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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
Pete Hernberg – Math/CS Instructor
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%
Other Interesting Stuff About
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%
Other Interesting Stuff About
Developmental Math Success
Hispanic Students
Average Grade 1.77
F-W Retention84.6%
Other Students
Average Grade 2.25
F-W Retention79.6%