Transcript VFA Webinar Cohorts and Data

The Voluntary
Framework of
Accountability
for community colleges,
by community colleges
THE VFA Webinar: Cohorts and Data
•
Overview of the Metrics Manual
– How to find it
– What it contains
– Organization of content
•
Quick review of VFA Areas
•
SPO
– Cohorts
– Sub cohorts
– Non-cohort measures (passing grade percent)
– Developmental Education clarification
•
Workforce/CTE
– Identification of populations
• Not SPO cohorts
• What is CTE?
– Reliance on UI for many of the measures
– Noncredit CTE
•
ABE/GED
•
SLO
THE VFA MEASURES
» The VFA is composed of measures in 3 broad
areas:

Student Progress and Outcomes

Workforce (CTE) [and Economic, and Community Development]
Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes
STUDENT PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES (SPO)
MEASURES
» Student Tracking for SPO Measures

The VFA Cohort (two main cohorts)
1.
2.
6-year retrospective [go 6 years back from the most recently completed
academic year, which is 2011-12; cohort is fall 2006]
2-year retrospective [go 2 years back from the most recently completed
academic year, which is 2011-12; cohort is fall 2010]
**The main cohorts are first-time in your college

The VFA Sub-cohorts (two sub-cohorts)
1.
2.

Credential seeking, behaviorally defined
First-time in college
Disaggregation of Main Cohorts and Sub-cohorts by:

Enrollment (full-time/part-time); Age; Gender; Pell Status; Race/ethnicity;
College/Not College Ready
STUDENT PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES (SPO)
MEASURES
» Developmental Education Progress Measures

% of students referred that attempted their first math, English, or
reading developmental education course

% of students referred that completed highest level math,
English, or reading developmental education course

% of students referred that completed any college-level course
in math or English

% of students referred that completed all developmental
education
STUDENT PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES (SPO)
MEASURES
» Two-Year Progress and Outcomes Measures

% of credit hours successfully completed in the first term of the
cohort

% of students who reached credit thresholds by end of year two
(24=part-time; 42=full-time)

% of students who were retained from fall (term one) to their next
academic term or completed a formal award

% of students who reached year two outcomes as follows:


Completed certificate or degree

Transferred to a 2-year or 4-year institution

Still enrolled at initial institution
% of credit hours successfully completed at end of year two
STUDENT PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES (SPO)
MEASURES
» Six-Year Outcomes Measures

% of students who earned an associate’s degree – without transfer

% of students who earned an associate’s degree – with transfer

% of students who earned an award of less than associate’s degree (certificate)
– with transfer

% of students who earned an award of less than associate’s degree (certificate)
– without transfer

% of students who transferred to another post-secondary institution, with no
degree or certificate

% of students who were still enrolled during the sixth academic year

% of students who left institution without an award and without transfer having
earned 30 or more semester credit hours (or equivalent)

% of students who left institution without an award and without transfer having
earned less than 30 semester credit hours (or equivalent)
SIX-YEAR OUTCOMES
Main Cohort
WORKFORCE, ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT (WECD)
»Student Tracking of WECD Measures


Outcomes that examine what happens upon leaving the
institution

Workforce/CTE

ABE/GED
Completers/Leavers: who are these students?
WORKFORCE, ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT (WECD)
» Workforce/Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Number of awards in CTE

Licensure exam passing rate

% of CTE students that complete a program (both credit and non-credit) or earned 90
contact hours and are employed with a livable wage

Median wage growth of CTE students
» Non-Credit Workforce/CTE Courses

Non-credit workforce enrollment

Number of state/industry-recognized credentials

Transition from non-credit to credit
»Adult Basic Education / GED

% of students who complete ABE / GED

% of ABE / GED students who enroll in more education

% of ABE / GED students who gain employment
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESSMENT
Providing Evidence of
Student Learning:
A Transparency
Framework
Components of Student
Learning Assessment
http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/TransparencyFrameworkIntro.htm