Palomar College Presentation to Palomar College Board of Trustees March 11, 2008

What you have in your packet ARCC Background Reporting Framework Systemwide Measures College Measures – What’s new this year

Full report is NOT in your packet (over 700 pages) Systemwide information  Intro to system measures  System measures College information  Intro to the college measures  Palomar’s self-assessment and response  Palomar’s measures and profile

Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges (ARCC) / AB1417 is the framework that provides for the annual evaluation of community college performance in meeting statewide educational outcome priorities.

Initiated by AB 1417 Required the System Office to develop an accountability report/model Replaced Partnership for Excellence

Report Timeline  January 29, draft released to colleges  February 29, college self-assessment due  March 26, final report issued  By March local Board of Trustee interaction

Two levels:  Systemwide (7 measures)  College (7 measures)

Four categories:  Student Progress and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer  Student Progress and Achievement: Vocational/Occupational/Workforce Development  Pre-Collegiate Improvement – Basic Skills and ESL  Participation Rates

Systemwide Indicators And Highlights

Student Progress and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer (3 measures)  Annual percentage of BA/BS graduates at CSU/UC who attended a CCC  Annual volume of transfers  Transfer rate for 6-year cohort of First-Time Freshmen Student Progress and Achievement: Vocational/Occupational/Workforce Development (2 measures)  Annual volume of vocational degrees and certificates by program  Increase in total personal income as a result of receiving a degree or certificate

Pre-Collegiate Improvement – ( 1 measure)  Annual volume of basic skills improvement Access/Participation – (1 measure)  Participation rate

Total UC34,71637,12538,57940,86241,64041,587 Attended CCC 9,84910,51111,32812,12311,88311,784 Percent28.4%28.3%29.4%29.7%28.5%28.3% UC Graduates

Total CSU Grads 61,46361,71265,74166,76869,35070,877 Attended CCC 35,79235,31537,32937,31638,36538,827 Percent58.2%57.2%56.8%55.9%55.3%54.8% CSU Graduates

CSU53,69552,64254,391 UC13,21113,46213,874 ISP17,50516,49118,737 OOS12,56913,07511,840

Total credit awards - 65,692 Top Credit Awards  Nursing – 7,781  Child Development/Early Education – 7,733  Administration of Justice – 6,974  Fire Technology – 3,367

College Report Palomar College

College Indicators College Profile College Peer Groups

Progress and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer  Progress and Achievement Rate  Percentage of students earning 30 or more units  1 st Fall to 2 nd Fall Persistence Rate Progress and Achievement: Workforce Development  Annual successful course completion rate for vocational courses Pre-Collegiate Improvement  Annual successful course completion rate for basic skills courses  Basic Skills Improvement Rate  ESL Improvement Rate

Examine over time  Three years of data  What are the trends Compare to Peers  Gives context  Peer colleges are determined for each outcome measure  Take into account factors that are out of the college’s control  “Level the Playing Field”  Some of the adjustment models are better than others (i.e., they account for more variance)

Compare to peers (continued)  For example:  Transfer Rates could be related to:  Level of academic preparation of students  Distance to nearest UC/CSU  Income levels of service areas  Percentage of older students  Model for SPAR  Pct age +25 Fall 2005  Pct Basic Skills Students Fall 2005  BA Plus Index

to to to Student Progress and Achievement Rate 53.8%54.9%50.7% Percentage of Students Who Earned at Least 30 units 71.0%74.3%70.5%

Fall 2003 to Fall 2004 Fall 2004 to Fall 2005 Fall 2005 to Fall 2006 Student Persistence 68.7%67.9%69.8%

SPAR (six year cohort) – Drop in most recent year; below our peer group average in most recent year 30+ units (six year cohort) – Drop over previous year; below our peer group average in most recent year Persistence – Increasing – Close to peer average

Something not quite right  27 out of 37 in peer group experienced a decrease in their SPAR  System transfer rate decreased, system average SPAR decreased Entering cohort (the denominator) Outcome (the numerator)  Degrees/Certs – Remained constant/slight increase  Transfer Prepared/ Transfer Ready / Transfers – Numbers decreased with the largest decrease in Transfer counts

A closer look  “Internal” SPAR rates are more stable  15% of students in the SPAR cohorts still attending the college after the six year tracking period  Over 100 students in most recent SPAR cohort transferred within 6 months of tracking period.  In general, students residing in CPPEN zip codes higher percentage achieve an outcome than our population at large Follow up needed  CRCC – What role did it play? Why different over time?  Other factors

Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Vocational Courses 81.8%81.5%

Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Basic Skills Courses 58.9%61.7%59.4%

to to to Basic Skills Improvement Rate 52.4%51.4%53.0% Credit ESL Improvement Rate 50.5%47.2%36.9%

Student Progress and Achievement Rate: Degree/Certificate/Transfer  Investigating issues with SPAR and 30+units rates  Persistence rate increased over three years; close to peer group’s average Student Progress and Achievement Rate: Vocational Occupational Workforce Development  Successful course completion rate is consistent over time; slightly above our peer group’s average

Basic Skills and ESL Improvement  Basic Skills Course Success Rate – Slight variation over time; below peer group’s average, however adjustment model not very good  Basic Skills Improvement Rate – Slight variation over time; same as peer group’s average  ESL Improvement Rate – Follow up with ESL department regarding course coding

College Self-Assessment (500 words)  Overview of district  Focused on the change in SPAR rate and the persistence/effort of our students to continue and complete their studies  Current college activities that will hopefully impact the success of our students

ARCC Systemwide and College measures ARCC annual report Board of Trustees required to interact with the report within one year of its release Integrated these measures into our institutional effectiveness review (you will see them again) Review with SPC and will discuss as we update our Strategic Plan next year One way of discussing and supporting Student Success