EO 1110 significantly increased first-year completion of the quantitative reasoning (B4) requirement, roughly doubling completion among students needing additional support¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? About 73 percent of the 2018 cohort completed the B4 requirement in their first year versus about 60 percent of the 2017 cohort; among students needing support, completion rose from 25 percent ('not college ready', 2017) to 59 percent (Category III) and 49 percent (Category IV). → 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

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Cohort comparison of B4 (quantitative reasoning) GE completion in the first year using CSU Chancellor's Office enrollment data for the 2017 and 2018 cohorts. The report states support-designated students' completion "more doubled in the first year of implementation" of the new policy.

"whereas only 25 percent of the students in the 2017 cohort who were designated as “not college ready ” completed the B4 requirement in their first year, 59 percent of the students in the 2018 cohort who were designated as Cat egory III, and 49 percent of those designated as Category IV, completed the requirement."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Systemwide first-year B4 completion rose to approximately 73 percent in 2018/19, up from approximately 63 percent in each of the three previous years — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Under EO 1110's first year, the majority of CSU entering first-year students were placed in Category II in both Written Communication (74 percent) and Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (63 percent) — related