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¶

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Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students in QR Categories III and IV in 2018 had the same retention trajectory as 2017 'not college ready' students, dropping to 75 percent by the second semester and 70 percent by the third. → Bracco 2021 q2 i? Retention fell with each semester for all placement categories in both cohorts, with the steepest drop between the second and third semesters. → 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

Retention analysis of the 2017 and 2018 cohorts using Chancellor's Office enrollment data, defining retention as enrolling in at least one baccalaureate-level course in the subsequent semester. The report also notes Category IV students were retained at lower rates than 2017 'not college ready' students over the third and fourth semesters.

"Taken together, the students in categories III and IV in 2018 had the same retention rate as students who were designated as “not college ready” in 2017. By their second semester, retention rates for these students had dropped to 75 percent, and dropped again, to 70 percent, by their third 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
• 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
• 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
• EO 1110 significantly increased first-year completion of the quantitative reasoning (B4) requirement, roughly doubling completion among students needing additional support — related
• 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 — related
• 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 — 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