First-semester outcomes strongly predicted second-semester A2 and B4 completion: students who completed first-semester stretch courses mostly completed the requirement, while most who failed an A2 or B4 course did not retake it¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In WC, 84 percent of students who completed the first-semester stretch or prerequisite course completed the A2 requirement in the second semester, versus less than 20 percent of those who attempted but did not complete an A2 course. → Bracco 2020 q2 i? In QR, only 44 percent of students who had not completed B4 by the end of the first semester completed it in the second semester, and a majority (54 percent) of those who failed a B4 course did not attempt it again. → Bracco 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Bracco 2020¶

Bracco, K., Barrat, V., & Finkelstein, N. (2020). Student progress under California State University's Executive Order 1110: A systemwide analysis of outcomes in 2018/19. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED613408

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Analysis of second-semester A2 outcomes for 28,914 WC Category II-IV non-completers (Table 1). The report finds "84 percent of those who completed the first semester stretch or prerequisite course completed the A2 requirement in the second semester," while fewer than 20 percent of failed A2 attempters completed it and 62 percent did not re-attempt.

"84 percent of those who completed the first semester stretch or prerequisite course completed the A2 requirement in the second semester"

Bracco 2020 (2)¶

Bracco, K., Barrat, V., & Finkelstein, N. (2020). Student progress under California State University's Executive Order 1110: A systemwide analysis of outcomes in 2018/19. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED613408

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Analysis of second-semester B4 outcomes for 28,980 QR Category II-IV non-completers (Table 2). Only 44 percent completed B4 in the second semester; of students who failed a B4 course, approximately three quarters did not complete the requirement and a majority (54 percent) did not re-attempt.

"Overall, only 44 percent of the 28,980 students who had yet to complete their B4 requirement at the end of the first semester completed it during the second semester"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• First-year completion of the written communication (A2) requirement was similar across the 2017 and 2018 cohorts at approximately 80 percent — related
• Second-semester stretch courses had higher completion rates than other course types for B4 across all placement categories and for A2 in Categories III and IV, but not Category II; corequisite and traditional course completion rates did not differ significantly — related
• First-year completion of the A2 and B4 General Education requirements varied sharply by placement category, with wider gaps in QR than in WC — related
• Faculty report stretch models are widely seen as effective for developmental writing and function best when the same instructor and student cohort persist across semesters — related