Early Momentum Metrics: Leading Indicators for Community College Improvement. CCRC Research Brief

Autor/inn/en	Belfield, Clive R.; Jenkins, Davis; Fink, John
Institution	Columbia University, Community College Research Center
Titel	Early Momentum Metrics: Leading Indicators for Community College Improvement. CCRC Research Brief
Quelle	(2019), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Improvement; Program Effectiveness; Community Colleges; Success; College Credits; Mathematics Achievement; Academic Achievement; College English; Educational Indicators; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; Asian American Students; White Students; Predictor Variables; Educational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Community college; Community College; Erfolg; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Prädiktor; Bildungsreform
Abstract	As community colleges across the country implement large-scale reforms to improve student success, they need timely and actionable metrics to determine if the changes they are making in a given year or term will likely improve student outcomes in the long run. In this brief, the authors examine how well nine measures of students' progress in their first year predict student completion in subsequent years, and thus how suitable these early momentum metrics are as leading indicators of the effectiveness of institutional reforms. Based on analysis of student data from all community colleges in three states, the authors find that early momentum metrics do predict longer term success for students. They also find that a key factor in low completion rates, as well as in equity gaps in completion rates, is that many students do not gain early momentum in their first year. College outcomes would be substantially higher if more students met early momentum metrics. These findings indicate the need for comprehensive reforms to community college organization and practice to help more students gain early momentum on their way to earning a credential. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01