Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students earned fewer first-year baccalaureate units than White and Asian students in every QR placement category in both cohorts¶

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Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Average units earned by White and Asian students were significantly higher than those of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students within each placement category, though Category IV students of all groups earned more than 2017 'not college ready' peers. → Bracco 2021

Evidence¶

Bracco 2021¶

Bracco, K. R., Barrat, V. X., Skjoldhorne, S., & Finkelstein, N. (2021). Student Progress Before and After California State University's Executive Order 1110. WestEd. http://csustudentsuccess.org/multiple-measures

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Disaggregated credit-accumulation analysis of the 2017 and 2018 cohorts using Least Squares Means with Bonferroni-adjusted pairwise comparisons (SAS GLM). The report notes Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino Category IV students earned 2.4 and 2.0 more credits respectively than 2017 'not college ready' peers.

"The average numbers of baccalaureate units earned by White and Asian students were significantly higher than the average numbers of units earned by Black/African American students and Hispanic/Latino students for each placement category (Figure 5)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Average first-year baccalaureate units earned decreased with each lower QR placement category, from about 27 units in Category I to about 20 in Category IV — related
• Within QR placement categories, White and Asian students earned significantly more first-year units than Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students, with gaps most pronounced in Category IV — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students were overrepresented in lower QR placement categories relative to their share of the 2018 CSU entering cohort — related
• Under EO 1110, students in QR placement categories III and IV attempted and earned more baccalaureate credits in their first year than comparable 'not college ready' students did in 2017 — related
• Despite gains in credits and B4 completion, retention declines under EO 1110 were similar to baseline: 2018 Category III/IV students retained at the same rates as 2017 'not college ready' students — related
• OLI evidence base covers community college and postsecondary students across diverse racial and ethnic groups — related
• Retention rates for Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students dropped more steeply between the second and third semesters than for White and Asian students in both cohorts — related