ColoradoTransforming Developmental Education

for Greater Student SuccessBrandon Feres &

Casey Sacks, Ph.D.

Colorado Community College System 35 CAMPUSES BELONGING TO 13 COLLEGES SPANNING COLORADO

Our goal

To accelerate students by reducing the amount of time, number of

developmental credits, and number of courses in the developmental sequence

so students can be successful in a college level course. Accelerated learning will

require a curriculum redesign.

What we did

• Math– Pathways– Curriculum– Delivery

• CCR– Discipline integration– Co-requisites

Math

Old Model• 4 levels below

• 3 levels below

• 2 levels below

• 1 level below

• College math

Redesign – pick one

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Co-Requisite

Prep CTE or QL

Prep Algebra

CCR

Old Model

• 3 levels below

• 2 levels below

• 1 level below

• College English

Redesign – pick one

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Co-Requisite

Prep course

Prep plus lab

Key steps to scale

• Time• Broad participation – faculty leaders• Clear timeline and deadline• Key campus leadership• Support at all levels

English Corequisite

Enrolled Gateway in 1 semester

Gateway in 1 year

Baseline 10,109 1,520 (15%) 3,428 (34%)Co-requisite (F14) 3,342 2,131 (64%) n/a

Outcomes - corequisite

Math CorequisiteEnrolled Gateway in 1

semesterGateway in 1 year

Baseline 17,846 14 (0.1%) 1,820 (10%)Co-requisite (F14) 138 78 (57%) n/a

CCR – fall 2013Course Students enrolled …successfully completed

college English

Baseline 10,109 1,520 (15%)

1 level below with lab

68 14 (20.6%)

1 level below 757 174 (23%)

Co-req with College

286 100 (35%)

Co-req with English

724 526 (72.6%)

Math – fall 2013Course Students enrolled … successfully completed

college math

Baseline 17,846 14 (0.1%)CTE & liberal arts prep

1955 163 (8.3%)

Algebra prep 1145 213 (18.6%)Co-req CTE 70 37 (52.9%)Co-req liberal arts

4 4 (100%)

Co-req algebra 19 13 (68.4%)