Pathways for ABE Students into Developmental Education
Presented by: Ety Bischoff Howard PriceFlorinda Rodriguez
2015 American Association of Community Colleges, San Antonio, TX
Six Campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley
Starr County
Campus
Rio Grande City
Nursing & Allied Health Campus
McAllen
Pecan Campus
McAllen
Technology Campus
McAllen
Mid Valley Campus
Weslaco
STC
Virtual
Campus
Today’s Learning Outcomes
• Knowledge of some Developmental English and Reading initiatives at STC
• Texas Rules• Success Data analysis of students who test into ABE
levels and then entered the lowest level of Developmental Education available at South Texas College.
• Pathways the South Texas College Developmental Reading and English departments designed for students who test into ABE levels.
Developmental Initiatives at STC
• STC NEXT GENERATIONLEARNING CHALLENGESLearner Web/Directed Self Placement (DSP)
• Became the foundation for our present NCBs• Students with higher developmental scores self-place in either
• A developmental class• ENGL 1301 with web-based diagnostics and remediation• ENGL 1301 without web-based support
• Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) at south Texas college
• Two Strategic Interventions• Case Management Approach to Student Success• Integrative Contextualized Curriculum
Reducing Course levels From 6 courses to 3
Until Spring 2013: ENGL0071/0081/0091
READ0070/080/090
By Fall 2013 there were only two levels in each:
ENGL0100 and ENGL0200READ0100 and READ0200
From Fall 2015 there will be only one level of each and a higher
level INRW class.
READ0100, ENGL0100, INRW
Texas Success Initiative (TSI)• The Texas Success Initiative Assessment had been developed by the Texas state
78th Legislature in 2011 under House Bill 1244 to approve adoption of a single assessment to help ensure student success at institutions of higher education.
• Texas Education Code Sec. 51.3062 • TSI requires that all incoming students enrolling at Texas public institutions of
higher education be assessed academically to determine their level of college-readiness in Reading, Writing, and Math.
• Implementation Date of the TSI Assessment: Institution’s first class day AY 2013-2014
New Rules in Texas Fall 2013
• In Texas, all Developmental Education is regulated by the legislature and their house and senate bills are mandatory once they have passed.
• From Accuplacer and THEA to TSI• From Developmental only to Developmental and ABE placement• The ABE levels• Diagnostics• The TSI score print out• The Role of Continuing Ed
Placement options after TSI
• ABE levels 1-6 ENGL0100 or READ0100 or both
• Developmental levels ENGL0200, READ0200, INRW
• College Ready Academic coursework
5.0%
15.0%
25.0%
35.0%
45.0%
55.0%
65.0%
44.0%
57.2%55.0%
52.7%
Initiative to Accelerate English 100 StudentsStudents take TSI at the End of the Sememster
N = 302
N = 285
N = 576
N = 1163
ENGLISH SUCCESS RATES
YearTotal
StudentsABELevel
Completed0100
Persistedinto 0200
Completed0200
Spring2014
31 1-4 65% (20) 35% (11) 32% (10)
68 5-6 68% (46) 43% (29) 38% (26
Fall2014
84 1-4 67% (56) not yet
available
244 5-6 66% (160) not yet
available
65%(20)
35%(11)
Spring 2014 CohortLevel 1 - 4
Pass ENGL 0100
Fail ENGL 0100 / 0200
32%(10 of 31)
Pass ENGL 0100 / 0200
32%(22)
68%(46)
Spring 2014 CohortLevel 5 - 6
Fail ENGL 0100 / 0200
Pass ENGL 0100
38%(26 of 68)
Pass ENGL 0100 / 0200
2.5%
7.5%
12.5%
17.5%
22.5%
27.5%
32.5%
26.3%
22.9%
28.8%
26.8%
Initiative to Accelerate Reading 100 StudentsStudents take TSI at the End of the Sememster
N = 1632
N = 772
N = 340
N = 520
READING SUCCESS RATES
YearTotal
studentsABELevel
Completed0100
Persisted Completed
0200
Fall2013
52 1-4 65% (34) 54% (28) 39% (12)
167 5-6 74% (123) 80% (99) 40% (67)
Spring2014
29 1-4 28% (8) 41% (12) 21%(6)
59 5-6 53% (31) 63% (37) 34% (20)
Fall2014
10 1-4 60% (6) 60% (6) not yet
available
167 5-6 70% (110) 79% (132) not yet
available
28%(8)
72%(21)
Spring 2014 CohortLevel 1 - 4
Pass READ 0100
Fail READ 0100 / 0200
21%(6 of 29)
Pass READ 0100 / 0200
47%(28)
53%(31)
Spring 2014 CohortLevel 5 - 6
Fail READ 0100 / 0200
Pass READ 0100
34%(20 of 59)
Pass READ 0100 / 0200
Adult Basic Education
CollegeReady
DevelopmentalEducation
PLACEMENT
TSI
INITIAL TSI ASSESSMENT PLACEMENT
STC Developmental English Pathways
English 0100
CollegeReady
TSI
NCBW 0300 Co-Enrolled
INRW 0304Integrated Reading
and Writing
INRW0304
English 1301
NCBW 0300
Stand Alone
NCBW 0300 Co-Enrolled
English 1301
NCBW 0300Stand Alone
TSI
STC Developmental Reading Pathways
Reading 0100
NCBR 0300Stand Alone
INRW 0304Integrated Reading
and Writing
CollegeReady
TSI
NCBR 0300 Co-Enrolled
INRW0304
English 1301, History 1301, 1302, Govt 2305, 2306
NCBR 0300
Stand Alone
NCBR 0300 Co-Enrolled
History 1301, 1302, Govt 2305, 2306,
etc.NCBR 0200 Co-Enrolled
TSI
PlacementScoreABE1-4
ACE My
FoundationLAB
Dev ESOL 51 Reading
VocabularyCourse
Dev ESOL 52 Grammar
Course
TSI PLACEMENT ACEESL
Course
ESOL PLACEMENT ASSESSMENT
ADVISE MENT
Developmental Education ESOL and Adult Basic Education ESOL and Foundation Lab Pathways
TSI
Conclusions for Consideration
• For ABE levels 5,6: continue to place into lowest level of Developmental classes
• Given that ABE level students 1-4 make it through developmental classes and into an academic class, it is probably better to provide financial aid eligible developmental education before making final ABE level placement decisions
• For the 1,2 level ABE level students, rather than referral to CE, try My Foundation Lab software and/or Dev. Ed. ESOL first.
Questions?
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