1. New Rules for Prerequisites
Kevin Bontenbal
Richard Mahon
New Rules for Prerequisites
Pamela Watkins

2. Title 5 §55003 & Model District Policy
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”:
Colleges continue to be required to monitor:
Multiple Measures • What is happening with assessment for placement on campus?
Disproportionate Impact • Measured when first offered or in local program review?
“Model District Policy”: what should happen with it?
Richard

3. Multiple Measures & Disproportionate Impact
Colleges continue to be required to evaluate student readiness using multiple measures
• Use of a single test metric is prohibited
• Review “Multiple Measures & Other Sorrows”
Colleges continue to be required to monitor disproportionate impact
• When first offered or in local program review?
Pamela

4. Local Board Policy
What do current local board policy & administrative procedures require?
Did your district adopt “Model District Policy,” in name or content?
Do you have a local rigorous content review procedure?
Only once (1) local policy and (2) procedure and (3) development of content review permit, can (4) colleges begin to implement prerequisites based on content review.
Kevin

5. “Prerequisites Revisited”
Revision of 1997’s “Good Practice for the Implementation of Prerequisites.”
Some sections have always been good and have been maintained (program prerequisites)
Several new sections, on: multiple measures, disproportionate impact, student equity, and developing a comprehensive view of the curriculum
Anticipated Exec approval to release draft, June 5, 2010, draft release at the Curriculum Institute, July 8, 2010.
Richard

6. Research & Implementation
Where to begin? Ongoing use of data. What courses have high numbers of students already prepared (minimal disruption)
What courses can students not avoid?
What courses have the greatest equity gaps?
Red light / green light: developing a balanced curriculum.
QUESTIONS?
Kevin