The CurriculumBasic Skills

ASCCC Basis Skills Committee

Anne Argyriou

Mary Beth Barrios

Joan Córdova

Candace Lynch-Thompson

John Stanskas

Surprise Evening Activity!

Who are we??

Now the more

complicated data…..

Now the more

complicated data…..

Area Representation

13%

Colleges Represented by Area

CCC Represented

Colleges with Most Attendees

• Santa Rosa 98.5 miles

• Butte College 201 miles

• College of the Desert 461 miles

• Each representing 6% of the attendees

• Santa Rosa 98.5 miles

• Butte College 201 miles

• College of the Desert 461 miles

• Each representing 6% of the attendees

Disciplines

What we do on our campus……

What does all this tell you?

Student Success ????

What are your college’s and your course success rates

for Basic Skills Students?

How many times does a student at your college repeat a course and/or

withdraw from a course before they pass it or give up?

Have you thought of these ideas?

Offering the same course in multiple delivery formats (lecture, small group, computer

assisted, independent study)?

Offering the same course in multiple delivery formats (lecture, small group, computer

assisted, independent study)?

Or…..

• Requiring students who repeat a course to take it in an alternate delivery format?

(Such as a student who took the course as independent study and failed, now has to try a lecture format on the second or third try)

• Requiring students who repeat a course to take it in an alternate delivery format?

(Such as a student who took the course as independent study and failed, now has to try a lecture format on the second or third try)

Or…..

• Modifying your probation or disqualification procedures to be more strict and structured for basic skills students who are also on probation or disqualified?

• Modifying your probation or disqualification procedures to be more strict and structured for basic skills students who are also on probation or disqualified?

Or…..

• Requiring students who repeat courses to be restricted to sections of the course that meet more days per week?

(Such as, on the first attempt, students took the course and it met two days per week; now on a second or third try of the course, the student must take the course in a format that is four days per week)

• Requiring students who repeat courses to be restricted to sections of the course that meet more days per week?

(Such as, on the first attempt, students took the course and it met two days per week; now on a second or third try of the course, the student must take the course in a format that is four days per week)

Or…..

• Re-examining assessment for placement tests and cut-off scores?

• Re-examining assessment for placement tests and cut-off scores?

2009-10 Student Repetition in EnglishTook the same English course 2x

Took the same English course 3x

Took the same English course 4x

Took the same English course 5x or more

Number of Students

251, 601 58,824 14,171 6,049

Percentage of students who passed on the final attempt

39% 24% 20% 16%

2009-10 Student Repetition in MathTook the same Math course 2x

Took the same Math course 3x

Took the same Math course 4x

Took the same Math course 5x or more

Number of Students

324,787 87,833 21,831 9,062

Percentage of students who passed on the final attempt

32% 20% 15% 11%

So now what???