California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office

California Community Colleges Early Assessment Program

prepared for theCalifornia State University – California Community College

Virtual Counselor WorkshopCarolina C. Cardenas, CSU Early Assessment

September 2010

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CCC Chancellor’s Office Role• Collaborate & coordinate EAP implementation with

CDE and CSU Chancellor’s Office• Authorized to receive EAP data and provide data to

participating community colleges• Coordinate community college EAP efforts• Provide technical assistance to community colleges• Establish reporting requirements• Submit report to Legislature & Governor on EAP

implementation progress & results by February 15, 2015

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Why Participate in EAP?• Allows colleges to focus limited assessment funding on

students who may not be ready for college-level coursework

• Sends a strong college readiness message to CA’s high school juniors and seniors

• Access to high school student EAP data for outreach, placement, and research purposes

• For those students indicating an interest in attending college, partnering with high schools & CSU to help students prepare before they graduate could reduce need for basic skills coursework later

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CCC EAP Participation Levels1. Use of EAP Test Results as a waiver to college’s

assessment test for the placement of students demonstrating college readiness in English and/or math

a. Effective January 1, 2009b. No application or CCCCO approval necessaryc. Survey of colleges accepting EAP results on CCCCO

website: www.cccco.edu/eap d. As of fall 2010, 32 community colleges are accepting EAP

results and an additional 19 are in discussion to adopt EAP2. Program-level Participation

a. Full Implementation and Planning & Development Sitesb. 22 Colleges selected to participate & eligible for grant

fundingc. CCCCO expects to open application process fall 2010

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Community College Program-Level ParticipationIn order to participate, colleges must submit

application/plan to the System Office and:

• Identify an EAP Coordinator to work with CSU and local K-12 districts

• Serve students within district boundary

• Use EAP results for placement of students demonstrating college readiness in English and/or math

• Meet Chancellor’s Office reporting requirements

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CCC EAP Implementation Plans Passage of SB 946 Convene State CCC Implementation Advisory Committee

Application & Selection of Participating EAP Colleges Inclusion of CCC’s on State Testing Forms and High

School Student/Administrator Notification Letters Develop CSU-CCC EAP website: www.collegeEAP.org Grant proposals to support CCC EAP implementation– Develop Outreach Materials (fall 2010) CCC EAP Forum in Fall 2010

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EAP Timeline

Feb. 2010: 11th

grade student

s notified about EAP test

opportunity

Spring 2010: 11th

grade students can opt to take EAP

August 2010: EAP

results sent to student

s on STAR

report at beginning of 12th

grade year

Sept. 2010: EAP data

made availabl

e to CSU & CCC’s

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EAP ResearchCSUS EAP Research Study on student EAP participation & effect on need for remedial coursework in college (April 2009): • Researchers found that participation in EAP reduces the probability of

remediation at CSU Sacramento• by 6.2 percentage points in English• by 4.3 percentage points in math

Achieve’s American Diploma Project content analysis of EAP (October 2009):• The EAP assessments address college-ready content identified by CSU

faculty for entering credit-bearing coursework• The EAP augmentations provide rigor and contribute to authentic college

readiness tasks for the assessment of a students’ college preparation

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EAP OutcomesCal-PASS examined the relationship between EAP, English matriculation pathways, and student outcomes in the first university English course attempted at a CSU campus.

Highlights About 1 in 7 entering 1st yr students at the CSU campus exempt from

the EPT based upon their EAP score. Success rates in Expository Writing for EAP-exempt students were

high (93%) and were comparable to students determined college level English qualified based on the EPT test (92%).

EAP exempt students had the highest average (mean) grade points in Expository Writing.

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Future Research

CCCCO planning future research to analyze EAP student participation and outcomes related to:• Enrollment in a community college• Courses taken• Assessment• Course completion and success rate

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For additional information, please contact:

Sonia Ortiz-Mercado, State Matriculation & EAP Coordinator916-322-6817 or sortiz@cccco.edu