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BSI Success Rates
• Do you know how many students with basic skills needs succeed in basic skills classes?
• Why should we care?
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1. Approximately what percent of California Community College students place into at least one basic skills course in Reading, Writing, ESL or Mathematics?
A. 0%B. 25%C. 35%D. 50%E. Over 70%
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Basic SkillsStudents
Non-Basic Skills
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2. Which of the following is true of basic skills students in California community colleges?
A. They generally assess uniformly low on placement tests in all areas; reading, writing, math, and ESL
B. They may assess low on placement tests in one discipline while testing at college-level in other areas (i.e. a college level writer but require additional work in math)
C. They are easily identifiable in our classes by sex, age, or ethnicity.
D. They usually have the learning and study skills necessary to succeed in college-level work.
E. They are found only in the community colleges and are only rarely found at the UC and CSU campuses.
The 2006-2007 data indicated that 54% of CSU freshman were below college level in Math
47% were below college level in English
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3. How many students who start 3 or more levels below college-level actually make it to a college-level course?
A. Less than 10%B. 15- 30%C. Approximately 40%D. Over 60%E. 80% or more
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BSI CCC Statistics ARCC
College Level Performance Indicator State Rate
1. Student Progress & Achievement 51.2%
2. Completed 30 or More Units 70.4%
3. Fall to Fall Persistence 68.3%
4. Vocational Course Completion 78.2%
5. Basic Skills Course Completion 60.5%
6. ESL Course Improvement 44.7%
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Progression• Each year between 500,000 and 700,000 students take a
basic skills course. • How many move on?
2002-2003 to 2004-2005
2003-2004 to 2005-2006
2004-2005 to 2006-2007
Number of Students
126,307 122,880 123,682
The number of students completing coursework at least one level above their prior basic skills enrollment within the three-year cohort period.
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4. Who Are the Community College Students with Basic Skills Needs?
55% female, 45 % male 55% are citizens;18% are not
citizens (others unknown) 45% are 21 or younger; 41% are
over 26Students who report working work
an average of 35 hours a week
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Ethnicity
Ethnicity% of Total Headcount
% of Total Enrollment in Credit Basic Skills & ESL
% of Enrollment in Non-credit Basic Skills & ESL
African American 7.49% 11.24% 6.23%
Asian/ Filipino/Pac Islander
16.40% 17.00% 19.39%
Hispanic/Latino 28.79% 41.40% 43.72%
Native American 0.86% 0.92% 0.54%
White 35.40% 22.57% 18.69%
Total 100% 100% 100%
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5. How Many Are Enrolled in Basic Skills Classes?
70-85% assess into basic skills
27.4% take basic skills classes
Where are the rest?
6. What is the total success rate of students in all three public California College Systems?
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17California State
University
75California
Community College
8University of
California
7Transfer
100Latina/o First Time
College Students
6California State University
1University of California
The Latina/o California Community College Pipeline, 2002-03
Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission 2004; see also Omelas and Solorzano 2004.
From Martha A. Rivas, Jeanette Perez, Chrystal R. Alvarez, and Daniel G. Solorzano, An Examination of Latino/a Transfer Students in California’s Postsecondary Institutions, CSRC Latino Policy and Issues Brief No. 16 (Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2007). Reproduced with permission.
7. What is the cost of remediation?
7. What is the cost of remediation?
So does ANYTHING Work??
Laura Hope, Interim Dean of Instructional Support
Who Are Our Students?“Access Doesn’t Mean Success”
• 96% of students assessed are under-prepared in either math, reading, or writing
• 65% are deficient in all 3 categories• 31% are first generation college
students• 21% have been out of school 5 or more
years• Over 80% declare transfer as their goal
Basic Skills Success Rates
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1997-98 1998-99 1999-00
1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
Success Rates 57.2% 56.2% 54.9%
Succ
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The “foundation” student of today is the transfer /certificate student of tomorrow.
The Promise
The Role of the Learning Center
• Provide academic support for students
• Strengthen skills and competencies• Provide a safe environment for
learning• Promote values of self-advocacy• Promote self-awareness about
learning
Creation of Success Centers
Instructional Program
Faculty Leadership
Serve all students and faculty
Student-centered learning community
Learning Center Pedagogy
• Promotes individualized instruction and learning
• Promotes collaborative learning • Ensures a risk-free environment• De-emphasizes grades and judgment• Promotes affective development of the
learner• Promotes a sense of community with
the institution• Supports and imitates the values of the
classroom
The Traditional Model for Learning Centers
• Dominated by tutoring
• Practice skills
• Word processing and research
Learning Center Curriculum
• Directed Learning Activity
• Study Group
• Workshop
• Tutoring
• Lab Resources
Unduplicated Number and Percent of Students Who Accessed into
Success Centers Annually
26.7
37.1
43.6 43.545.8
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2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Number of Students Each Year Who Access the Success Centers (Annual)
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
Accessed Success Center 7,573 11,712 12,526 11,991 12,746
Unduplicated Headcount 28,312 31,531 28,741 27,596 27,857
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Annual Number of Student Contacts at Success Centers (Contacts of 15 min. or
more)
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Annual Number of Student Contacts at the Success Centers (15+ minutes only)
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
Number of Contacts 73,685 147,774 177,024 164,037 182,075
Num
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Relationship between Success Center Access and Success in Transfer Courses: 2004 – 2005
61%
74%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
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70%
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100%
Success
Did Not Access a CenterSuccess Center
Relationship between Success Center Access and Success for Basic
Skills Students
58%65%
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30%
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Success
Did Not Access a CenterSuccess Center
Percent of Degree & Certificate Earners Who Completed at Least One “Basic
Skills” Course
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20
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35
40
45
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Degrees
Certif icates
Perc
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Percent of Students Who Completed at Least One
“Basic Skills” Course Who Subsequently Transferred to a Four-Year Institution
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5
10
15
20
25
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
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Honoring the Promise
“I love the Success Center and feel without it I would have been totally lost.”
_____________________________________________ 95% of students surveyed agree or strongly agree
that a connection exists between Success Center and classroom activities
41% of students accessed a Success Center at least twice a week
27% of the students who used a Success Center accessed two or more Success Centers
Reflections and Questions
Lynn WrightPasadena City College
I understand what faculty inquiry is and does.
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20% 20% 20%20%20%1. Strongly agree2. Agree3. Disagree4. Strongly disagree5. Not sure
We put basic skills students in exactly We put basic skills students in exactly the same learning environments in the same learning environments in which they have failed to learn for years which they have failed to learn for years and expect them to succeed.and expect them to succeed.
Mr. Anderson, may I be excused?My brain is full.
Next time don’t suck so hard.
We put basic skills FACULTY in We put basic skills FACULTY in exactly the same learning exactly the same learning environment in which they have environment in which they have failed to learn for years and expect failed to learn for years and expect them to succeed.them to succeed.
A Major Observation about Faculty Practice
Teachers experience tension between the way they should teach and the way they actually teach.
Most adjust to the misalignment.
Examples of Misalignment• Coverage“I know I’m going too fast, but I have to cover ten
chapters.” • Reading and Writing“My students need to read and write well to succeed
in my class, but I’m not an English teacher.”• Lectures“Lectures bore me too, but that’s the way it is.”• Tests“She demonstrated her knowledge of the material
over and over in class but failed the test.”• Affective components“My students are so poorly prepared to be college
students, but it’s not my job to teach them those things.”
Achieving Alignment
Intensive, active inquiry among Intensive, active inquiry among
dedicated facultydedicated faculty
The most important reason to do faculty inquiry is
1 2 3
33% 33%33%1. To transform our
attitudes and practices
2. To foster collegiality3. To gain a deeper
understanding of teaching and learning
Why Engage in Inquiry?
To gain a deeper level of understanding of teaching and learning
To transform our attitudes and practices
To improve student success
What is Faculty Inquiry?
It’s a structured, ongoing process that is…
• faculty-driven• problem-based• outcomes-driven• collegial and collaborative
Intermediate AlgebraFIG
PROBLEM TO EXPLORE
WHY DO SO MANY MATH FACULTY FIND INTERMEDIATE
ALGEBRA ONEROUS TO TEACH?
Intermediate Algebra FIG Participants and Resources
• 1 full-time math faculty lead
• 6 full-time math faculty
• The math dean
• 1 non-math faculty facilitator
• PCC’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) staff, counselor, and tutors
• PCC’s Institutional Planning and Research Office
• Claremont Graduate University external evaluators
• Carnegie Foundation staff and SPECC participants
ParticipantsParticipants ResourcesResources
FIG Outcomes
Short-term:•Identify challenges to
teaching Intermediate Algebra
Mid-term:•Develop approaches to help overcome
key challenges to teaching Intermediate Algebra
Long-term:•Increase student success
Which one is not a feature of the FIG process?
25%
25%25%
25%
1 2 3 4
1. Problem-based 2. Always
collaborative3. Outcomes
driven4. Faculty-driven
FIG Discoveries
• Word problems are hard: students avoid them and teachers struggle to teach them
• Too much material to cover• New concepts in last chapters
rushed through (run out of time)• Hard to find time to show
students real-world applicability
Intermediate Algebra FIG
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingWindows on Learning
http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/specc/specc/specc_homepage.html
Possible FIG Questions
English
•How much time should we spend on “non English” issues?
•How engaging are our online resources?Math
•If we reduce the number of concepts covered, how will we affect student learning?
•Are there different assessment forms we can use to address diverse learning styles?
Two Reasons Why Inquiry Is Essential to Our Practice…
1. Diverse and ever-changing student population results in diverse and ever-changing challenges.
2. Practice What We Preach!– Are we not critical
thinkers, problem solvers, knowledge builders, and lifelong learners?
FIG Action Plan
• Ask a research question/Identify a problem
• Create a hypothesis• Review the secondary research • Create outcomes• Conduct primary research• Review and evaluate• Disseminate findings
I understand what faculty inquiry is and does.
1 2 3 4 5
20% 20% 20%20%20%
1. Strongly agree2. Agree3. Disagree4. Strongly disagree5. Not sure
A Question to Consider
What are your questions about students and student learning?
Dr. Barbara Jaffe
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
El Camino College
Puente’s Mission Since 1981
Through academic preparation—to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students who:
• Enroll in 4-year institutions• Earn college degrees• Return to the community as mentors
and future leaders
1981 Puente Student Demographics
• Mexican-American and Latino students• Did not seek academic counseling• Were not enrolled in college level
writing courses• Were the first in their families to
attend college
Today?
• Latino students: highest dropout rate in community colleges (94.1% of Latinos in CA won’t complete their AA Degree)
• From families with no college experience
• From low-income areas
• Have a record of low performance for participation in college-track classes
• Most test at pre-transfer level English course skill level
Puente Student Profile
• Fluent English speakers
• Many are second or third generation Mexican/Americans
Generally avoid counselors and English classes
• Inexperienced writers
• Grade point averages are quite low
• Unclear career goals
• Few are likely to transfer to four-year colleges and universities
Puente Student Profile
Three Areas of Service
• Teaching• Counseling• Mentoring
Today:• 65 community colleges• 36 high schools
Puente Project Format• Cohort of 30-35 students, together for 2
semesters
• Students begin in developmental English course (1 semester below transfer level)
• Latino literature used in the first semester writing course—working on creating their writers’ voices
• Counselor teaches the Human Development course
• Counselor is often in the English classroom and the writing instructor often attends the HD course
The Puente Classrooms Facilitate:
• Interdependence
• Personal responsibility
• A sense of community
• Connection to academics
• Culturally responsive teaching
Paradigm Shift
Why is Puente Successful?
• Foundation of Trust (Healy 1990)
• Ways in which we learn: “personal, experiential, emotional, intellectual, ethical, and practical” (Gillespie 2002, 225)
• Self-reflection in the learning process, reinforcing self-confidence (Cross 1981)
Puente’s Success…continued
• Curriculum integrating academic with social, emotional, spiritual elements to address the total student (Rendon 2002)
• Change occurs when a community is created around people—where new beliefs can be practiced, expressed, and nurtured (Gladwell 2002)
The Familia Model in the Classroom
• Validation of the student’s inner life
• Connection between life experiences and classroom work (validation and meaning)
• Connection between their work and their peers’ work (interdependence)
The Writing Component…
• COMFORT WITH SELF
• WRITING ABOUT SELF
• FINDING WRITER’S VOICE
• COMFORT IN ACADEMICS
The Puente Project:What We Have Learned
We’ve learned that the students leave the Puente class with a sense of being writers, that they have developed processes they can use. We’ve learned that the students do not have to develop into Grade A academic whizzes by the end of that one Puente year. They simply have to learn how to write the way the rest of us who have been more fortunate in our educational experiences do. We’ve learned that the students can be prepared to handle the bureaucracy of the educational system. We’ve learned the transforming power of the Puente mentors and the active, engaged community they represent. We’ve learned that in a year a great many changes can happen in the right context, in a supportive environment. These changes are almost exponential. Pupils go from writing almost nothing to writing confidently and at length.—Dr. Mary K Healy (1990)
Puente Works!
Puente Works!
Match the effective practices to the outcomes:
Faculty Inquiry
Tutorial Centers
Bridge Programs
PuenteIntegrated Approaches
Integrated Curriculum
Contextualized Basic Skills
Math and English
Motivation and Confidence
Curricular Changes
Diagnostic and Specific Disciplinary Aid
Holistic and Culturally Appropriate
We need an educated California!