courses.
3. Provide additional academic support as
corequisite, not prerequisite.
4. Establish a placement range instead of a single
cut score.
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GATEWAY COURSE SUCCESS
Transforming Remediation
Bruce Vandal
Twitter: @BruceatCCA