Major Policy Discussion Achieving the Goals of 60x30TX: College Readiness and Dual Credit April 28, 2016 College Readiness and Success Academic Quality and Workforce

U.S. Workforce Projections by Required Education Level, 2020 According to the Center on Education and the Workforce, our future workforce will demand more postsecondary trained and educated workers. U.S. Workforce Projections by Required Education Level, 2020 In 1973, only 28% of all U.S. jobs required postsecondary education/skills. By 2020, 59% of the jobs in Texas will require this level of education. Currently, 38% of Texans have an certificate or degree Source: Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce; data in charts rounded.

COMPLETION Goal: By 2030, at least 550,000 students in that year will complete a certificate, associate, bachelor’s, or master’s from an institution of higher education in Texas. If reached, Texas will award a total of 6.4 million certificates or degrees during the 15 years of this plan.

What does it mean to be college ready? ….the level of preparation a student must attain to succeed, without remediation, in an entry-level college course

Assessing College Readiness High school end-of-course assessments Algebra 2 & English 3 include college readiness benchmarks (aligned to CCRS) TSI Assessment: new college readiness assessment aligned to Texas CCRS SAT ACT 7

What does it take to be college ready?

High School to College Curriculum Alignment 79th Texas Legislature, Third Called Special Session, HB 1: “Advancement of College Readiness in the Curriculum” Development of the College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Integration of CCRS into K12 curriculum (TEKS) CCRS in Math, English, Science, Social Studies and Cross- disciplinary skills 9

The most recent data from HS graduates further illustrate the role of coursework in college readiness Percent of HS Students Who Met ACT College Readiness Benchmark for Mathematics Based on Course-taking Pattern in High School (Texas HS Graduating Class, 2015) Number of Texas ACT Test Takers: 124,764 Source: ACT Profile Report-Texas (Graduating Class 2015)

College Completion rates are similarly higher for students who pursued a more rigorous curriculum Higher Education Graduation Rates for 2007 HS Graduates by highest HS math and by highest HS science

Clifford Adelman conducted the most comprehensive analysis on linkage between HS and college success…. The academic intensity of the student’s high school curriculum still counts more than anything else in precollegiate history in providing momentum toward completing a bachelor’s degree. The highest level of mathematics reached in high school continues to be a key marker in precollegiate momentum, with the tipping point of momentum toward a bachelor’s degree now firmly above Algebra 2. The Adelman study examined a sample size of 12,000 student transcripts representing a weighted 2.9 million students enrolled in 8th grade in 1988 and tracked through 2000. Source: Clifford Adelman, The Toolbox Revisited: Paths to Degree Completion From High School Through College, 2006

Why does this matter?

Data from Georgetown Public Policy Institute: Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020 (Carnevale, Smith, Strohl), June 2013

What is dual credit? College course credit for which a student can also earn high school credit.

2015 Dual Credit Basics Dual Credit Partnership Dual credit partnership (MOU) must be established between the governing boards of the college and the public or private high school/district prior to offering courses. Eligible Courses for Dual Credit Core Curriculum & Foreign Language WECM credit courses University’s approved undergraduate course inventory No developmental education or remedial courses Grade Level Eligibility High school students--as agreed upon in local policy Dual Credit Course Load No limit in rules 17

2015 Dual Credit Basics Curriculum The college shall ensure that the course being offered for dual credit and the corresponding course offered at the main campus of the college are equivalent with respect to curriculum, materials, instruction, and method/rigor of student evaluation. Faculty Faculty must meet the same standards and approval procedures used by the college to select faculty responsible for teaching the same courses at the main campus of the college. Dual credit faculty qualifications specified in TEC 130.008(g) (HB 18, 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session). The college shall supervise and evaluate instructors of college courses offered through dual credit using the same procedures used for faculty at the main campus of the college. 18

2015 Dual Credit Basics Funding An institution of higher education may only claim funding for college credit courses offered as dual credit if they are contained in the institution’s core curriculum, career and technical education courses, and foreign language courses. 19

2015 Dual Credit Basics Student Demonstration of Academic Eligibility to Enroll 1) Demonstration of college readiness TSI Assessment ACT SAT Algebra II STARR EOC English III STAAR EOC 2) Dual credit eligibility (not college readiness standard) English II STAAR EOC Algebra I STAAR EOC plus passing grade in Algebra II course PSAT PLAN/Aspire Not required for dual credit courses contained in a Workforce Education Level 1 Certificate. 20

Dual credit students who enrolled at public 4-year universities had higher completion rates *Bachelor’s degree completion rates. Dual Credit Cohort includes part-time and full-time enrollees; Statewide Cohort shows published graduation rates from Texas HE Accountability System for 2010 cohort

Dual Credit Enrollments have grown 650% since 2000; There were over 133,000 fall enrollees in 2015 133,342 17,784

Most dual credit is taken at 2-year colleges In 2015, 94 percent of all dual credit students were at 2-year colleges Public 2-year enrolled 126,000 students Public Universities enrolled 7,500 students This fall had the largest numerical increase ever with 21,000 more students than in fall 2014 Technical dual credit enrollment is growing 15 percent of dual credit enrollees took technical hours in fall 2015 12 percent of enrollees took technical hours in fall 2013

In 2015, there were large percentage increases in dual credit enrollments for students ages 14 and 15 Age 14 15 16 17 18 Dual Credit students in Fall 2014 4,190 8,330 43,595 50,565 5,133 Dual Credit students in Fall 2015 5,574 12,376 51,505 57,448 5,775 % Increase 33% 49% 18% 14% 12.5%

What must we consider with the expansion of dual credit?