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)¶
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q2 i? Most 2018 CSU entering first-year students were placed in Category II in both WC and QR under the new multiple-measures placement system. → Bracco 2020
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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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Systemwide observational analysis of Chancellor's Office enrollment data for 59,790 fall 2018 entering first-year students. The report states "The vast majority of students were placed in Category II in both WC (74 percent) and QR (63 percent)" under the new placement categories.
"The vast majority of students were placed in Category II in both WC (74 percent) and QR (63 percent)."
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Related Claims¶
- Large majorities of incoming California community college students place into remedial-level mathematics and English — 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
- 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
- Students who entered CSU without declaring a major were retained at slightly lower rates than students who entered with a declared major — related
- EO 1110 significantly increased first-year completion of the quantitative reasoning (B4) requirement, roughly doubling completion among students needing additional support — 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
- First-year completion of the written communication (A2) requirement was similar across the 2017 and 2018 cohorts at approximately 80 percent — related
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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) |
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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) |
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