1. LOOKING BACK
KCTCS Strategic Plan
PERFORMANCE MEASURES

2. Developmental Education Success Rate:
English
TARGETS
Percent of students referred to developmental courses by subject who complete a developmental course in that subject or re-test at a college level by the end of the second year.
Definition:
Source: KCTCS Database.
Source: KCTCS Student Records Database.
Definition: Percent of first-time, credential-seeking students testing at a developmental English level who successfully complete a developmental course or re-test at a college English level within two years.

3. Developmental Education Success Rate:
Math
TARGETS
Percent of students referred to developmental courses by subject who complete a developmental course in that subject or re-test at a college level by the end of the second year.
Definition:
Source: KCTCS Database.
Source: KCTCS Student Records Database.
Definition: Percent of first-time, credential-seeking students testing at a developmental Math level who successfully complete a developmental course or re-test at a college Math level within two years.

4. Developmental Education Success Rate:
Reading
TARGETS
Percent of students referred to developmental courses by subject who complete a developmental course in that subject or re-test at a college level by the end of the second year.
Definition:
Source: KCTCS Database.
Source: KCTCS Student Records Database.
Definition: Percent of first-time, credential-seeking students testing at a developmental Reading level who successfully complete a developmental course or re-test at a college Reading level within two years.

5. Transfer TARGETS 12,330 Original goal: 28.3% Note: 2015-16 will be
updated
January
2017
TARGETS
KCTCS/CPE definition includes: in-state transfers, out-of-state transfers, students transferring additional credit, transfer credit, transfer credit applied to degree programs, and two transfer rates.
Definition:
In-state transfers and students transferring additional credit.
Source: CPE.
Source: Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education
Definition: Annual number of students who enter public, independent or proprietary postsecondary institutions in Kentucky as a first-time transfer student or transfer KCTCS credit.

6. High Wage/High Demand Completions
No Change in Targets
Note:
will be
updated
Jan 2017
TARGET
Annual number of credentials awarded in high wage/high growth fields.
Definition:
Annual number of credentials awarded in fields with average salaries at or above the 75th percentile and growing at a rate greater than or equal to the state average, or exceeding 100 annual job openings.
Source: CPE Official; Kentucky Occupational Outlook; Occupational Wages (OES).
Source: Official data as reported to CPE; Kentucky Occupational Outlook; Occupational Wages.
Definition: Number of unduplicated credentials in programs cross-walked to a high wage, high demand occupation.