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ARCC(Accountability Reporting for

Community Colleges)

Board of Trustees Study Session PresentationOctober 10, 2007

Cathy Hasson (Skyline)Jing Luan (District)

Eric Raznick (District)Bart Scott (Cañada)John Sewart (CSM)

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From Where did ARCC Originate?

Evolved from “Partnership for Excellence” Created by legislative mandate (AB1417)

to quantify performance within the community college

Indicators developed by the State Chancellor’s Office and the statewide Research and Planning Group (The RP Group)

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What does ARCC do? Requires an annual report to the

Legislature Informs the local boards of trustees of the

college performance Sets a standard for accountability and

results for California’s community colleges Reports outcomes at the college level, as

well as the system level

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What ARCC doesn’t do?

Rank one college against the other Tie to any funding mechanism Track intra-district enrollment

ARCC Indicators

Student Progress & Achievement Percent of Students Earning 30 Units Persistence Rates Course Success Rates

Vocational Basic Skills

Basic Skills Improvement Rates

Peer Groups & Data Clusters

Peer groups were determined by cluster analysis--Partitioning the dataset into groupings that minimize differences. Strength-Powerful analytical tool Weakness-Cannot use qualitative data Note: Different datasets were used for

each indicator, so each indicator has a different peer group

Data Elements in Peer Groups

Student Info: Age, Education Level, Enrollment, Financial Aid, Gender, & Load

Academic Preparation (Stanford 9 scores)

Distance from nearest CSU/UC SAT scores at nearest CSU/UC Service Area Income

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Cañada College

1998-1999to

2003-2004

1999-2000to

2004-2005

2000-2001to

2005-2006

Student Progress & Achievement Rate

51.4% 52.6% 50.1%

Percent of Students Who Earned at Least 30 Units

64.1% 68.7% 72.4%

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Cañada College

1998-1999to

2003-2004

1999-2000to

2004-2005

2000-2001to

2005-2006

Persistence Rate 71.5% 65.2% 69.6%

Annual Course Completion Rate for Vocational Courses

79.7% 76.6% 75.5%

Annual Successful Course Completion for Basic Skills Courses

63.4% 61.9% 60.2%

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College of San Mateo

1998-1999to

2003-2004

1999-2000to

2004-2005

2000-2001to

2005-2006

Student Progress & Achievement Rate

63.3% 63.8% 59.8%

Percent of Students Who Earned at Least 30 Units

72.2% 70.3% 73.5%

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College of San Mateo

1998-1999to

2003-2004

1999-2000to

2004-2005

2000-2001to

2005-2006

Persistence Rate 72.4% 75.3% 71.0%

Annual Course Completion Rate for Vocational Courses

79.6% 79.5% 78.8%

Annual Successful Course Completion for Basic Skills Courses

60.0% 56.4% 60.5%

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Skyline College

1998-1999to

2003-2004

1999-2000to

2004-2005

2000-2001to

2005-2006

Student Progress & Achievement Rate

57.0% 56.6% 56.3%

Percent of Students Who Earned at Least 30 Units

65.5% 68.4% 69.3%

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Skyline College

1998-1999to

2003-2004

1999-2000to

2004-2005

2000-2001to

2005-2006

Persistence Rate 67.3% 72.9% 70.7%

Annual Course Completion Rate for Vocational Courses

76.3% 77.1% 73.8%

Annual Successful Course Completion for Basic Skills Courses

62.6% 61.9% 62.5%

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ARCC Cycle

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Update for ARCC 2008 Ancillary 2008 analyses are under

way Create performance indicators for

noncredit courses State will conduct a new peer

group analysis

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Where Does the ARCC Data Come From?

Based on existing data from MIS (Management Information System)

Data clean-up project to improve results - CRCC (Curriculum Reporting for the Community Colleges)

Improved data from CRCC will contribute to a usable ESL improvement rate for the ARCC

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ARCC Contacts Cathy Hasson (Skyline) Jing Luan (District) Eric Raznick (District) Bart Scott (Cañada) John Sewart (CSM)

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ARCC Q&A