Presenters Priyadarshini Chaplot Rob Johnstone Tools for Data Conversations Helping Your College Use Data

Session Outcomes -

1. Equip your (institution’s) utility belt with additional data tools that streamline your work and jumpstart conversations 2. Exchange data tools you currently use 3. Expand our collective resource toolkit

Tools

CCCCO Data Mart Public website Online query tool enabling ad hoc queries Download queries First file Reports updated as data are submitted/resubmitted Link: esearchInfo/MIS/DataMartandReports/tabid/282/Def ault.aspx esearchInfo/MIS/DataMartandReports/tabid/282/Def ault.aspx

CCCCO Data Mart

Transfer Velocity Cohort Calculator Includes all first-time freshmen six years after their entry who have completed 12 credit units and attempted a transfer level Math or English course Age, gender, ethnicity, and special groups Updated in May, August, and December of each year Link: Full methodological explanation:

Transfer Velocity Cohort Calculator

Example: Mt. SAC

Cal-PASS SMART Tool Standardized Metrics for Analysis, Reporting, and Tracking Developed with funding from Hewlett and Irvine Foundations to support program review Can be used for grant submissions, project reporting, enrollment management, etc. Uses OLAP cubes to allow users to ‘point and click’ and ‘drag and drop’ to examine data Export results: Word, Excel, PowerPoint Link:

Cal-PASS SMART Tool

CPEC Transfer Pathways Useful for tracking CC students to individual CSUs and UCs Also can be used to compare the number of students from different CCs accepted into specific CSUs and/or UCs A high school component where you can track entering freshmen at CCs by HS – good for comparing where certain HS graduates go Link: athway.asp

BRIC Data PowerPoints Series of PowerPoint presentations Spanning a variety of topics Classroom-Based Researcher Research is a Partnership Research Design and Assessment Techniques What to Do When Your Data Don’t Reveal a Clear Solution The Basics of Program Evaluation Can be adapted and used at your own institutions Coming in 2011

Syntax Library Central space to house various codes (ex. SPSS, SAS) that execute common functions and reports Include(s) function as well as the code, comments, considerations, conditions Provide(s) code and logic to allow for usability x-library

Resources

Data Sources Data Sources.pdf institutional-research-resources

Data Sources

Other Data Tools Data on Demand – cohort tracking ARCC – download individual student records and analyze (e.g. achievement/persistence rate by ethnicity, basic skills success/improvement rates) Stata

Data Sources

Contact Information Priyadarshini Chaplot BRIC Project Coordinator Rob Johnstone BRIC Project Director The RP Group: