Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges

(ARCC)Palomar College

Presentation to Palomar College Board of TrusteesMarch 11, 2008

OverviewWhat you have in your packetARCC BackgroundReporting FrameworkSystemwide MeasuresCollege Measures – What’s new this year

What you have in your packet

Full report is NOT in your packet (over 700 pages)Systemwide information

Intro to system measures System measures

College information Intro to the college measures Palomar’s self-assessment and response Palomar’s measures and profile

ARCC BackgroundAccountability Reporting for the Community

Colleges (ARCC) / AB1417 is the framework that provides for the annual evaluation of community college performance in meeting statewide educational outcome priorities.

ARCC BackgroundInitiated by AB 1417

Required the System Office to develop an accountability report/model

Replaced Partnership for Excellence

ARCC Background2007-08 Report Timeline

January 29, 2008 - draft released to colleges

February 29, 2008 - college self-assessment due

March 26, 2008 - final report issued

By March 2009 - local Board of Trustee interaction

ARCC FrameworkTwo levels:

Systemwide (7 measures)

College (7 measures)

ARCC FrameworkFour categories:

Student Progress and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer

Student Progress and Achievement: Vocational/Occupational/Workforce Development

Pre-Collegiate Improvement – Basic Skills and ESL

Participation Rates

ARCC Systemwide Indicators

And Highlights

Systemwide Indicators

Student Progress and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer (3 measures) Annual percentage of BA/BS graduates at CSU/UC who

attended a CCC Annual volume of transfers Transfer rate for 6-year cohort of First-Time Freshmen

Student Progress and Achievement: Vocational/Occupational/Workforce Development (2 measures) Annual volume of vocational degrees and certificates by

program Increase in total personal income as a result of receiving a

degree or certificate

Systemwide Measures

Pre-Collegiate Improvement – ( 1 measure) Annual volume of basic skills improvement

Access/Participation – (1 measure) Participation rate

Systemwide MeasuresAnnual Percentage of Graduates who Attended a

Community College

2001-2002

2002-

2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

Total UC 34,716

37,125

38,579

40,862

41,640

41,587

Attended CCC

9,849 10,511

11,328

12,123

11,883

11,784

Percent 28.4%

28.3%

29.4%

29.7%

28.5%

28.3%

UC Graduates

Systemwide MeasuresAnnual Percentage of Graduates who Attended a

Community College

2001-2002

2002-

2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

Total CSU Grads

61,463

61,712

65,741

66,768

69,350

70,877

Attended CCC

35,792

35,315

37,329

37,316

38,365

38,827

Percent 58.2%

57.2%

56.8%

55.9%

55.3%

54.8%

CSU Graduates

Systemwide MeasuresAnnual Number of Community College Transfers

to Four-Year Institutions

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

CSU 53,695 52,642 54,391UC 13,211 13,462 13,874ISP 17,505 16,491 18,737OOS 12,569 13,075 11,840

Systemwide MeasuresAnnual CCC Transfers to CSU

0

9,000

18,000

27,000

36,000

45,000

54,000

63,000

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Annual Vocational Awards

2006-07 Total credit awards - 65,692 Top Credit Awards

Nursing – 7,781 Child Development/Early Education – 7,733 Administration of Justice – 6,974 Fire Technology – 3,367

Increase in Personal Income

$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

CA Median Household Income CA Per Capita Income CCC Median Income

ARCCCollege Report

Palomar College

College Report College Indicators College Profile College Peer Groups

College IndicatorsProgress and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer

Progress and Achievement Rate Percentage of students earning 30 or more units 1st Fall to 2nd Fall Persistence Rate

Progress and Achievement: Workforce Development

Annual successful course completion rate for vocational courses

Pre-Collegiate Improvement

Annual successful course completion rate for basic skills courses

Basic Skills Improvement Rate ESL Improvement Rate

College Indicators Examine over time

Three years of data What are the trends

Compare to Peers Gives context Peer colleges are determined for each outcome

measure Take into account factors that are out of the college’s

control “Level the Playing Field” Some of the adjustment models are better than

others (i.e., they account for more variance)

College IndicatorsCompare to peers (continued)

For example: Transfer Rates could be related to:

Level of academic preparation of students Distance to nearest UC/CSU Income levels of service areas Percentage of older students

Model for SPAR Pct age +25 Fall 2005 Pct Basic Skills Students Fall 2005 BA Plus Index

Palomar CollegeStudent Progress

and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer

1999-00 to 2004-

05

2000-01 to 2005-

06

2001-02 to 2006-

07Student Progress and Achievement Rate

53.8% 54.9% 50.7%

Percentage of Students Who Earned at Least 30 units

71.0% 74.3% 70.5%

Palomar CollegeStudent Progress

and Achievement: Degree/Certificate/Transfer

Fall 2003to Fall 2004

Fall 2004to Fall 2005

Fall 2005 to Fall 2006

Student Persistence

68.7% 67.9% 69.8%

SPAR (six year cohort) – Drop in most recent year; below our peer group average in most recent year

30+ units (six year cohort) – Drop over previous year; below our peer group average in most recent year

Persistence – Increasing – Close to peer average

Palomar CollegeSummary: Progress and Achievement:

Degree/Certificate/Transfer

Palomar CollegeSummary: Progress and Achievement:

Degree/Certificate/Transfer Something not quite right

27 out of 37 in peer group experienced a decrease in their SPAR

System transfer rate decreased, system average SPAR decreased

Entering cohort (the denominator) Outcome (the numerator)

Degrees/Certs – Remained constant/slight increase Transfer Prepared/ Transfer Ready / Transfers –

Numbers decreased with the largest decrease in Transfer counts

A closer look “Internal” SPAR rates are more stable 15% of students in the SPAR cohorts still attending

the college after the six year tracking period Over 100 students in most recent SPAR cohort

transferred within 6 months of tracking period. In general, students residing in CPPEN zip codes

higher percentage achieve an outcome than our population at large

Follow up needed CRCC – What role did it play? Why different over

time? Other factors

Palomar CollegeSummary: Progress and Achievement:

Degree/Certificate/Transfer

Palomar CollegeStudent Progress and Achievement:

Vocational/Occupational/Workforce Development

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Vocational Courses

81.8% 81.5% 81.5%

Palomar CollegePre-Collegiate Improvement:

Basic Skills and ESL2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Basic Skills Courses

58.9% 61.7% 59.4%

Palomar CollegePre-Collegiate Improvement:

Basic Skills and ESL

2002-03 to 2004-

05

2003-04 to 2005-

06

2004-05 to 2006-

07Basic Skills Improvement Rate

52.4% 51.4% 53.0%

Credit ESL Improvement Rate

50.5% 47.2% 36.9%

College Report Summary

Student Progress and Achievement Rate: Degree/Certificate/Transfer

Investigating issues with SPAR and 30+units rates Persistence rate increased over three years; close to

peer group’s average Student Progress and Achievement Rate:

Vocational Occupational Workforce Development

Successful course completion rate is consistent over time; slightly above our peer group’s average

College Report Summary

Basic Skills and ESL Improvement Basic Skills Course Success Rate – Slight variation

over time; below peer group’s average, however adjustment model not very good

Basic Skills Improvement Rate – Slight variation over time; same as peer group’s average

ESL Improvement Rate – Follow up with ESL department regarding course coding

College Report Summary

College Self-Assessment (500 words) Overview of district Focused on the change in SPAR rate and the

persistence/effort of our students to continue and complete their studies

Current college activities that will hopefully impact the success of our students

SummaryARCC Systemwide and College measuresARCC annual reportBoard of Trustees required to interact with

the report within one year of its releaseIntegrated these measures into our

institutional effectiveness review (you will see them again)

Review with SPC and will discuss as we update our Strategic Plan next year

One way of discussing and supporting Student Success