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Did course completion rates improve (as measured by comparing final grades)?

April 26, 2017comparing completion course final grades measured rates

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Did course completion rates improve (as measured by comparing final grades)?

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Yes 1. Austin Peay State University (compared calculated completion rates in subsequent college-level courses) • Prior to the redesign, students were required to complete one or more developmental courses before enrolling in a core mathematics course. The success rates for the developmental courses were 53% for Elementary Algebra and 51% for Intermediate Algebra. • Austin Peay compared how well developmental math students performed in two subsequent college-level courses (Mathematical Thought and Practice and Elementary Statistics) both before and after the redesign. To do this, the team calculated a success rate for what percentage of the entire developmental math population was successful in the two core courses, taking into account that a significant portion of them never enrolled in a college-level math course. • This calculation showed that the percentage of students who succeeded (grade of D or better and completed the requirements for removing deficiencies using the SLA format)