Annual Report of Developmental Education in Iowa Community Colleges, 2018.
The Iowa Department of Education collects information on developmental education (Dev. Ed.) from Iowa's 15 community colleges on an annual basis. Dev. Ed. courses are offered in mathematics, reading, writing, English as a Second Language (ESL), and in other subject areas such as financial liter...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The Iowa Department of Education collects information on developmental education (Dev. Ed.) from Iowa's 15 community colleges on an annual basis. Dev. Ed. courses are offered in mathematics, reading, writing, English as a Second Language (ESL), and in other subject areas such as financial literacy and skill building. These credits do not count toward degrees, but typically must be completed by students who are assessed as being academically underprepared before advancing to transfer-level courses. Because effective Dev. Ed. programs are essential to maintaining Iowa's community college commitment to open-access, high-quality education for all, it is necessary to understand the students served and to analyze the data regarding their success. This report provides data on student demographics, course enrollment, credit hours taken, and success metrics as reported by colleges in the Department's Management Information System (MIS) by fiscal year (FY) for student data before 2016-17, and annual year (AY) for student data starting in 2016-17. In this report, first-time in college (FTIC), non-high school students are followed from their cohort years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 to establish both Dev. Ed. statistics and outcome trends. This report also shares course success statistics such as persistence and retention data for all cohorts, as well as graduation and transfer success outcomes for the 2013 and 2014 cohorts. Future reports will include these outcome metrics for additional cohorts once they have been tracked for three full years. This inaugural report establishes a baseline of data for future research and analysis and will help determine the efficacy of Dev. Ed. strategies. |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education. Grimes State Office Building, 400 East 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146. Tel: 515-281-3125; Fax: 515-281-6544; Web site: http://educateiowa.gov/. Abstractor: ERIC. Educational level discussed: Two Year Colleges. Educational level discussed: Higher Education. Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource (56 pages)) |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Reports, Descriptive) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education. |