PRESENTED BY
ANGELINA OBERDAN AND HEIDI HUNTLEY
(WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO KRIS DEANGELIS AND MARSI FRANCESCHINI )
FROM CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DRE 099/ENG 111 Rationale
DRE 099 Pilot Goals for Our ALP
Program
16 Week Cohort Sample
Schedules
Focus: DRE 099 (2016SP PILOT)
Components of Traditional ALP
Programs
Why DRE 099?
Review
Raw Academic Outcomes for ALP and Non-ALP Students
Questions/Feedback
DRE 099/ENG 111 Cohorts
2016SP Pilot Structure

Because of the class size of DRE 099 and the inclusiveness of ENG 111, Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) students are much more likely to
1.
COMPLETE ENG 111 AND ENG 112,
2.
PERSIST TO THE NEXT YEAR,
3.
AND COMPLETE MORE COLLEGE COURSES AND CREDITS THAN
THEIR MATCHED NON -ALP COUNTERPARTS. 1

• To increase DRE 099 student retention and completion of ENG 111/ENG 112.
• To increase the transfer rates, certification rates, and graduation rates.
• To continue to build community between instructors/students.
• To decrease the number of students needing remediation DRE 098/ENG 111.
• To decrease the number of exit points for students.

• Students take their developmental-level writing course concurrently with the credit-level writing course rather than as a prerequisite.
• The pedagogy in the developmental ALP course is based on “backward design” from the ENG 111 course.
• The concurrent DRE 099 course is taught following ENG 111 by the same instructor and on the same day.
• Developmental writing students are mainstreamed into the college-level writing courses so that at least half of their classmates in ENG 111 are collegelevel writers.
• DRE099 classes are capped at 12 students.

Outcome
Followed through end of fall 2011
ENGL052 completion rate (DRE099)
ENGL101 attempt rate (ENG111)
ENGL101 overall completion rate (ENG111)
ENGL101 conditional pass rate
ENGL101 grade
ENGL102 attempt rate (ENG112)
ENGL102 overall completion rate (ENG112)
ENGL102 conditional pass rate (ENG112)
ENGL102 grade (ENG112)
*significant at 10%, **significant at 5%, ***significant at 1
Persist to next term after ENGL052 (DRE099)
Persist to next year after ENGL052 (DRE099)
College courses attempted after ENGL052 (DRE099)
College courses completed after ENGL052 (DRE099)
College credits attempted after ENGL052 (DRE099)
College credits completed after ENGL052 (DRE099)
1 Cho, Sung-Woo, Elizabeth Kopko, Davis Jenkins, and Shanna Smith
Jaggars. New Evidence of Success for Community College Remedial
English Students: Tracking the Outcomes of Students in the
Accelerated Learning Program (ALP). Working paper no. 53.
Community College Research Center, Dec. 2012. Web. 15 Aug. 2015.
Earned associate degree
Earned certificate degree
Transferred to a four-year college
7.04
4.33
21.09
12.91
2.87%
0.34%
9.12%
ALP
82.77%
100.00%
74.66%
74.66%
2.19
54.22%
37.50%
69.16%
2.24
(1)
66.96%
52.64%
38.50%
73.14%
2.20
22.13%
16.79%
75.88%
2.38
(2)
Non - ALP
Difference
(1−2)
(3)
15.8%***
47.4%***
36.2%***
1.5%
0.02
32.1%***
20.7%***
−6.7%**
−0.14*
81.93%
64.19%
70.24%
48.03%
11.7%***
16.2%***
5.51
3.31
16.38
9.79
2.36%
0.32%
9.68%
1.53***
1.02***
4.71***
3.11***
0.5%
0.0%
−0.6%

Cohorts Include:
• DRE 099
• ENG 111 (DRE 099 and ENG 111 will be taught by the same instructor)
Curriculum:
• DRE 099- Reading and writing to align with and support ENG 111
• ENG 111- 3 essays, one research paper/project

Class Sizes and Make Up:
• The 099’s should have a cap of 12.
• Note: 12 students who take 099 will have to register for the co-requisite ENG 111.
• The 111’s should have a cap of 25.
• The remaining 13 ENG 111 students will be college-level ENG 111 students.
Cohort Types:
◦ 16 week course structure (two courses on Central and two courses on Levine)

Levine 1
ENG 111
ENG 099
TR
TR
9:30-10:45
10:55-11:44
Central 1
ENG 111
ENG 099
TR
TR
9:30-10:43
10:55-11:44
Levine 2
ENG 111
ENG 099
MW 12:30-1:45
MW 2:00-2:50
Central 2
ENG 111
ENG 099
MW 12:30-1:45
MW 2:00-2:50

DRE 099 Curriculum Goals
Improved reading skills, writing strong sentences, paragraphs, and essays
DRE 099 Requirements
• Overall course grade of 80%
• Final reading test grade of 80%
• Final ENG 111 research paper serves as final DRE 099 writing requirement (per State curriculum)

Students enroll in two classes: 099 and 111 (5 credit hours, for 3 of which they’ll receive transferrable credit).
Students get the developmental assistance they need (though curriculum is not just workshop/lab-based) while working with ENG 111 students.
Students for a learning community; these connections will benefit them throughout their time at CPCC and afterwards.
Students get to connect with their instructor and classmates more directly because there are only 12 students in their DRE 099 section.

DRE 099/ENG 111 Rationale
DRE 099 Pilot Goals for Our ALP
Program
Components of Traditional ALP
Programs
Raw Academic Outcomes for ALP and Non-ALP Students
16 Week Cohort Sample
Schedules
Focus: DRE 099 (2016SP PILOT)
Why DRE 099?
DRE 099/ENG 111 Cohorts
2016SP Pilot Structure

Heidi Huntley
DRE 099 Pilot Instructor
DRE 098 and DRE 099 Curriculum Chair
Heidi.Huntley@cpcc.edu
Angelina Oberdan
DRE 099 Pilot Instructor
Angelina.Oberdan@cpcc.edu
Marsi Franceschini
DRE 099 Pilot Instructor
DRE 098 and DRE 099 Discipline Chair
Marsi.Franceschini@cpcc.edu