Revamping Developmental Education American Diploma Project, Panel Discussion, September 7, 2011 Revamping Developmental Education

Business As Usual “Work your way up” Minimal expectations Multiple levels Addresses discipline skills No discrete cohorts Teacher-based Remedial course completion is goal

ENGLISH PROGRESSION from ENGL 052 took 052 1988/1989 863 S in 052 490 57% never passed 052 373 43% took 101 355 41% took no more writing courses 135 16% A, B, or C in 101 287 33% D, F, or W 68 8% We have come to see that a longitudinal study in which you follow students through the entire sequence of courses provides a much more useful insight into the success of a program. When we did this, we found that of our original 863 students, after 4 years, only 57% had passed ENG 052. Even more startling, of those 490 who passed 052, 135 never even attempted ENG 101; they simply leaked out of the system. After looking at a lot of diagrams like this one, we have come to talk of the program as a pipeline, and we have come to say that students like the 43% who never passed 052 and the 16% who passed 052 but didn’t even attempt 101 after 4 years, we have come to describe this phenomenon as “leakage from the pipeline.” Much of the design of ALP has been an attempt to shorten the pipeline so there is less opportunity for “leakage.” A L P The Accelerated Learning Project

Math progression from 083 2102 took Math 083 653 (31%) passed 874 (42%) in Math 111, 153 or 163 653 (31%) passed 221 (11%) failed 640 (30%) did not enroll 441 (21%) Failed

Traditional ENG 052 ENG 101 semester 2 ENG 052 semester 1 A L P The Accelerated Learning Project

ALP ENG 101 semester 1 ENG 052 semester 1 MWF 9:05-10:00 After discussing this slide, Peter turns it back to Sarah. MWF 9:05-10:00 MWF 10:10-11:05 A L P The Accelerated Learning Project

students who took traditional developmental writing in fall 06 1023 S in 052 604 59% have not passed 052 419 41% took 101 383 37% took no more writing courses 221 22% A, B, or C in 101 279 27% D, F. I, or W 104 10% students who took traditional developmental writing in fall 06 54% 23% took 052 2007-09 227 S in 052 175 77% U, W, or I in 052 52 23% took 101 227 100% took no more writing courses 0% A, B, or C in 101 142 63% D, F. I, or W 85 37% students who took ALP in fall 07, spring 08, fall 08, spring 09

ALP Success Rates, 2007-09 81% pass ENGL 052 79% pass ENGL 052 79% 77% pass ENGL 052 75% 75% pass ENGL 052 74% pass ENGL 052 59% pass ENGL 052 50% 25% traditional 052 fall 06 ALP fall 07 ALP spring 08 ALP fall 08 ALP spring 09 ALP fall 09 ALP spring 10 A L P The Accelerated Learning Project

ALP Success Rates, 2007-09 75% 74% pass ENGL 101 70% pass ENGL 101 71% 69% pass ENGL 101 68% pass ENGL 101 58% pass ENGL 101 50% 48% pass ENGL 101 25% traditional 052 fall 06 ALP fall 07 ALP spring 08 ALP fall 08 ALP spring 09 ALP fall 09 ALP spring 10 A L P The Accelerated Learning Project

The New Developmental Education Business as usual “Work your way up” Minimal expectations Complex with many levels Addresses discipline skills No discrete cohorts Teacher-based Remedial course completion is goal Acceleration Mode Start at the top High expectations Simple path to credit courses Addresses whole learner Cohort - based Student-based Credit and degree attainment goal