1. Christopher M. Johnson, PhD Director of Research & Development Renton Technical College STUDENT SUCCESS DATA

2.  Tracks students by cohorts  Groups students by demographics  Developed with existing tools and a very small budget  Rapid prototyping system first and more robust system later  Goal – Expand statewide as an Achieving the Dream Leader College and Washington State mentor college 10/12/2011 Chris Johnson, Director of Research & Development, Renton Technical College 2 OVERVIEW

3.  41% of full time RTC employees are accessing the data  Easy access expands culture of evidence  Open door policy and faster response  Important research questions from “fishing trips”  Regular training on access and use  Feedback loop between research & staff 10/12/2011 Chris Johnson, Director of Research & Development, Renton Technical College 3 RESULTS

4. Since 2008-2009, Renton Technical College Student Persistence in Workforce Programs has reached 74% (see blue areas of chart ) 10/12/2011 Chris Johnson, Director of Research & Development, Renton Technical College 4 PERFORMANCE

5.  Goals of Longitudinal Analysis  Identify trends  Pinpoint intervention areas  Use as basis for a student success intervention  How does it work?  Take data snapshots and string them together  Drill down and group by student characteristics 10/12/2011 Chris Johnson, Director of Research & Development, Renton Technical College 5 FEATURES

6.  Expansion to whole campus (50% Complete)  Separation of research/development and production (100% Complete)  Expansion of best practices (Whatcom CC)  Capability with new systems – especially new State CTC system (analysis & readjustment – Stage 1 done) 10/12/2011 Chris Johnson, Director of Research & Development, Renton Technical College 6 ENHANCEMENTS

7.  Public version of the Retention Model at  http://www.rtc.edu/AboutUs/ResearchDevelopment/Reports/ http://www.rtc.edu/AboutUs/ResearchDevelopment/Reports/  Click on Interactive Cohort Retention Report (in MS Excel 2007)Interactive Cohort Retention Report  Click on Interactive Enrollment Report (in MS Excel 2007)Interactive Enrollment Report  Contact  Chris Johnson, Director of Research & Development. (425) 235-2352 x5713 cjohnson@RTC.educjohnson@RTC.edu 10/12/2011Chris Johnson, Director of Research & Development, Renton Technical College 7 RESOURCES