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Jumping Past Developmental Mathematics

Jim Whittaker and Pete Hernberg

AACC San Antonio, Texas

95th Annual Conference

April 20, 2015

Blue Mountain Community College

• 2,600 FTE• 9,500 Students (Headcount)• 16,000 Square Miles• 5 Centers• 145 miles between extreme

centers

Overview of Jump Start

Data Use for Program Evaluation

Results: What Do They Mean?

Why Bother?

LONGITUDINAL DATA• New Students Fall 2010 and Fall

2011 Taking Developmental Math Their First Quarter

• All Students Chose Degrees Requiring College Algebra

• Students Were Tracked for Two Years

Holy Shit!

Number of Dev. Math Courses Needed For Degree

3 Dev. Math Courses

2 Dev. Math Courses

1 Dev. Math Courses

Percent Completing College Algebra

11%

46%

77%

Goals

Reduce the Number of Exit Points

Improve Student Placement and Completion

What is Jump Start?

• Two Week Intensive Review• Test to Advance to Next Course• Pre-algebra and Elementary Algebra

• No Change in Seat Time

Challenges?

• Math Faculty Buy In• Cost• Scheduling• Advising• Operational• Scaling

Get Naked With Your Data

How Should We Measure Jumpstart Success or Lack

There Of?FormativeSummativeQuantitativeQualitativeBaseline

Jumpers

Percent Who Jumped From Pre-algebra 53.2%

Percent Who Jumped From Elementary Algebra 44.6%

Results Elementary Algebra

Jumping Students

Ave MTH Grade 2.00

% C or Higher 66.7%

F to W Retention 88.9%

Other Students

Ave MTH Grade 2.22

% C or Higher73.3%

F to W Retention85.0%

Results Intermediate Algebra

Jumping Students

Ave MTH Grade 2.54

% C or Higher 76.0%

F to W Retention 75.0%

Other Students

Ave MTH Grade 2.15

% C or Higher 69.7%

F to W Retention 84.8%

Stuff to Think About

The Group with the Higher Success Has the Lower

RetentionWHY?

Anomaly or Real

PUNCHLINE

Does It Work?

Is It Worth It?

Contact Information

Jim Whittaker – VP of Instruction

jwhittaker@bluecc.edu

Pete Hernberg – Math/CS Instructor

phernberg@bluecc.edu

Other Interesting Stuff About

Developmental Math Success

Pell Eligible Students

Average Grade 1.95

F-W Retention 82.5%

Other Students

Average Grade 2.37

F-W Retention78.5%

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Developmental Math SuccessFirst Generation

Average Grade 2.10

F-W Retention78.8%

Other Students

Average Grade 2.21

F-W Retention81.0%

Other Interesting Stuff About

Developmental Math Success

Male Students

Average Grade 2.19

F-W Retention84.4%

Female Students

Average Grade 2.16

F-W Retention75.3%

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Developmental Math Success

Hispanic Students

Average Grade 1.77

F-W Retention84.6%

Other Students

Average Grade 2.25

F-W Retention79.6%