Achieving The Dream

Reporting Form

A. Name of principal author/researcher
Student Success - Roberta Brown and Julie Phelps
Phone: (407) 582-2240 Email: rbrown75@valenciacc.edu

B. ATD Strategy
3. Student Success

C. ATD Goals
1. Improved College Prep Course Completion Rates
2. Improved Gateway Course Completion Rates
3. Improved Fall-to-Fall Retention
4. Improved College Prep Program Completion Rates
5. Improved Rates of Completion of 15 Credit Hours
6. Strengthened Student Engagement
7. Improved Community Awareness and Involvement

D. Data Collection Term/Year
200710 (Fall 2006)

E. Research Question

Original

1. What is the rate of success in SLS 1122? 2. Do students in SLS 1122 have higher success rates in prep courses than students not in SLS 1122?

Population
All SLS 1122 students in the 200710 and 200610 cohorts. FTIC (First Time in College) SLS 1122 student in the 200710 and 200610 cohorts.


Revised Question



Revised Population


F. CRN's
(This lists each CRN in the study. These CRN’s may be different from the targeted ones on the planning form.)
Original CRN
Revised CRN (If different from planned)

G. Data Collection and Planned

Grade reports for each cohort will be collected. The grade reports will be disaggregated by campus, course, ethnicity, and prep mandate level. Focus groups will also be conducted.

Actual
(If the planned data collection was revised, this will list the new data collection and a brief explanation of why it was changed.)



H. Data Analysis


Revised
(If the data analysis plan was revised, this will describe the changes and why they were made.)



Attachments

 

I. Summary of Findings
(This describes the results of the research and contains any relevant graphs or charts.)



J. Proposed Actions
(This describes what action the researcher would recommend based on the results of their research.)