Ventura Community College, CaliforniaTitle V Basic Skills Grant (2007-2012)

Title V Transfer Velocity Grant (2012-2017)Kathy Scott, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness,

Project Director

Scaling Up Title V Program Evaluation

Purposes of Evaluation

Ensure that grant objectives are met Determine what modifications need to

be made in programs and services being piloted

Collect and analyze data required for federal, internal and external reporting

Provide input for decision-makers regarding institutionalization of grant initiatives

Title V Basic Skills Grant (English, Math, ESL, and Support Services)

Quantitative data for courses and programs Survey data for Tutoring and Supplemental

Instruction External Evaluator Discipline Specific External Evaluators Student Focus Group - Presentation to

Campus CCSSE and institutional data on basic skills

across the disciplines

Development of Title V Transfer Grant-Scaling Up USING

EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES

Scaled up courses identification of high-risk barrier courses for transfer

Scaled up to SI to basic skills supplemental instruction institutionalized

Strategies learned for SI continued Scaled up Reading/Writing Center Scaled up Accelerated Instruction

Title V Transfer Velocity Grant-Scaling Up Program Evaluation

Scaled up Qualitative Research- Qualitative researcher hired

Scaled Up Outcomes Research- Sustainable Continuous Quality Improvement (WASC)

Scaled Up Quantitative Researcher Program Evaluation – USC’s Equity Scorecard