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Enhancing College Readiness Through California's Early Assessment Program Workshops

The California Community Colleges Early Assessment Program (EAP) strives to improve college readiness among high school students. Through collaboration with the California Department of Education and the CSU Chancellor’s Office, EAP provides data-driven support to community colleges, allowing them to focus on students who need preparatory assistance. By participating in the EAP, colleges can waive assessment tests for students demonstrating readiness in English and math, ultimately reducing the need for remedial courses. The program aims to deliver strong messages about college preparedness and enhances student outcomes.

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Enhancing College Readiness Through California's Early Assessment Program Workshops

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  1. California Community Colleges Early Assessment Program prepared for theCalifornia State University – California Community CollegeVirtual Counselor WorkshopCarolina C. Cardenas, CSU Early Assessment September 2010

  2. CCC Chancellor’s Office Role • Collaborate & coordinate EAP implementation with CDE and CSU Chancellor’s Office • Authorized to receive EAP data and provide data to participating community colleges • Coordinate community college EAP efforts • Provide technical assistance to community colleges • Establish reporting requirements • Submit report to Legislature & Governor on EAP implementation progress & results by February 15, 2015

  3. Why Participate in EAP? • Allows colleges to focus limited assessment funding on students who may not be ready for college-level coursework • Sends a strong college readiness message to CA’s high school juniors and seniors • Access to high school student EAP data for outreach, placement, and research purposes • For those students indicating an interest in attending college, partnering with high schools & CSU to help students prepare before they graduate could reduce need for basic skills coursework later

  4. CCC EAP Participation Levels • Use of EAP Test Results as a waiver to college’s assessment test for the placement of students demonstrating college readiness in English and/or math • Effective January 1, 2009 • No application or CCCCO approval necessary • Survey of colleges accepting EAP results on CCCCO website: www.cccco.edu/eap • As of fall 2010, 32 community colleges are accepting EAP results and an additional 19 are in discussion to adopt EAP • Program-level Participation • Full Implementation and Planning & Development Sites • 22 Colleges selected to participate & eligible for grant funding • CCCCO expects to open application process fall 2010

  5. Community College Program-Level Participation In order to participate, colleges must submit application/plan to the System Office and: • Identify an EAP Coordinator to work with CSU and local K-12 districts • Serve students within district boundary • Use EAP results for placement of students demonstrating college readiness in English and/or math • Meet Chancellor’s Office reporting requirements

  6. CCC EAP Implementation Plans • Passage of SB 946 • Convene State CCC Implementation Advisory Committee • Application & Selection of Participating EAP Colleges • Inclusion of CCC’s on State Testing Forms and High School Student/Administrator Notification Letters • Develop CSU-CCC EAP website: www.collegeEAP.org • Grant proposals to support CCC EAP implementation– • Develop Outreach Materials (fall 2010) • CCC EAP Forum in Fall 2010

  7. EAP Timeline

  8. EAP Research • CSUS EAP Research Study on student EAP participation & effect on need for remedial coursework in college (April 2009): • Researchers found that participation in EAP reduces the probability of remediation at CSU Sacramento • by 6.2 percentage points in English • by 4.3 percentage points in math • Achieve’s American Diploma Project content analysis of EAP (October 2009): • The EAP assessments address college-ready content identified by CSU faculty for entering credit-bearing coursework • The EAP augmentations provide rigor and contribute to authentic college readiness tasks for the assessment of a students’ college preparation

  9. EAP Outcomes • Cal-PASS examined the relationship between EAP, English matriculation pathways, and student outcomes in the first university English course attempted at a CSU campus. • Highlights • About 1 in 7 entering 1st yr students at the CSU campus exempt from the EPT based upon their EAP score. • Success rates in Expository Writing for EAP-exempt students were high (93%) and were comparable to students determined college level English qualified based on the EPT test (92%). • EAP exempt students had the highest average (mean) grade points in Expository Writing.

  10. Future Research • CCCCO planning future research to analyze EAP student participation and outcomes related to: • Enrollment in a community college • Courses taken • Assessment • Course completion and success rate

  11. For additional information, please contact: Sonia Ortiz-Mercado, State Matriculation & EAP Coordinator 916-322-6817 or sortiz@cccco.edu

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