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

2. 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.

3. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. What does it take to be college ready?

9. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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

14. Why does this matter?

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

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

17. 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

18. 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 (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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

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

23. 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

24. 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%

25. What must we consider with the expansion of dual credit?