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Helen Burnhburn@highline.edu
Student Achievement Database: Exploring Precollege Mathematics Achievement
Helen Burn, Ph.D.Department of MathematicsHighline Community College
Tipping Point Research
Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students: Lessons for Community College Policy and Practice from a Longitudinal Student Tracking Study
(Prince & Jenkins, 2005)http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/docs/data/research_reports/resh_06-2_tipping_point.pdf
Higher educational attainment = higher earnings
Benefits of one year of college + credential
$7,000 for students who started in ESL $8,500 for those who started in ABE or GED $2,700 and $1,700 for those entering with a GED or high school diploma, respectively
Momentum Points
Milestones along the way to “tipping”:
•Completing pre-college math or English credits •Completing college-level quantitative course•Attaining 15 college-level credits•Attaining 30 college-level credits•Attaining degree or certificate (tipping). Certain certificates counted if 45 or more credits also earned.
Student Achievement Database website: http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/e_studentachievement.aspx
Data dictionary: http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_d_datawarehouse.aspx
Variables of Interest for Math
Variable name Variable description Scale CollegeReadyMath_Attempted Indicates if the student enrolled and attempted
any pre-college math course. 0 – no, 1 – yes
CollegeReady PreMath_Points One point each time the student earns any pre-college math credit at the college's qualifying grade point for moving to the next level.
0, 1, 2, 3
QuantCourse_Point Earned when a student earns at least 5 college credits in college level computation (technical programs) or quantitative reasoning (math/logic) classes in the system.
0 – no, 1 – yes
QuantCoursesEarnedPrior Indicates whether a student earned 5 quant credits prior to academic year in system.
0 – no, 1 – yes
15ClvlCr_Point Earned if student achieves 15 college-level credits.
0 – no, 1 – yes
30ClvlCr_Point Earned if student achieves 30 college-level credits.
0 – no, 1 – yes
TippingPoint Earned when student receives a … certificate, degrees or apprenticeship awarded by the end of the year. Certificate counted if 45 or more credits also earned.
0 – no 1- yes
The database also includes demographic variables, such as: Student ID, Purpose of Attending, gender, race/ethnicity, SES, FT/PT, disability status, Running-Start status, prior educational attainment.
Highline’s Analysis
Precollege Math Momentum Point Achievement of Eligible Students*, by Cohort
2005-06 (n=13028)
2006-07 (n=13761)
2007-08(n=14370
Attained 5-credits college-level quantitative credits QuantCourse_Point = 1 9% 9% 9%
Attempted precollege math momentum points (PcMP)CollegeReady PreMath_Attempted = 1 13% 12% 13%
Attained at least one precollege math momentum point (PCMP) CollegeReady PreMath_Points ne 0 9% 8% 9%
*I omitted 5045 (11%) students who had previously earned five college-level quantitative credits (QuantCoursesEarnedPrior = 1). The remaining students are considered “eligible” for precollege math points [PcMP]
Many types of students attempt* PcMP:
Who Attempts PcMP? (LastPurpAttend by Cohort)
A0506 A0607 A0708
Transfer 986 1028 1091
Prof-Tech 467 422 451
Other 103 153 161
HS/GED 34 37 44
Enrichment 21 17 26
Missing 60 56 84
TOTAL 1671 1713 1857
*Variable = CollegeReadyMath_Attempted ne 0
How many PcMP do eligible students attain in a year?
2007-08 Attempted and Attained, by Gender and Age
Percent who attempted and attained at least one PcMP, by age and gender
Limitation
“Attempt” is a dichotomous variable (0-no, 1-yes). Students who attain 3 PcMP could do it with 1, 2, or 3 attempts.
Solution: Create “# attempts” variable using transcript data.
2007-08 PcMP Attempt and Attain Data
Precollege Math Momentum Points Attained
# Attempts
0 1 2 3 Total
1557
(44%)699 (56%)* 0 0 1256
265 (14%) 208 (44%) 196 (42%)* 0 469
37 (6%) 30 (26%) 39 (33%) 41 (35%)* 117
40 6 (60%) 2 (20%) 2 (20%) 10
Total629 943 237 43 1852
*Shaded cells are “success”: attempts = attained
Highline plans to track the “one-one” group
Subgroup Analysis of “one-one” group
2007-08 Percent Attained One PcMP, on one attempt, by gender and age.
Additional Variables Created by Highline
• Pcmathattempts - # precollege math attempts
• MathPlace - Highest math placement (1, 2, or 3 levels below college level)
• WritPlace - Highest writing placement (1, 2, or 3 levels below college level)
• ReadPlace - Highest reading placement (1, 2, or 3 levels below college level)
• MP311status – refers to Achieving the Dream moniker (3 levels below college in math and one level below college in writing or reading)
Student Achievement Dashboard for Precollege Mathematics
A0506 A0607 A0708
18-19 Males 51% 47% 41%
Place 3 levels below in Math
50% 48% 53%
Hispanic/Latino 53% 46% 46%
African-American 46% 47% 49%
25-29 Females 67% 67% 59%
Percent of students who attempted and successfully completed one pre-college math course during the year (attained the grade needed to advance to the next course
Helen Burnhburn@highline.edu
hburn@highline.eduwww.flightline.highline.edu/hburn
Each college has its unique Student Achievement Data. The value to me of the database is that it broadens focus from single courses to overall course-taking patterns that can be tracked easily over time.
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