Sec MorrisADP PS Outreach 11 07

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VIRGINIA’S POSTSECONDARY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AND DATA COLLECTION

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Secretary of Education presentations: Public College Presidents Private College President Advisory Group Community College Presidents Chief Academic Officers Prominent Virginia Business Leaders Virginia Board of Education State Council of Higher Education Academic Affairs Committee P-16 Council Postsecondary Outreach Campaign

Gathering Data: 

Gathering Data Feedback requested from 30 institutions: 10 four-year/junior college public institutions 10 four-year private institutions 10 community colleges Each to provide two small multi-disciplinary faculty teams (3-5) to complete math and English essential skills survey.

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Conference Call Instructions: Specific entry-level, credit-bearing first year general education courses Rate each skill as to how critical it is for success in specific course Aim for level of competency an 18-year-old entering college should have, not level that may be accommodated   One survey per course discussed Differentiate Additional comments on essential skills Gathering Data

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Essential Entry-Level Skills – English - page 5 Please identify any other essential skills that first time freshman need to be successful in your entry-level, credit bearing English course.

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Three weeks to complete survey Surveys returned by early summer Data entry and analysis June-July Gathering Data

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English Survey Data Collection Side by Side Comparison: Relevant Survey Question: Survey Results: Not important for college readiness according to survey results

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English Survey Data Collection Side by Side Comparison: Relevant Survey Question: Survey Results: High priority for technical team and colleges to add to curriculum framework.

Narrative Feedback: English: 

Narrative Feedback: English Largest overall emphasis on basic comprehension skills—identification, understanding, and beginning to analyze the key ideas of passages and texts. Emphasis across disciplines on the ability to raise critical questions after reading a text. Emphasis across disciplines on research and study skills, particularly citations, use of sources, and academic integrity. Noticeable emphasis among community colleges on basic grammar and sentence-level construction and syntax skills. Significant emphasis placed on organizational skills, time management and other soft skills.

The Math Survey Data CollectionAverage & Standard Deviation by Discipline for Each Strand: 

The Math Survey Data Collection Average & Standard Deviation by Discipline for Each Strand Number sense & numerical operations, algebra, and math reasoning rated most critical Geometry more essential to math faculty/less essential to science and other faculty Data Interpretation, Statistics & Probability strand more essential to disciplines outside of mathematics.

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VIRGINIA’S POSTSECONDARY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AND DATA COLLECTION