Jumping Past Developmental Mathematics Jim Whittaker and Pete Hernberg AACC San Antonio, Texas 95 th Annual Conference April 20, 2015

Blue Mountain Community College 2,600 FTE 9,500 Students (Headcount) 16,000 Square Miles 5 Centers 145 miles between extreme centers

Overview of Jump Start Data Use for Program Evaluation Results: What Do They Mean?

Why Bother? LONGITUDINAL DATA New Students Fall 2010 and Fall 2011 Taking Developmental Math Their First Quarter All Students Chose Degrees Requiring College Algebra Students Were Tracked for Two Years

Holy Shit! Number of Dev. Math Courses Needed For Degree 3 Dev. Math Courses 2 Dev. Math Courses 1 Dev. Math Courses Percent Completing College Algebra 11% 46% 77%

Goals Reduce the Number of Exit Points Improve Student Placement and Completion

What is Jump Start? Two Week Intensive Review Test to Advance to Next Course Pre-algebra and Elementary Algebra No Change in Seat Time

Challenges? Math Faculty Buy In Cost Scheduling Advising Operational Scaling

Get Naked With Your Data

How Should We Measure Jumpstart Success or Lack There Of? Formative Summative Quantitative Qualitative Baseline

Jumpers Percent Who Jumped From Pre-algebra 53.2% Percent Who Jumped From Elementary Algebra44.6%

Results Elementary Algebra Jumping Students Ave MTH Grade 2.00 % C or Higher 66.7% F to W Retention 88.9% Other Students Ave MTH Grade 2.22 % C or Higher73.3% F to W Retention85.0%

Results Intermediate Algebra Jumping Students Ave MTH Grade 2.54 % C or Higher 76.0% F to W Retention 75.0% Other Students Ave MTH Grade 2.15 % C or Higher 69.7% F to W Retention 84.8%

Stuff to Think About The Group with the Higher Success Has the Lower Retention WHY? Anomaly or Real

PUNCHLINE Does It Work? Is It Worth It?

Contact Information Jim Whittaker – VP of Instruction Pete Hernberg – Math/CS Instructor

Other Interesting Stuff About Developmental Math Success Pell Eligible Students Average Grade 1.95 F-W Retention 82.5% Other Students Average Grade 2.37 F-W Retention78.5%

Other Interesting Stuff About Developmental Math Success First Generation Average Grade 2.10 F-W Retention78.8% Other Students Average Grade 2.21 F-W Retention81.0%

Other Interesting Stuff About Developmental Math Success Male Students Average Grade 2.19 F-W Retention84.4% Female Students Average Grade 2.16 F-W Retention75.3%

Other Interesting Stuff About Developmental Math Success Hispanic Students Average Grade 1.77 F-W Retention84.6% Other Students Average Grade 2.25 F-W Retention79.6%