Pathways for ABE Students into Developmental Education

Presented by: Ety Bischoff Howard PriceFlorinda Rodriguez

2015 American Association of Community Colleges, San Antonio, TX

Six Campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley

Starr County

Campus

Rio Grande City

Nursing & Allied Health Campus

McAllen

Pecan Campus

McAllen

Technology Campus

McAllen

Mid Valley Campus

Weslaco

STC

Virtual

Campus

Today’s Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge of some Developmental English and Reading initiatives at STC

• Texas Rules• Success Data analysis of students who test into ABE

levels and then entered the lowest level of Developmental Education available at South Texas College.

• Pathways the South Texas College Developmental Reading and English departments designed for students who test into ABE levels.

Developmental Initiatives at STC

• STC NEXT GENERATIONLEARNING CHALLENGESLearner Web/Directed Self Placement (DSP)

• Became the foundation for our present NCBs• Students with higher developmental scores self-place in either

• A developmental class• ENGL 1301 with web-based diagnostics and remediation• ENGL 1301 without web-based support

• Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) at south Texas college

• Two Strategic Interventions• Case Management Approach to Student Success• Integrative Contextualized Curriculum

Reducing Course levels From 6 courses to 3

Until Spring 2013: ENGL0071/0081/0091

READ0070/080/090

By Fall 2013 there were only two levels in each:

ENGL0100 and ENGL0200READ0100 and READ0200

From Fall 2015 there will be only one level of each and a higher

level INRW class.

READ0100, ENGL0100, INRW

Texas Success Initiative (TSI)• The Texas Success Initiative Assessment had been developed by the Texas state

78th Legislature in 2011 under House Bill 1244 to approve adoption of a single assessment to help ensure student success at institutions of higher education.

• Texas Education Code Sec. 51.3062 • TSI requires that all incoming students enrolling at Texas public institutions of

higher education be assessed academically to determine their level of college-readiness in Reading, Writing, and Math.

• Implementation Date of the TSI Assessment: Institution’s first class day AY 2013-2014

New Rules in Texas Fall 2013

• In Texas, all Developmental Education is regulated by the legislature and their house and senate bills are mandatory once they have passed.

• From Accuplacer and THEA to TSI• From Developmental only to Developmental and ABE placement• The ABE levels• Diagnostics• The TSI score print out• The Role of Continuing Ed

Placement options after TSI

• ABE levels 1-6 ENGL0100 or READ0100 or both

• Developmental levels ENGL0200, READ0200, INRW

• College Ready Academic coursework

5.0%

15.0%

25.0%

35.0%

45.0%

55.0%

65.0%

44.0%

57.2%55.0%

52.7%

Initiative to Accelerate English 100 StudentsStudents take TSI at the End of the Sememster

N = 302

N = 285

N = 576

N = 1163

ENGLISH SUCCESS RATES

YearTotal

StudentsABELevel

Completed0100

Persistedinto 0200

Completed0200

Spring2014

31 1-4 65% (20) 35% (11) 32% (10)

68 5-6 68% (46) 43% (29) 38% (26

Fall2014

84 1-4 67% (56) not yet

available

244 5-6 66% (160) not yet

available

65%(20)

35%(11)

Spring 2014 CohortLevel 1 - 4

Pass ENGL 0100

Fail ENGL 0100 / 0200

32%(10 of 31)

Pass ENGL 0100 / 0200

32%(22)

68%(46)

Spring 2014 CohortLevel 5 - 6

Fail ENGL 0100 / 0200

Pass ENGL 0100

38%(26 of 68)

Pass ENGL 0100 / 0200

2.5%

7.5%

12.5%

17.5%

22.5%

27.5%

32.5%

26.3%

22.9%

28.8%

26.8%

Initiative to Accelerate Reading 100 StudentsStudents take TSI at the End of the Sememster

N = 1632

N = 772

N = 340

N = 520

READING SUCCESS RATES

YearTotal

studentsABELevel

Completed0100

Persisted Completed

0200

Fall2013

52 1-4 65% (34) 54% (28)  39% (12)

167 5-6 74% (123) 80% (99)  40% (67)

Spring2014

29 1-4 28% (8) 41% (12)  21%(6)

59 5-6 53% (31) 63% (37)  34% (20)

Fall2014

10 1-4 60% (6) 60% (6) not yet

available

167 5-6 70% (110) 79% (132) not yet

available

28%(8)

72%(21)

Spring 2014 CohortLevel 1 - 4

Pass READ 0100

Fail READ 0100 / 0200

21%(6 of 29)

Pass READ 0100 / 0200

47%(28)

53%(31)

Spring 2014 CohortLevel 5 - 6

Fail READ 0100 / 0200

Pass READ 0100

34%(20 of 59)

Pass READ 0100 / 0200

Adult Basic Education

CollegeReady

DevelopmentalEducation

PLACEMENT

TSI

INITIAL TSI ASSESSMENT PLACEMENT

STC Developmental English Pathways

English 0100

CollegeReady

TSI

NCBW 0300 Co-Enrolled

INRW 0304Integrated Reading

and Writing

INRW0304

English 1301

NCBW 0300

Stand Alone

NCBW 0300 Co-Enrolled

English 1301

NCBW 0300Stand Alone

TSI

STC Developmental Reading Pathways

Reading 0100

NCBR 0300Stand Alone

INRW 0304Integrated Reading

and Writing

CollegeReady

TSI

NCBR 0300 Co-Enrolled

INRW0304

English 1301, History 1301, 1302, Govt 2305, 2306

NCBR 0300

Stand Alone

NCBR 0300 Co-Enrolled

History 1301, 1302, Govt 2305, 2306,

etc.NCBR 0200 Co-Enrolled

TSI

PlacementScoreABE1-4

ACE My

FoundationLAB

Dev ESOL 51 Reading

VocabularyCourse

Dev ESOL 52 Grammar

Course

TSI PLACEMENT ACEESL

Course

ESOL PLACEMENT ASSESSMENT

ADVISE MENT

Developmental Education ESOL and Adult Basic Education ESOL and Foundation Lab Pathways

TSI

Conclusions for Consideration

• For ABE levels 5,6: continue to place into lowest level of Developmental classes

• Given that ABE level students 1-4 make it through developmental classes and into an academic class, it is probably better to provide financial aid eligible developmental education before making final ABE level placement decisions

• For the 1,2 level ABE level students, rather than referral to CE, try My Foundation Lab software and/or Dev. Ed. ESOL first.

Questions?

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