All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report - Prepared by: August
Table of Contents Overview of the DSPS Basic Skills Report... Listing of Basic Skills Courses Included in the Basic Skills Report... Placement Levels and Corresponding Outcomes... Part I: Placement of First-Time Students... Subject Placement Trends... Part II: Term Enrollments... Course Enrollments...9 Subject Enrollments by Ethnicity... Part III: Persistence... Overall Persistence... Persistence by Gender... Persistence by Ethnicity... Persistence by Age... Part IV: Student Outcomes: Retention and Success... Course Retention...8 Subject Retention by Ethnicity...9 Course Success... Subject Success by Ethnicity...
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Overview of the DSPS Basic Skills Report This report provides information on DSPS students enrolled in Basic Skills courses and complements the All Colleges Basic Skills Report, which is intended to provide information for the college Basic Skills committees, faculty, student support staff, college leaders, and managers. The information in the reports are useful for program and services planning and improvement decisions by the colleges. This report contains information on DSPS student Basic Skills placement, enrollment, persistence, and student outcomes (i.e., retention and success). The key questions that this report will serve to answer are:.... What proportion of incoming students place into Basic Skills courses? How has the number of enrollments in Basic Skills courses changed over the past five years? What is the persistence rate of students in Basic Skills courses? How well do students perform in their Basic Skills courses? Whenever possible, these research questions are examined with respect to ethnicity, as well as longitudinal trends, and benchmarked for comparison purposes. The target group for this report includes students that officially enrolled in a class and received DSPS services at any of the SDCCD credit colleges in the term identified. Additionally, the target group of students for this report is consistent with the Basic Skills definition provided by the California Community College Chancellor s Office as of /8: Basic skills courses are those courses in reading, writing, math, computation, learning skills, study skills, and English as a Second Language, which are designated by the community college district as non-transferrable and non-degree applicable courses. For the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD), this includes English,,, A, 8, and 9; Math A, 8,, and A; and all ESOL courses. For benchmarking purposes, data include five-year averages. Additionally, the information provided in the All Colleges Basic Skills Report may be used as a benchmark for the DSPS placement, enrollment, persistence, and outcomes data summarized in this report. The All Colleges data include Basic Skills courses from all three colleges (City, Mesa, and Miramar).
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Listing of Basic Skills Courses Included in the Basic Skills Report ENGLISH COURSES: ENGL : Academic Literacy ENGL : College Reading and Study Skills I ENGL : English Review ENGL A: Accelerated Reading, Writing, and Reasoning ENGL 8: College Reading and Study Skills II ENGL 9: Basic Composition ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES: Writing Sequence ESOL 9: Transitional English for ESOL Students ESOL : Writing for Non-native Speakers of English I ESOL : Writing for Non-native Speakers of English II ESOL : Reading and Writing for Non-native Speakers of English III ESOL : Accelerated ESOL Reading, Writing, and Grammar Reading Sequence ESOL 9: Transitional English for ESOL Students ESOL : Reading for Non-native Speakers of English I ESOL : Reading for Non-native Speakers of English II ESOL : Reading and Writing for Non-native Speakers of English III ESOL : Accelerated ESOL Reading, Writing, and Grammar Listening/Speaking Sequence ESOL 9: Transitional English for ESOL Students ESOL : Listening and Speaking for Non-native Speakers of English I ESOL : Listening and Speaking for Non-native Speakers of English II MATH COURSES: MATH A: Basic Mathematics and Study Skills MATH 8: Pre-Algebra and Study Skills MATH : Elementary Algebra and Geometry MATH A: Beginning Algebra and Practical Descriptive Statistics Note. The Basic Skills Report provides data on all courses that are considered Basic Skills during the reporting /.
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Placement Levels and Corresponding Outcomes ENGLISH PLACEMENT LEVELS Take ESOL Test Advised to take ESOL Placement Test Needs Advising Advised to meet with a counselor Basic Skills ENGL,,, A, 8, or 9 Transfer Level ENGL or ESOL PLACEMENT LEVELS First Level Second Level Third Level Fourth Level ESOL 9 ESOL -series sequence ESOL -series sequence ESOL or MATH PLACEMENT LEVELS Basic Skills MATH A, 8,, A Associate Level MATH 8, 8, 9, 9, 98 Transfer Level MATH,,, 8, 9, 8, A
Placement of First-Time Students
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Part I: Placement of First-Time Students This section of the report looks at the placement levels of first-time to college DSPS students who applied to the SDCCD during the three most recent years for which data are available: / to /. It is possible that a student can apply and take the placement test, but not register for classes. The placement information, therefore, may differ from enrollment information. Note that the English and math placement sequences may change from year to year; therefore, data are represented by current placement level categories. Additionally, students are categorized as tested or not tested based on the parameters described below. Placement levels by subject are shown (see Tables through ) for reading, writing, ESOL, and math. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS: First-Time Students: Defined in this report as any first-time student that applied to a SDCCD college. Excluded from this definition are students concurrently enrolled in a four-year university, degree holders, and high school students. Incoming DSPS Students: Defined in this report as any first-time student that applied to a SDCCD college. Excluded from this definition are students concurrently enrolled in a four-year university, degree holders, and high school students. Tested: This group includes students who completed an assessment test or submitted their scores from a standardized test (e.g., SAT, ACT, EAP, EPT, and ELM). Not Tested: This group includes students who did not complete an assessment test. Additionally, this group includes students that received a placement level from degree completion, transfer work, or course completion.
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. Reading Placement of First-Time DSPS Students / / / // / N Space Read_Orig Tested Test/No-Test Not Tested Space Students Read_Orig 98 8% 8% 8 8% 8 8% -% % 8 % 9% 8 % % % 9 % 9% 9% % 89 % 8 9% % - 9 % 8% % - % % % 9 % -9% 98 -% -Yr Avg % Change 8 8 Table. Writing Placement of First-Time DSPS Students / / / // / N Space Writ_Orig Tested Test/No-Test Not Tested 8% 8% 8 8% 8 8% -% % 8 % 9% % % / // // /, N -Yr Avg Students Writ_Orig Transfer/Associate Level Distribution Basic Skills of Students Need English Advising who Took a Take ESOL Test Test Tested % % % 9% % % 9% % - 9 8% % - % % % 9 % -9% -% 8 8 Table. ESOL Placement of First-Time DSPS Students / / / // / N Space Esol_Orig Tested Test/No-Test Not Tested Space -Yr Avg % Change % % % % -% 8 9% 9 9 989 9 % / // / / /, N -Yr Avg Students Esol_Orig Distribution Level of Students Level who Took a Level 9 Test Tested % 9% - 9% 9% 9% 8 8 8 8% - -% Table. Math Placement of First-Time DSPS Students / / / / / / N Space Math_Orig Tested Test/No-Test Not Tested Space % Change /, / // / / N -Yr Avg - % Change Transfer/Associate Level Distribution Basic Skills of Students Need English Advising who Took a Take ESOL Test Test Tested Space -Yr Avg Students Math_Orig -Yr Avg % Change 99 8% 8% 8 8% 8 8% -% % % 8 9% % /, / // / / N -Yr Avg - % Change Distribution Transfer Level of Students Associate Level who Took a Basic Skills Test Tested % % 9% % % 8% 8% % -% 8 8 8 8% -% 99 8 8 -% 8 Source: SDCCD Information System
Term Enrollments
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Part II: Term Enrollments This section of the report summarizes DSPS student enrollments in Basic Skills courses during the fall and spring terms of the five most recent years for which data are available: to Spring. Enrollments are shown by subject for each course, with fall and spring terms reported separately (see Tables through ). Enrollments are also displayed in tabular form for each subject by ethnicity (see Tables through ). 8
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. English Basic Skills Course Enrollments for DSPS Students -Year / ENGL % % ENGL 8 % 9 % 9 % 9 % % % ENGL % 9% 8% ENGL A 8 % % % 9 8% % 8 ENGL 8 % 8% 8% 9 8 % ENGL 9 88 % % % 8 % % 9 % 8 9 8,9 Table. ESOL Writing Course Enrollments for DSPS Students -Year / ESOL 9 % % % 9% % % ESOL % % 9% % % ESOL % 8 8% % ESOL % % % % % 9% ESOL % % 9 8 Table. ESOL Reading Course Enrollments for DSPS Students -Year / ESOL 9 % % 9% % ESOL % % % % ESOL % 8 % % 9% ESOL % % % ESOL % % 9 Table 8. ESOL Listening/Speaking Course Enrollments for DSPS Students -Year / ESOL 9 % % % ESOL % % % 9 ESOL % % % % 8% 8 9 Table 9. Math Basic Skills Course Enrollments for DSPS Students -Year / MATH A 9 % % 8 9% % 8 % MATH 8 % 8 9% % % 9% MATH 9 8% 9 % 8% % % 8 8% MATH A % % 8 % % % % 8, Source: SDCCD Information System 9
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. English Basic Skills Course Enrollments for DSPS Students Spring Spring Spring Spring -Year / Spring ENGL 9 9 % ENGL 9 % % % % % % ENGL 8 % 8 % 89 % % 8 % ENGL A % % % 8% % 9 % ENGL 8 8 % 8 % % % 9% % ENGL 9 % 99 9% % 9 % % 8 9 8,9 Table. ESOL Writing Course Enrollments for DSPS Students Spring Spring Spring Spring -Year / Spring ESOL 9 % % 8% 9% ESOL % % % 9% ESOL % 8% % 8 % ESOL % % % % % ESOL % % % 8 Table. ESOL Reading Course Enrollments for DSPS Students Spring Spring Spring Spring -Year / Spring ESOL 9 % 8% % % % 8% ESOL % % % 9% % ESOL % % % % % 8 % ESOL % % % % % ESOL % % % 9 Table. ESOL Listening/Speaking Course Enrollments for DSPS Students Spring Spring Spring Spring -Year / Spring ESOL 9 % % % % ESOL 9% 9% % % ESOL % 9% % % 9 Table. Math Basic Skills Course Enrollments for DSPS Students Spring Spring Spring Spring -Year / Spring MATH A 9 % 8 % % % % MATH 8 % % % 8 % 8 MATH 8 % % 8 % 9 % % % MATH A 9, Source: SDCCD Information System
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. English Basic Skills Enrollments by Ethnicity for DSPS Students ENGL_ethnicity / / / / -Year / / African American 9 % % % 8 % % 9 % American Indian % % Asian/Pacific Islander 8% % 9 % 8 Filipino % 8 % % % % 9 % Latino % 8 89 8% 8 % 8 %,9 9% White 9% 9% 9 8% 9 9%, 9% Other % % 9 % % % Unreported % % % % 9 % % 9, Table. ESOL Enrollments by Ethnicity for DSPS Students ESOL_ethnicity / / / / -Year / / African American % 9% 9 9 % % Asian/Pacific Islander % % % % % Filipino % % % % 9 % Latino % % 8 % 8 % White % 9 % % 8 % 9 % Other % % 9 % Unreported % Table. Math Basic Skills Enrollments by Ethnicity for DSPS Students MATH_ethnicity / / / / / -Year / African American 9 99 % 98 % 8 % % % American Indian % % % % % Asian/Pacific Islander % % % % % % Filipino % % % % 8 % % Latino 9 % % 8% %, % White 9 % 9 8 % % % 89 % Other % 9 % 8 % Unreported % % % 9 % % % 8 9 9,9 Source: SDCCD Information System
Persistence
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Part III: Persistence This section of the report looks at the persistence rates of DSPS students who enrolled in Basic Skills courses during the five most recent fall terms for which data are available: to. Overall term and annual persistence rates are displayed (see Table 8). persistence is also reported by gender, ethnicity, and age (Tables 9 through ). TERMS AND DEFINITIONS: Term Persistence: The percentage of official census enrolled students in a fall term who received a grade notation of A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, I or RD and who enrolled in at least one course in the subsequent spring term and received a grade notation of A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, I, or RD. SDSU and UCSD-only students and sections are excluded. Intersession, tutoring, in-service, and cancelled classes are excluded. Persistence: The percentage of official census enrolled students in a fall term who received a grade notation of A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, I, or RD and who enrolled in at least one course in the subsequent spring and fall terms and received a grade notation of A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, I, or RD in each term. SDSU and UCSD-only students and sections are excluded. Intersession, tutoring, in-service, and cancelled classes are excluded.
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table 8. Basic Skills Term and Persistence for DSPS Students Term Term Persistence Persistence Persistence Persistence Counts Counts 9 8% % 99 8% % 8 99 8% 9 % 9 8% % 8 8% 8 % 9% /,9, 8%, % Note. Overall annual persistence counts and rates exclude the cohort due to the unavailability of data. Table 9. Basic Skills Persistence for DSPS Students by Gender Female Male Gender Persistence Persistence Counts Persistence Persistence Counts 8 % 8 % 9 % 9% % % % % /,8 9 %, % Source: SDCCD Information System
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. Basic Skills Persistence for DSPS Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity African American Persistence American Indian Persistence Asian/Pacific Islander Filipino Persistence Persistence % % % % % 8% % % 8 % 8% % / 9 % 9% % Ethnicity Latino White Persistence Persistence Other Unreported Persistence Persistence 9 8% % 9 % 9 % % % 9 % % % % 8% % 8 9 % 9 % / % % % % Table. Basic Skills Persistence for DSPS Students by Age Agepro Under 8 8 - - 9 Enrollment Persistence Enrollment Persistence Enrollment Persistence % 8 % 8% % 9 9 9% % /,9 % 88 % Agepro - 9-9 Persistence Persistence and > Persistence % 8% % % 9 % % 9% / % 8 9% % Source: SDCCD Information System
Student Outcomes
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Part IV: Student Outcomes: Retention and Success This section of the report examines retention and success among DSPS students annually for the five most recent years for which data are available: / through /. Five-year trends in retention rates are shown by year for each Basic Skills course and for each subject by ethnicity (see Tables through 9). Similarly, five-year trends in success rates are presented by year for each course and for each subject by ethnicity (see Tables through ). TERMS AND DEFINITIONS: Retention : The percentage of students who complete a course out of the total course enrollments. The retention rate is calculated by dividing the numerator by the denominator and multiplying by. Numerator = Number of students who received any grade notation except W (Withdrawal) and Denominator = number of valid enrollments as of official census. Success : The percentage of students who successfully complete a course out of the total course enrollments. The success rate is calculated by dividing the numerator by the denominator and multiplying by. Numerator = Number of students who receive grade notations A, B, C, or P and Denominator = number of valid enrollments as of official census.
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. English Basic Skills Course Retention for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ENGL ENGL ENGL ENGL A --9% 9% --8 9% --9% 9% 8 -- 9% 9% 8 9% 9 ENGL 8 9% 9 9% 8 9 ENGL 9 9% 9% 9% 9% 9 Note. ENGL A student counts are low within each cell. Table. ESOL Writing Course Retention for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ESOL 9 9% 9% ESOL 8 8% 9% ESOL ESOL ESOL 8 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% Note. Student counts are low within each cell. Table. ESOL Reading Course Retention for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ESOL 9 9% 9% ESOL ESOL 9% ESOL ESOL 8 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% Note. Student counts are low within each cell. Table. ESOL Listening/Speaking Course Retention for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ESOL 9 9% 9% ESOL ESOL 8 9% 9% 8 9% 9% Note. Student counts are low within each cell. Table. Math Basic Skills Course Retention for DSPS Students Academic Year / / / / / -Year / MATH A 9% 8% 8% MATH 8 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% MATH 8% 8 8% 8% 8 MATH A 9% 8% 8 8% 8% 8% 8% Source: SDCCD Information System 8
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. English Basic Skills Retention for DSPS Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity / / / / / -Year / African American 9% 8 8% 9% American Indian 8% Asian/Pacific Islander 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% Filipino 8% 9% 9% 9 9% 9% Latino 9% 9% 9 White 9% Other 9 98% 8% 8% 8% Unreported 9% 8% 9% 9% 9% 9 Note. American Indian, Filipino, students categorized as 'Other' ethnicities, and unreported student counts are low within some or all of the cells. Table 8. ESOL Retention for DSPS Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity African American / / / / / -Year / 9% Asian/Pacific Islander 8% 98% Filipino Latino 9% 8 9% White 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% Other Unreported 9% 9% 9 9% 9% Note. Student counts are low within each cell. Table 9. Math Basic Skills Retention for DSPS Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity / / / / / -Year / African American 8% 8 8% American Indian 8% Asian/Pacific Islander 8% 8% 8% 8 9% 8% Filipino 8% 9 8% 8% Latino 8% 8 8% 8% 8% White 8% 8 8% 8% 8% Other 8% % 8 8% Unreported 8% 8% 8% 8 8% 8% 8% 8% Note. American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, Filipino, students categorized as 'Other' ethnicities, and unreported student counts are low within some or all of the cells. Source: SDCCD Information System 9
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. English Basic Skills Course Success for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ENGL ENGL ENGL ENGL A % % % % % % % 9% % % % ENGL 8 % % ENGL 9 8% 8% ENGL A student counts are low 8% Note. within each% cell. Table. ESOL Writing Course Success for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ESOL 9 % % ESOL 8% 9% ESOL 8% 8% ESOL % % ESOL % % 8% Student counts are low % Note. within each cell. Table. ESOL Reading Course Success for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ESOL 9 % % ESOL 8% 9% ESOL % 8 ESOL % % ESOL % % 8% Student counts are low 9% Note. within each cell. Table. ESOL Listening/Speaking Course Success for DSPS Students / / / / / -Year / ESOL 9 % % ESOL 8% 9% ESOL 8 8 9% Note. Student counts are low within each cell. Table. Math Basic Skills Course Success for DSPS Students Academic Year / / / / / -Year / MATH A 9% % % % % MATH 8 % % % % % MATH % % % % % % MATH A % % % Source: SDCCD Information System
All Colleges DSPS Basic Skills Report Table. English Basic Skills Success for DSPS Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity / / / / / -Year / African American % % % American Indian % % Asian/Pacific Islander % 8% % 8 % Filipino % % 8% 8% Latino % % % 8% White 8% 8% Other % Unreported 8 % % % 8% % 8% Note. American Indian, Filipino, students categorized as 'Other' ethnicities, and unreported student counts are low within some or all of the cells. Table. ESOL Success for DSPS Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity African American / / / / / -Year / % % % 8% Asian/Pacific Islander 8% 9% 9% 9% Filipino Latino 9% 8% 8% White 8% 8% % 8% 9% Other 8 8% Unreported 8% 8% Note. Student counts are low within each cell. Table. Math Basic Skills Success for DSPS Students by Ethnicity Ethnicity / / / / / -Year / African American % 9% % % % American Indian % % Asian/Pacific Islander 8% 8% 8% % % Filipino 9% % % Latino % % 9% 9% % % White 9% 9% % % Other 8% % % 8% % % Unreported % % % % 8% % % % Note. American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, Filipino, students categorized as 'Other' ethnicities, and unreported student counts are low within some or all of the cells. Source: SDCCD Information System