You Have Data, Now What?

#ATD_Dream Our Mission Achieving the Dream is a national reform network dedicated to community college student success and completion; focused primarily on helping low-income students and students of color complete their education and obtain market-valued credentials.

#ATD_Dream 11 Years of Achieving the Dream conceived as a national initiative Achieving the Dream was conceived as a national initiative by a visionary group of partners and investors, led by Lumina Foundation independent national nonprofit organization With support from its partners, investors, and Network, Achieving the Dream became an independent national nonprofit organization in leverage the lessons learned goal of catalyzing systemic institutional change Achieving the Dream is moving forward to leverage the lessons learned over its first 10 years with the goal of catalyzing systemic institutional change at all its colleges over 200 colleges across 35 states and the District of Columbia ATD’s reach has expanded to over 200 colleges across 35 states and the District of Columbia changed the conversation access and success for all students Together, we changed the conversation from valuing student access to higher education to prizing access and success for all students

#ATD_Dream Our Work INCUBATION of new ideas that helped colleges redefine practices based on evidence of what works. DISSEMINATION of knowledge back to the network and the field. SUPPORTS DESIGNED AND DELIVERED using a powerful capacity- building framework that helps colleges introduce solutions at scale.

#ATD_Dream Institutional Capacity Framework

#ATD_Dream Data & Technology The institution’s capabilities to collect, access, analyze and use data to inform decisions, and to utilize and leverage technology to support student success.

#ATD_Dream Culture of Evidence “The outcome of a deliberate strategy to make decisions through the analysis of data” Campus Technology

#ATD_Dream Ingredients that Feed a Culture of Evidence

#ATD_Dream Data Culture Distribute Data Responsibility: Institutional Research Information Technology Cross-Functional Data Team Build capacity: Data Coach Data Insight Webinar Series Data and Analytics Summit Data Discovery Guide Institutional and Benchmark Data

#ATD_Dream Top 3 Changes Observed on Campus 97% 79% 94% Intensified focus on student success Increased use of data Revised and/or created new policies & procedures to support student success 2015 Network Survey Results

#ATD_Dream Start by Asking Questions Where do we first lose students in the pipeline? How do students perform in our top highest enrolled courses? How do we support students through the student experience from connection, entry, progression, completion and as they transition to 4-year and workforce? Is our student intake process effective? Do all student groups have similar progression and completion rates or are there performance gaps?

#ATD_Dream Measuring Student Success

#ATD_Dream Leah Meyer Austin Award Winners Since 2009, the Leah Meyer Austin Award has annually recognized an ATD Institution that has demonstrated outstanding achievement in designing college-wide solutions to support and promote student success, resulting in significant and sustainable systemic institutional improvement. Valencia College (2009) Guilford Technical Community College (2010) El Paso Community College (2011) Zane State College (2012) South Texas College (2013) Bunker Hill Community College (2014) Montgomery County Community College (2014) Patrick Henry Community College (2015) The Community College of Baltimore County (2015) Harper College (2016)

#ATD_Dream 2016 LMA Award Winner: Harper College Percent of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students who completed a degree or certificate within three years of initial enrollment. Ingredients in Harper College’s Success  Shared data broadly and set up space for honest dialogue  Followed the data to find out the “why” of their student outcomes  Cultivated a culture that empowers faculty to innovate and lead student success efforts  Promoted and supported collaboration – defined student success as a shared responsibility for the whole community  Developed strong external partnerships to support the whole student

#ATD_Dream Intersections between ATD Participants and VFA ATD VFA 46 Colleges

#ATD_Dream Goal of MOU Lead the Way Toward Better Measures of Postsecondary Performance

#ATD_Dream Key Question How to improve and use postsecondary data to increase student outcomes?

Using to VFA to explore data drive institutional transformation Kent Phillippe, AVP of Research & Student Success, AACC

for community colleges by community colleges

Measures Cohorts 1.Developmental Education Progress Measures 2.Two-Year Progress Measures 3.Six-Year Outcomes Measures 4. Career & Technical Education Measures CTE Cohort 5. Adult Basic Education Measures ABE Cohort Six Year Cohort Two Year Cohort Main Credential Seeking First Time In College

VFA Using the VFA Colleges

VFA and Strategic Plan Alignment at Broward College Greater context for performance funding models Informed decision-making for student success initiatives Effective peer benchmarking with alignment of common metrics for reports and scorecards Enhanced strategic planning and institutional effectiveness processes Broader, clearer picture of institutional performance over time (six year outcomes) More comprehensive insight than other local, state, or national databases (including IPEDS) Facilitation of data quality and validation efforts for continuous improvement

VFA and Strategic Plan Alignment at Broward College

The Voluntary Framework of Accountability is an institutional framework; HOWEVER… The power is in sector-wide and national implementation States Using the VFA National Colleges

State-wide Uses of the VFA Compare institutions within a state Summarize state-wide outcomes Put in-state college outcomes in perspective to outcomes outside of the state Provide data and information to better tell the story of colleges in the state States

National Uses of the VFA Informing and driving policy Alignment – across states, across initiatives, across the sector Raises awareness Increases the effectiveness of effort taking place on multiple fronts National

#ATD_Dream Upcoming Webinar The ATD and AACC co-sponsored webinar on the VFA, featuring Broward College, is scheduled for Thursday, April 14, :30 PM EST - 1:45 PM EST. Register here!Register here

Kent A. Phillippe Associate Vice President, Research & Student Success Laurie Heacock National Director of Data, Technology, and Analytics