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Increasing College-Level
Success through Corequsite
Support
Bruce Vandal Vice President
Complete College America@BruceatCCA
February, 2015
Alliance Member
Arkansas Colorado Connecticut District of
Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Montana Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Nevada New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
35 Members
DC
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Too many students
start college in
remediation.
60%
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Remediation
Too few remedial
students ever
graduate.
1 in 104
Remediation
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Few Ever Get to Gateway
70% of students placed into remediation fail to enroll in a college-level math course
in two academic years
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Student attrition is at the heart of the matter.
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COREQUISITE REMEDIATION
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Guiding Objective
Students complete gateway courses and enter programs of
study in their first academic year
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One Semester Redesigned Gateway
Gateway
Extra Time
Mandatory Tutoring
Sequenced
• Paired proctored labs
• 45 minutes after class
• Additional class periods
• 5 weeks prep plus 10 weeks gateway content
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One Semester Corequisite Results
Institution SubjectTraditional
ModelCorequisite
Model
CC of Baltimore County Accelerated Learning Model
English 33% 74%
Austin Peay State University Structured Assistance
English 49% 70%
Quantitative Reasoning 11% 78%
Statistics 8% 65%
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One-Year Corequisite
Gateway
Semester 1 Semester 2
Gateway Content
Academic Support
College Success Skills
STEM
Quantitative Reasoning
Statistics
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One-Year Corequisite Results
Carnegie StatwaySuccess in gateway math within
one academic year
Traditional Model Statway
5.9%
51.0%
States Implementing Corequisite Support Statewide
West Virginia (Fall, 2014)
Tennessee (Fall, 2015)
Connecticut (Fall, 2014)
Colorado (Fall, 2013)
Indiana (Spring, 2014)
Nevada, Kentucky, Texas developing state strategies
Indiana Has Successfully Scaled Corequisite Support Statewide
Math 29% of students enrolled in math remediation completed a
college-level math course in three years. Now over 64% complete in one semester.
English 37% of students enrolled in English remediation completed
the college-level English course in three years. Now over 55% complete in one semester
Reading 37% of students enrolled in reading remediation completed
the college-level English course in three years. Now 60% complete college-level English in one semester.
Goal 100% High School Graduates Enrolled in College-Level Courses
Early assessment of high school juniors identifies students who need support
Senior year interventions improve college readiness
No high school graduate should be placed in anything more than a college-level course with corequisite support.
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Increasing College-Level
Success through Corequsite
Support
Bruce Vandal Vice President
Complete College America@BruceatCCA
February, 2015