 The graduation rate for students requiring remediation in more than one level of English, Reading, and Mathematics is near ZERO.  Those students and cannot graduate within 150% of program time.

75% of students who are remedial in mathematics NEVER graduate (George, 2010).

 Community colleges receive a majority of entering students who require remediation and a vast majority of students requiring remediation in all three areas.  At CCCUA, 74% of students are remedial in one area. 65% are remedial in all areas.  Remediation = low statistical chances of graduation,  Community college students = 74% remedial students, so….

Community colleges = low graduation rates

 Academic Mastery Project (AMP) › Well…maybe › Pilot phase › Some data, but more required

 Total redesign of remedial progression  Mastery based learning (80% proficiency or better)  Modules similar to Adult Education format  Completely customized to individual student needs

Two new classes take the place of six remedial classes › Foundations for Writing  Replaces College Reading, Essential English, and Developmental Writing › Foundation of Mathematics  Replaced Essential Math, Introductory Algebra, and Intermediate Algebra

 Students are placed based on their entrance exam scores and then the curriculum is tailored to their needs based on a diagnostic exam.  The student may move through as many levels of remediation as possible in one semester.  If the student is not remediated to college level in one semester, the student re-enrolls.

The Pilot for Foundations of Mathematics revealed: › 28% of students completed three levels of remediation in one semester with a B or better. › 51% of students completed two levels of remediation in one semester with a B or better.

 Foundations of Writing will be piloted in the Spring 2011 semester  AMP will be piloted with 40 students in the Fall 2011  All instruction by full-time faculty…no adjuncts  Computer based lab components accessible from anywhere

 AMP will contain a learning community of students who require remediation in all three areas: Reading, English, and Mathematics  The students will be enrolled in › Foundations of Mathematics › Foundations for Writing › Success Strategies

If AMP is successful, students requiring all three levels of remediation : › May complete remediation in one semester › Have the ability to graduate within 150% of program length › Will gain documented mastery skills necessary to persist in college level courses

If AMP is successful: › Remediation costs to the institution and the state will be greatly reduced (maybe cut in half) › Students will save the time and costs of up to 12 credit hours of tuition and 4 text books

Please contact my office for more information: Maria Parker, Vice Chancellor of Academic Services George, M. (2010). Ethics and motivation in remedial mathematics education. Community College Review, 38(1), 82.