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Student Success
Washington State Board for
Community and Technical Colleges
September 2011
Measuring Student Success
Student Achievement Initiative data are the starting point
• The Student Achievement Initiative measures annual
attainment in terms of achievement gains.
• Achievement gains are function of student
enrollments multiplied by achievement points per
student.
• Student Achievement measures all students to give
an annual accounting – total points.
Today’s presentation
• Analyzes student progress (2 years after start) and
longer success rates (4 years after start).
• Students are tracked in cohorts using achievement
data (+ other data) over a span of years (different
than single year view of annual point gains for all
students used to reward colleges).
• Data were presented at the Governance Institute for
Student Success, June 2011.
Summary of Findings
Main findings – no surprise
• More work needs to be done to improve transfer and workforce
student completion rates.
• While majority of transfer and workforce students make gains,
completion rates still relatively low after 4 years.
• Completing college math is barrier for majority of students and
particularly difficult for students who need a lot of remedial math to
start.
• Students of color – in particular African American, Native American
and Hispanic students have lowest progress and success rates. They
are less likely than other workforce students to complete 30 college
level credits by the end of their second year.
• Fewer than one in five basic skills students go on to college classes
after four years.
Four-Year WA System Success Rates:
New Transfer Students Entering WA Comm and Technical Colleges, Fall 2006*
100%
80%
All others who made achievement
gains before leaving
36%
60%
40%
Still enrolled in year 4 at that
college
6%
Transfers without earned degree
22%
20%
20%
0%
Earned tipping point/degree (or, for
small number who changed goals,
workforce award)
System Total
Initial cohort: 21,664 students
*includes all first-time-ever-in-college WA students, full-time and part-time.
Four-Year WA System Success Rates: New Transfer Students
Entering WA Comm and Tech Colleges, Fall 2006* – by Race/Ethnicity
100%
% All others who
made achievement
gains before leaving
80%
38%
60%
40%
38%
40%
23%
24%
20%
20%
0%
Asian/Pacific
Islander
11%
Black
7%
17%
18%
Hispanic
35%
7%
5%
42%
7%
6%
36%
8%
25%
23%
13%
17%
21%
Native
American
Other,
Multiracial
White
% Still enrolled in
year 4 at that college
% Transfers without
earned degree
19%
% Earned tipping
point/degree
*includes all first-time-ever-in-college WA students, full-time and part-time.
Math Progress in WA System: New Transfer Students Entering
WA Community and Technical Colleges*
Percent Who Completed College-Level Math/Logic Course Two Years After
Start, by Pre-College or College-Level Math Enrollment
100%
80%
60%
53%
40%
29%
37%
20%
0%
Began just below college level
(n=8,688)
Began >1 level below college
level
(n=25,393)
*Cohort years 2006, 2007, and 2008 combined.
All others*
(n=30,494)
Four-Year WA System Success Rates: New Prof/Technical
Students Entering WA Community and Technical Colleges, Fall 2006
100%
80%
All others who made
achievement gains before
leaving
60%
Still enrolled in year 4 at
that college
40%
41%
5%
6%
Earned short certificate
(<45 credits)
20%
26%
0%
Reaching tipping point
completions*
SYSTEM TOTAL
*Includes all first-time-ever-in-college WA students, full-time and part-time.
Earned at least 30 college credits by end of 2nd year: New
Prof/Technical Students Entering WA Comm and Technical Colleges
Percentage Who Earned 30 College-Level Credits Two Years After Start
100%
Asian/Pacific
Islander
80%
Black
60%
56%
54%
46%
48%
48%
Hispanic
40%
Native
American
20%
White
0%
System Total
*Cohort years 2006, 2007, and 2008 combined.
Four-Year WA System Success Rates: New Basic Skills
Students Entering WA Comm and Tech Colleges, Fall 2006*
100%
Percent who
increased one
level
80%
60%
40%
20%
15%
14%
29%
18%
13%
ABE
ESL
Percent earned
GED or
completed high
school
Percent
transitioning
0%
Initial cohort 14,108 students
*includes all first-time-ever-in-college WA students, full-time and part-time.
What does this mean in “people terms”?
Of the 21,664 new transfer students who entered a Washington
community or technical college in the fall of 2006:
• 4,343 (20%) earned a tipping point /degree within four years
• 4,823 (22%) transferred (before earning a degree)
• 1,239 (6%) were still enrolled in year four at that college
• 7,824 (36%) made some achievement gains before leaving
Of the 14,108 new professional/technical students who entered a
Washington community or technical college in the fall of 2006:
• 3,654 (26%) earned a tipping point (at least one year of college +
award) within four years
• 818 (6%) earned a short certificate (less than one year of college
attainment)
• 714 (5%) were still enrolled in year four at that college
• 5,854 (41%) made some achievement gains before leaving