Education Planning Initiative

CCCCIO Conference October 2014

“Graduation rates also are low at CCC … with only 23 percent of full–time CCC students graduating or transferring within three years …”

The 2013-14 Analysis of the Higher Education Budget. Legislative Analyst’s Office

“In 2011–12, CCC provided instruction to more than 350,000 students who already had earned 60 or more degree–applicable semester units. Of these students, nearly 95,000 had earned more than 90 units.”

The 2013-14 Analysis of the Higher Education Budget. Legislative Analyst’s Office

Problems with Students Completing

Many Students Take Far Too Many Courses

• Changing majors repeatedly• Repeating courses to improve grades• Required courses unavailable so take others for

Financial aid eligibility• Articulation problems• Interest in the course subject• Perceived employment opportunity enhancement

Key Objectives

• Student Portal to consolidate, personalize, and sequence information & activities

• Message students to promote positive actions

• Leverage technology to assist counseling

• Provide Education Planner & Degree Audit

• Support all colleges• With or without existing systems

• Integrate academic data from across the system

• Articulation, Transcripts, Courses/Programs

Begin with the end in mind…-Steven Covey

The NEW Online Gateway to the California Community Colleges

A Foundation for the Future

• Systemwide Student Account (OpenCCC)• CCC-ID ( ex. ASX4678 ) tying data together• Federated ID – Single Sign On for Students• Business Intelligence• Scalable Architecture• World Class Student Support

76 Colleges Live 15 Colleges Live on BOG32 Colleges In-Process

980,000+ Applications Processed

Student Satisfaction

98%

OpenCCCApply Status

Apply for AdmissionOrder TranscriptsEducation Planning OrientationFinancial AidTime ManagementTransportationChild CareTest AnxietySubstance AbuseFood AssistanceAcademic counseling/advising Basic skills (reading, writing, math) CalWorks

Career planning

College ExplorationCounseling - personal DSPS - Disabled Student Programs and Services EOPS - Extended Opportunity Programs and Services ESL - English as a Second Language Health services Housing information Employment assistance Online classes

Re-entry program

(after 5 years out) Scholarship information Student government Testing, assessment Transfer information Tutoring services Veteran’s servicesAthleticsFoster YouthTANF, SSI, or General AssistanceDream ActLGBT

Portal – Messaging Students

Activity(Portlet)

StudentProfile

WorkflowEngine

Student Selects Activity

UpdatesProfile

BusinessRules

MachineLearning

Checklist

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March

UpdatesChecklist

MessagingSendsMessage

Recommendations

MakesRecommendation

Adds toCalendar

Student Portal Workflow

ApplyExploreLearnDo

Menu

Search

Education Planning & Degree Audit

ElectronicTranscripts

ArticulationC-ID / ASSIST

CurriculumInventory

Need data to support campus systems or a systemwideEducation Planning / Degree Audit offering.

Support Education Planning / Degree Audit

On Campus orSystemwide

C-ID• Software well done, but…

– Independent programmers have left– Programming platform is no longer supported

• Moved to our servers• Requirements gathering with ASCCC• Setting up support tracking• Testing to go live on our servers• Continued Development & Rewrite• C-ID to update ASSIST for CCC-CCC Articulation

CCCCO Curriculum Inventory• Requirements gathering with CCCCO Team• Problems

– Does not integrate with Curricunet (copy/paste)– Data integrity / validation checking

• Actions– Develop a data dictionary– Further requirements gathering– Decide: Revise or Replace

ASSIST 2.0• Development continues• Web services development is delayed• Was to start in August

while we wait…• We are meeting this month with Ellucian

(DegreeWorks and Colleague Developers) to define web services.

eTranscript CaliforniaElectronic Transcript Exchange Network

88 Institutions Participating57 California Community Colleges21 California State Universities4 University of California (Implementing)6 Privates (Phoenix, USC, National)

Implements a California Transcript Standard (IGETC, General Ed, SB1440)Open standard that any transcript vendor can implement

eTranscript California

• Fully Fund the Service• Promote usage of the California Transcript

– SB 1440 Data– C-ID– General Ed Certification– IGETC, CSU GE, etc.

• Upgrade the Network

EPI Work to Date• Establish Governance – March 2014

– Statewide Organization Stakeholder Representation

• Launch initiative project website – January 2014– www.cccedplan.org

• Pilot College Application and Selection – June 2014• Ed Plan / Degree Audit Request For Information

(RFI) – July 2014• Work Group formation, meetings begin – July 2014

EPI Pilot Colleges

• City College of San Francisco

• Crafton Hills College• El Camino College• Fresno City College• Fullerton College• Los Medanos College

• Mt. San Jacinto College• Santa Barbara City College• Santa Rosa Jr. College • Victor Valley College

EPI Timeline• Fall 2014 - Winter

– Portal Software Development RFP DONE– User Experience Development RFP– Self Assessment / Career Exploration RFP

• Winter - Spring 2015– Ed Planning, Degree Audit, Counseling RFP– Orientation for New Students (modules) RFP– eTranscript California 2.0 Development RFP– C-ID Upgrades and Refresh

EPI Timeline• Spring - Summer 2015

– Portal & Portlet Development & Pilot– CCCCO Curriculum Inventory Upgrade/Replace– ASSIST Web Services Development

• Summer – Winter 2015– Ed Plan, Degree Audit, Counseling - Develop & Pilot

• Fall – Spring 2016– eTranscript California 2.0 Development & Pilot

Common Assessment Initiative

Background– Over 30 different assessments used by colleges

2008 Consultation Council Taskforce on Assessment

Majority of colleges do not accept placement results from other community colleges resulting in…

Additional costs and student frustration due to retestingNo savings from economies of scaleInconsistent messaging to high school students regarding collegiate academic

standards

• Tests place too many students in remedial programs (LBCC)Long Beach Promise Pathways Study

– In English, 60% of students who placed in the developmental sequence had earned A’s or B’s in high school English

– Almost 35% of students who placed into transfer-level English had received C’s and D’s in high school—and went on to fail that course at a rate of 53%, a much higher failure rate than other students

Student Success Legislation

2011-12 Student Success Taskforce lead to legislation targeting Assessment, Orientation, Counseling/ Advising, Student Education Plans

AB 743 - establish a common assessment system to be used as one of multiple measures, consistent with existing regulations, for the purposes of community college placement and advisement.

SB 1456- As a condition of receipt of matriculation funds, requires colleges to adopt common assessment if the college uses standardized assessment tests (when available)

• Key Objectives– General Purpose Assessment Platform

• Math • English• English as a second language (ESL)

– Assessment Preparation– Multiple Measures (fold in CalPASS/Gates work)– Professional development– Integrate data across the system (data warehouse)

Common Assessment Initiative

• Separate Testing Platform from Content

• Allows for best of breed selection and modification of placement test content (Math, English, ESL)

• Placement Tests• Practice Tests• Credit by Exam• Online Courses • Professional

Development• General testing

offering for the colleges

• Single Source for Support

• Mitigates vendor lock

Common Assessment Multiple Measures

• Key ObjectivesBased on millions of students earlier placement success (or not)

CCCApply data + HS Grades+ Standardized Test Results+ Placement Test Results= Predict Best Placement in College

CAI Work to Date• Establish Governance – March 2014

– Stakeholder representation

• Launch initiative project website – January 2014– www.cccassess.org

• Environmental scan – May 2014• Pilot College Application and Selection – May 2014• Request For Information (RFI) – June 2014• Work Group formation, meetings begin – June 2014

CAI Pilot Colleges

• Bakersfield College• Butte College• Chaffey College• DeAnza College• Delta College• Diablo Valley College

• Fresno City College• Rio Hondo College• Sacramento City College• Saddleback College• Santa Monica College• West Los Angeles College

CAI Work Groups• Math• English• ESL• Multiple Measures (tied to MMAP/CalPASS)• Professional Development (tied to ASCCC)• Test Development Process (tied to CCCCO

Assessment Standards work group)

CAI Timeline• Fall 2014

– Work group content synthesis– Feedback and vetting - statewide (surveys) and local

channels (ASCCC helping to get word out)– RFP Release

• Spring 2015– Vendor selection and contracting– Vendor management and work– Iterative feedback and vetting– Assessment prep (dependent on vendor offering)

CAI Timeline• Fall 2015

– Pilot Phase– Feedback from the field– Development of resources for implementation

• Spring 2016– Release and Implementation– Ongoing feedback and development

• Success!

Consider

• CAI will provide for Common Assessment, not Common Placement

• Still opportunities for participation• Need ongoing communication & feedback• Potential for each college’s implementation

to be unique given local factors

Questions?

• Tim Calhoon calhoonti@cccnext.net

• Project Sites Newswww.cccAssess.org www.cccTechEDge.orgwww.cccEdPlan.orgwww.cccOnlineEd.org