Currently students Reedley College Placement Data (Fall 2014) are placed primarily Title of Course Students using Accuplacer Basic College Math 3+ levels below college 33% – data. According to Elementary Algebra 2 levels below college 43% the RP group, – Intermediate Algebra 1 level below college 21% 35% of students are – College-Level 4% severely English Placement Levels—New Students The college has limited Title of Course Students multiple measure College English-2 levels below college 8% placement and Writing Skills 1 level below college 69% – currently has a work Composition & Reading - College Engish1A 23% group to address of Course Students this need. In Basic Reading 3 levels below college .007% – addition to the Reading- 2 levels below college 11.2% multiple measures Reading Skills 1 level below college 59.7% – discussion, RC is Composition & Reading - College Engish1A 29% working with our sister college Fresno City College to pilot the statewide Common Assessment. One issue that complicates the implementation of multiple measures is the fact that RC works with 14 different feeder schools. The college has started a K-12 bridge faculty collaboration program where RC faculty are matched with K-12 Mathematics and English faculty; they work collaboratively on curriculum alignment to help prepare students for college classes. This process needs to be scaled up to have community wide impact. Completion of Percent ACCELERATED BASIC SKILLS Transfer-Level English Completing SEQUENCE basic skills —complicated Reedley College--Fall sequence with too many exit points. 2012-Spring 2015 English in With 96% of entering students placing 3 Years below college level math and 77% placing Transfer 69% below college level English RC, needs to One Level-Below 34% simplify and accelerate the basic skills Transfer pathways. Currently there are four basic Two Levels Below 1% skills levels of mathematics and three levels Transfer below in English. This issue is aggravated or More Levels 0% by the fact that students who place into Below Transfer lower level courses are less likely to complete a transfer level mathematics or Overall 41% English course. The Basic Skills committee on campus has been focused on moving students through the __________________ 5http://rpgroup.org
Completion of Transfer-Level English Reedley College--Fall 2012-Spring 2015 Percent Completing English in 3 Years Transfer 69% One Level-Below Transfer 34% Two Levels Below Transfer 1% or More Levels Below Transfer 0% Overall 41% Reedley College Placement Data (Fall 2014) Title of Course Students Basic College Math – 3+ levels below college 33% Elementary Algebra – 2 levels below college 43% Intermediate Algebra – 1 level below college 21% College-Level 4% English Placement Levels—New Students Title of Course Students College English-2 levels below college 8% Writing Skills – 1 level below college 69% Composition & Reading - College Engish1A 23% of Course Students Basic Reading – 3 levels below college .007% Reading- 2 levels below college 11.2% Reading Skills – 1 level below college 59.7% Composition & Reading - College Engish1A 29% Currently students are placed primarily using Accuplacer data. According to the RP group, of students are severely The college has limited multiple measure placement and currently has a work group to address this need. In addition to the multiple measures discussion, RC is working with our sister college Fresno City College to pilot the statewide Common Assessment. One issue that complicates the implementation of multiple measures is the fact that RC works with 14 different feeder schools. The college has started a K-12 bridge faculty collaboration program where RC faculty are matched with K-12 Mathematics and English faculty; they work collaboratively on curriculum alignment to help prepare students for college classes. This process needs to be scaled up to have community wide impact. ACCELERATED BASIC SKILLS SEQUENCE —complicated basic skills sequence with too many exit points. With 96% of entering students placing below college level math and 77% placing below college level English RC, needs to simplify and accelerate the basic skills pathways. Currently there are four basic skills levels of mathematics and three levels below in English. This issue is aggravated by the fact that students who place into lower level courses are less likely to complete a transfer level mathematics or English course. The Basic Skills committee on campus has been focused on moving students through the __________________ 5http://rpgroup.org 35%
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