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Guided Pathways Early Momentum KPIs: Pathways 2.0 Initial Baseline Data Report
VFA Community College
College-wide reforms, like guided pathways, are complex endeavors that take many years to
implement fully. That means that colleges will not see expected improvements in student
completion rates for several years after the implementation of such reforms. Therefore,
colleges need indicators in the near term that they can examine to see if their reform efforts
are having a positive effect and are likely to improve student success over a longer term.
This report presents your college’s performance on “early momentum” key performance
indicators, or KPIs, based on the data submitted through the Voluntary Framework of
Accountability (VFA) data system. These metrics were chosen because they can be measured
over only one year and yet research suggests that they are leading indicators of increased
student completion over a longer term.1 In addition to the value of these one-year measures as
early indicators of progress toward longer term student success goals, tracking year-over-year
change in these early momentum KPIs can motivate colleges to implement practices that
effectively create the initial conditions required for subsequent success.
In the pages that follow we present trends in the following KPIs for cohorts of first-time-ever-in-
college students who started higher education at your college in the fall of the given year.
1 For a review, see Jenkins, D., & Bailey, T. (2017). Early momentum metrics: Why they matter for college improvement. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center. Retrieved from https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/early-momentum-metrics-college-improvement.pdf
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1) Credit momentum KPIs: a) Earned 6+ college credits in 1st term b) Earned 12+ college credits in 1st term c) Earned 15+ college credits in year 1 d) Earned 24+ college credits in year 1 e) Earned 30+ college credits in year 1
2) Gateway math and English completion KPIs: a) Completed college math in year 1 b) Completed college English in year 1 c) Completed both college math and English in year 1
3) Persistence KPIs: a) Persisted from term 1 to term 2
4) College course completion KPI: a) College-level course completion rate in students’ first academic year
The cohorts tracked here include both full-time and part-time students but exclude students
who are current or previous high school dual enrollment students and excludes students who
began in the summer prior to the fall term. We believe that the experience of students with no
prior college experience at all is the best way to understand a college’s impact on student
success. However, we strongly encourage colleges to run these KPIs separately for dual
enrollment students and other cohorts as well. As you will see, the VFA has disaggregated these
KPIs by race/ethnicity, age and other factors, which will enable your college to see if there are
gaps in progression among different student groups.
As a benefit to using the VFA data system, all Pathway 2.0 colleges have access to all of the VFA
metrics, and VFA cohorts. These data are not presented in this report. However, colleges are
encouraged to explore their VFA medium and longer term outcomes data to broaden and
enhance understanding of early momentum (KPIs) data. VFA staff will be working with the
AACC Pathways team to help colleges access and use these data.
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Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015
5.5% 5.0% 5.1% 5.4% 5.5% 5.4%567 481 431 404 381 342
20.1% 22.7% 21.5% 20.7% 18.9% 16.5%2062 2164 1805 1534 1316 1046
25.8% 27.4% 28.5% 30.6% 30.8% 32.3%2656 2608 2401 2271 2148 2047
10.8% 6.5% 7.8% 8.3% 9.6% 9.6%1112 624 660 617 672 608
37.8% 38.3% 37.0% 35.0% 35.2% 36.2%3887 3650 3117 2593 2454 2290
55.7% 55.5% 56.3% 57.2% 58.2% 62.2%5726 5291 4740 4240 4059 3938
22.0% 21.1% 20.5% 20.7% 21.2% 20.6%2265 2009 1728 1533 1476 1302
22.2% 23.4% 23.1% 22.2% 20.6% 17.3%2284 2226 1946 1645 1436 1093
43.7% 46.3% 43.6% 42.0% 41.0% 45.7%4490 4415 3667 3119 2855 2897
56.3% 53.7% 56.4% 58.0% 59.0% 54.3%5794 5112 4747 4300 4116 3436
39.9% 33.7% 37.1% 40.8% 45.1% 38.9%4107 3210 3122 3026 3144 2466
23.4% 23.3% 22.5% 22.6% 25.5% 30.7%2409 2217 1889 1676 1780 1943
17.2% 18.9% 20.2% 17.8% 15.5% 14.9%1766 1800 1698 1324 1083 944
19.5% 24.1% 20.3% 18.8% 13.8% 15.5%2002 2300 1705 1393 964 980
47.7% 46.4% 47.5% 47.8% 47.7% 47.4%4904 4416 3998 3548 3327 3004
52.2% 53.5% 52.4% 52.1% 52.3% 52.5%5373 5100 4407 3864 3644 3327
50.1% 58.3% 54.9% 55.0% 54.9% 49.3%5157 5555 4621 4078 3830 3124
49.9% 41.7% 45.1% 45.0% 45.1% 50.7%5127 3972 3793 3341 3141 3209
100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%10284 9527 8414 7419 6971 6333
Part‐time
College Ready
Took dev ed in 1
subjectTook dev ed in 2
subjectsTook dev ed in 3
subjects
No Pell
All Students
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19 and younger
20 to 24
25 and older
Male
Female
Pell
Demographics for First Time Ever in College Students
Asian
Black or African
American
Hispanic
Other
White
Full‐time
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Credit Momentum KPIs for VFA Community College
Cohort
year
Earned 6+
credits First
Term
Earned 12+
credits First Term
Earned 15+
credits first
year
Earned 24+ credits
first year
Earned 30+
credits first year
Total FTEIC
students
2010 39.1% (4026) 8.7% (892) 26.4% (2718) 9.6% (987) 3.3% (342) 10284
2011 41.1% (3916) 9.4% (898) 27.8% (2651) 8.7% (825) 2.5% (240) 9527
2012 41.3% (3474) 9% (759) 28.3% (2385) 8.3% (698) 2.8% (233) 8414
2013 45.7% (3391) 14.8% (1100) 32.5% (2409) 11.8% (877) 3.6% (264) 7419
2014 48.2% (3361) 15.2% (1063) 34.1% (2378) 13.3% (925) 4.2% (295) 6971
2015 52.7% (3340) 15.9% (1008) 37.4% (2367) 14% (886) 4.2% (268) 6333
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Earned 6+ Credits First Term
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Earned 12+ Credits First Term
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Earned 15+ Credits First Year
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0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Earned 24+ Credits First Year
VFA Community College All other Pathway colleges
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Earned 30+ Credits First Year
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Cohort
year
Passed college
Math in year 1
Passed college
English in year 1
Passed college
English &
math in year 1
Persisted from
term 1 to term 2
Total college
credits
attempted
Total college
credits
completed
Credit
pass rate
2010 9.6% (983) 35.9% (3694) 7.1% (732) 67.8% (6970) 188026 124037 66%
2011 10.3% (981) 39.3% (3741) 8.3% (789) 70% (6669) 176615 118232 66.9%
2012 11.9% (999) 41.3% (3474) 9.5% (797) 71.5% (6020) 156164.5 108411.5 69.4%
2013 22% (1632) 41.7% (3096) 16.9% (1251) 71.3% (5291) 135183 93542 69.2%
2014 23.4% (1628) 44.2% (3084) 17.9% (1249) 69.6% (4852) 125859 87849 69.8%
2015 27.1% (1718) 48.4% (3066) 21.1% (1335) 71.5% (4527) 117770 86187 73.2%
Gateway Completion, Persistence, and College Course Completion KPIs
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Passed College Math in Year 1
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Passed College English in Year 1
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Passed College Math and English in Year 1
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65%
66%
67%
68%
69%
70%
71%
72%
73%
74%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Persisted from Term 1 to Term 2
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60%
62%
64%
66%
68%
70%
72%
74%
76%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FTEIC ‐ Credit Pass Rate
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0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Earned 6+ credits First Term Earned 12+ credits First Term
Fall 2015 FTEIC First Term Credit Completion Rate by College Readiness Status
College‐ready Referred to dev ed in 1 subject Referred to dev ed in 2 subjects Referred to dev ed in 3 subjects
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Earned 15+ credits first year Earned 24+ credits first year Earned 30+ credits first year
Fall 2015 FTEIC Year 1 Credit Completion Rate by College Readiness Status
College‐ready Referred to dev ed in 1 subject Referred to dev ed in 2 subjects Referred to dev ed in 3 subjects
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Passed college Math in year 1 Passed college English in year 1 Passed college English & math in year 1
Fall 2015 FTEIC College Course Completion Rate by College Readiness Status
College‐ready Referred to dev ed in 1 subject Referred to dev ed in 2 subjects Referred to dev ed in 3 subjects
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Persisted from term 1 to term 2 Credit pass rate
Fall 2015 FTEIC Persistence and Credit Pass Rate by College Readiness Status
College‐ready Referred to dev ed in 1 subject Referred to dev ed in 2 subjects Referred to dev ed in 3 subjects
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0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Earned 6+ credits First Term Earned 12+ credits First Term
Fall 2015 FTEIC First Term Credit Completion Rate by Pell Status
Awarded Pell Not Awarded Pell
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Passed college Math in year 1 Passed college English in year 1 Passed college English & math in year 1
Fall 2015 FTEIC College Course Completion Rate by Pell Status
Awarded Pell Not Awarded Pell
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
Earned 15+ credits first year Earned 24+ credits first year Earned 30+ credits first year
Fall 2015 FTEIC Year 1 Credit Completion Rate by Pell Status
Awarded Pell Not Awarded Pell
64.0%
65.0%
66.0%
67.0%
68.0%
69.0%
70.0%
71.0%
72.0%
73.0%
74.0%
Persisted from term 1 to term 2 Credit pass rate
Fall 2015 FTEIC Persistence and Credit Pass Rate by Pell Status
Awarded Pell Not Awarded Pell
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0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Earned 6+ credits First Term Earned 12+ credits First Term
Fall 2015 FTEIC First Term Credit Completion Rate by First‐term Attendance Status
Full‐time Part‐time
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Passed college Math in year 1 Passed college English in year 1 Passed college English & math in year 1
Fall 2015 FTEIC College Course Completion Rate by First‐term Attendance Status
Full‐time Part‐time
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Earned 15+ credits first year Earned 24+ credits first year Earned 30+ credits first year
Fall 2015 FTEIC Year 1 Credit Completion Rate by First‐term Attendance Status
Full‐time Part‐time
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
Persisted from term 1 to term 2 Credit pass rate
Fall 2015 FTEIC Persistence and Credit Pass Rate by First‐term Attendance Status
Full‐time Part‐time
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0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
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40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Earned 6+ credits First Term Earned 12+ credits First Term
Fall 2015 FTEIC First Term Credit Completion Rate by Gender
Male Female
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Passed college Math in year 1 Passed college English in year 1 Passed college English & math in year 1
Fall 2015 FTEIC College Course Completion Rate by Gender
Male Female
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
Earned 15+ credits first year Earned 24+ credits first year Earned 30+ credits first year
Fall 2015 FTEIC Year 1 Credit Completion Rate by Gender
Male Female
63.0%
64.0%
65.0%
66.0%
67.0%
68.0%
69.0%
70.0%
71.0%
72.0%
73.0%
74.0%
Persisted from term 1 to term 2 Credit pass rate
Fall 2015 FTEIC Persistence and Credit Pass Rate by Gender
Male Female
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Note: "Other: includes students whose race/ethnicity is reportes as Nonresident Aliens, Native American, More than one Race, or unknown.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Earned 6+ credits First Term Earned 12+ credits First Term
Fall 2015 FTEIC First Term Credit Completion Rate by Race/Ethnicity
Black Hispanic White Other Asian/Pacific Islander
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Passed college Math in year 1 Passed college English in year 1 Passed college English & math in year 1
Fall 2015 FTEIC College Course Completion Rate by Race/Ethnicity
Black Hispanic White Other Asian/Pacific Islander
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Earned 15+ credits first year Earned 24+ credits first year Earned 30+ credits first year
Fall 2015 FTEIC Year 1 Credit Completion Rate by Race/Ethnicity
Black Hispanic White Other Asian/Pacific Islander
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Persisted from term 1 to term 2 Credit pass rate
Fall 2015 FTEIC Persistence and Credit Pass Rate by Race/Ethnicity
Black Hispanic White Other Asian/Pacific Islander
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Definitions
Cohort Definition
Fall FTEIC students
Students who enrolled for the first time in postsecondary education (no
previous college credits or degrees) in at least one credit course
(developmental or college‐level, but excluding non‐credit offerings) at your
college during the given fall term. Students who were “dually enrolled” and
in high school previously and in the given term are excluded.
KPI Definition
Earned 6+ college
credits in 1st term Number and % of fall cohort students who earned 6 or more college‐level
(i.e., non‐developmental) credits (with grade A‐D or P) in first term
Earned 12+ college
credits in 1st term Number and % of fall cohort students who earned 12 or more college‐level
(i.e., non‐developmental) credits (with grade A‐D or P) in first term
Earned 12+ college
credits in year 1
Number and % of fall cohort students who earned 12 or more college‐level
(i.e., non‐developmental) credits (with grade A‐D or P) in first full academic
year
Earned 24+ college
credits in year 1
Number and % of fall cohort students who earned 24 or more college‐level
(i.e., non‐developmental) credits (with grade A‐D or P) in first full academic
year
Earned 30+ college
credits in year 1
Number and % of fall cohort students who earned 30 or more college‐level
(i.e., non‐developmental) credits (with grade A‐D or P) in first full academic
year
Completed college
math in year 1
Number and % of fall cohort students who attempted and passed at least
one college level (i.e., non‐developmental) math course (with grade A‐D or
P) in the first academic year. Withdrawals are counted as attempting but
not passing the course.
Completed college
English in year 1
Number and % of fall cohort students who attempted and passed at least
one college level (i.e., non‐developmental) English course (with grade A‐D
or P) in the first academic year. Withdrawals are counted as attempting but
not passing the course.
Completed college
math and English in
year 1
Number and % of fall cohort students who attempted and passed at least
one college level (i.e., non‐developmental) course (with grade A‐D or P) in
both math and English in the first academic year. Withdrawals are counted
as attempting but not passing the course.
Persisted from term 1
to term 2
Number and % of fall cohort students who enrolled in at least one credit
course (including developmental) in term 2 (spring term)
Completed college
credits
Number of college‐level (i.e., non‐remedial) credits completed (with grade
A‐D or P) by fall cohort students in their first full academic year divided by
the total number of college‐level credits attempted by students in the fall
cohort within their first full academic year
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