Student Equity in California Community CollegesDr. Craig Hayward, Director

Lisa Nguyen, Senior Research and Planning Analyst

Irvine Valley College

History and Development of the Scorecard

2004

• California State Assembly Bill1417• Establishment of the Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges

(ARCC) program

2011

• Establishment of the Student Success Task Force to increase completion rates among California Community College students

2012

• Student Success Task Force recommended the development of a student success scorecard

• The ARCC Technical Advisory Workgroup reconvened to design the Scorecard

2013

• Scorecard report produced annually by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office

California Community Colleges Student Success ScorecardAn accountability framework that is comprised of a common set of outcomes metrics for all California community college system and its 113 colleges.

Performance of each college

(Scorecard)

Online querying through

Datamart

Raw datasets through Data-on-Demand

The state of the system

overall

Framework

The Scorecard

Completion (SPAR)

Remedial Progress Rate Math English ESL

Persistence Rate

30 Units Rate

Career Technical Education (CTE) Rate

Career Development and College Preparation (CDCP) Rate

College Profile

Track cohorts of students over six years to measure outcomes

Performance of each college

(Scorecard)

The Student Equity Plan: Title 5§54220

In order to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, age, gender, disability or economic circumstance, each college must maintain a student equity plan which includes:

1. Campus Based Research2. Goals for:

ACCESS COURSE COMPLETION ESL & BASIC SKILLS COMPLETION DEGREE & CERTIFICATE COMPLETION TRANSFER

3. Action Plan

State Data Sources

DataMart Public Downloadable on Excel Detail by most subgroups

Data on Demand Password protected, researcher access Student unit record data Includes same subgroups as DataMart Can be linked to local data to identify additional subgroups

What is the Goal of the Student Equity Plan?To promote student success for all students, regardless of

demographic and socioeconomic characteristics

Age

RaceDisability Status

Econ. Dis-advantaged

GENDER

What is the Goal of the Student Equity Plan?To promote student success for all students, regardless of

demographic and socioeconomic characteristics

Veterans

Age

RaceDisability Status

Econ Disad-

vantaged

Foster Youth

GENDER

Measuring Disproportionate Impact

Proportionality Index (PI) =

% of student subgroup represented in outcome

% of student subgroup represented in cohort

PI Interpretation

1.0 Proportions of subgroups are equal in outcome and cohort

>1.0 Subgroup is more prevalent in the outcome group

<1.0 Subgroup is less prevalent in the outcome group

Measuring Disproportionate Impact

Proportionality Index (PI) =

% of student subgroup represented in outcome

% of student subgroup represented in cohort

PI Interpretation

1.0 Proportions of subgroups are equal in outcome and cohort

>1.0 Subgroup is more prevalent in the outcome group

<1.0 Subgroup is less prevalent in the outcome group

Transfer (2007-08 Cohort)

Ethnicity/Race

Cohort N % of Cohort

% of Outcome

PI

Asian 384 27.3% 33.4% 1.226

African American 33 2.3% 2.1% 0.892

Filipino 33 2.3% 2.0% 0.836

Hispanic 190 13.5% 8.7% 0.649

White 606 43.0% 42.4% 0.986

Unknown 151 10.7% 10.7% 0.999

Total 1,409 100.0% 100.0%

Note: Native American/Alaskan Native and Pacific Islander were excluded due to small sample sizes (n<10)

Pros and Cons of the ScorecardBenefits of the Scorecard

Readily available

Common framework

Comparability

The Scorecard is a great source of data BUT...

The data is old

Do we really have to wait 6 years before we can measure the effect of our current efforts?

Basic Skills Cohort Progress Tracker

Scorecard VS Basic Skills Cohort Progress Tracker (BSCPT)

http://datamart.cccco.edu/Outcomes/BasicSkills_Cohort_Tracker.aspx

Scorecard BSCPT

Who Students must have a valid SSN

SSN not a criteria for inclusion

When Must wait 6 years for cohort’s outcome data

Cohort can be tracked for any number of years

Where Outcome can be achieved anywhere in the CCC system

Outcome must be achieved at starting college

Thank you!

Dr. Craig Hayward

Director

Office of Research, Planning and Accreditation

Irvine Valley College

chayward@ivc.edu

Lisa Nguyen

Sr Research and Planning Analyst

Office of Research, Planning and Accreditation

Irvine Valley College

lwang@ivc.edu