Transcript Career Technical Education (CTE) Completion Rates

Career Technical Education
(CTE) Completion Rates
Follow-up data presented to the CTE Committee
September 30, 2014
Hannah Lawler
Institutional Research
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CTE Completion Rate
• As defined in the current Institutional Effectiveness
Report
– Denominator (Cohort):
• First-time freshmen in 2007-2008 who met all of the
following criteria:
– Earned 12 or more credit units at SMC within six years
– Attempted an advanced occupational course (CB09=B) within
six years
– Numerator:
• Students in the cohort who met one or more of the
following criteria within six years:
– Earned a Certificate of Achievement
– Earned an Associate Degree
– Transferred to a four-year institution
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CTE Completion Rate
Did Not
Complete
58.0%
Completed
Outcome
42.0%
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Follow-up Data Request
• During a May 2014 meeting, the CTE
Committee requested the following followup data
– Add non-first time freshmen to the calculation
– Disaggregate the completion rates by TOP
code/program
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Non-First Time Freshmen Cohort
• Enrolled at SMC for the first time in 20072008
• Some students transferred in from other institutions
• Others previously earned a degree at another
institution
– Earned 12 or more credit units at SMC within
six years
– Attempted an advanced occupational course
(CB09=B) within six years
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CTE Completion Rate with
Non-First Time Freshmen
Group
Cohort
Completed
Outcome
CTE Completion
Rate
Original first-time
freshmen
2143
900
42.0%
Non-first time
freshmen
2118
850
40.1%
Total
4261
1750
41.1%
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Revised CTE Completion Rate
by TOP Code
• TOP code was assigned to student based on
the following criteria:
– SAM coded “B” course’s TOP code, and;
– TOP code of majority of courses
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Revised CTE Completion Rate
by TOP Code
Refer to handout
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CB09 – SAM Priority Code
CB09 Code
Description
A – Apprenticeship
The course is designed for an
apprentice and must have the approval
of the State of California, Department of
Industrial Relations, Division of
Apprenticeship Standards.
*Does not apply to SMC*
B – Advanced Occupational
Courses are those taken by students in
the advanced stages of their
occupational programs.
C – Clearly Occupational
Courses generally taken by students in
the middle stages of the programs.
D – Possibly Occupational
Courses generally taken by students in
the beginning stages of their
occupational programs.
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Discussion
• Adding non-first time freshmen students in
the cohort did not improve the CTE
completion rates
• CTE completion rates vary by TOP code
• Some courses are miscoded in terms of
CB09
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