Early College Partnerships
July 12, 2012
Jill Regen – Chicago Public Schools
Mike Davis – City Colleges of Chicago
Many college bound high
school students require
remedial work
• Majority of students from
CPS are college bound.
• Majority of CPS students
coming to CCC require
remediation.
• Growing majority of jobs
require post-secondary
education.
• Over the past ten years,
early college existed at
both CPS and CCC as
separate entities.
• Goal: To create a
sustainable and
predictable early college
program that benefits high
schools and CCC.
2005 – 2009 High School Cohort
29,388 CPS 9th Grade Enrollment
Fall 2005
16,398 (56%) CPS Graduates
2009 - 2010
8,291 (54%)
College Enrolled
Fall 2009
2,833 (33%)
CCC Enrolled
Fall 2009
2,635 (93%)
Students underprepared in at
least one subject
Fall 2009
198 (7%)
Students college ready in
English, Reading, Math
Fall 2009
Early College| Early College helps students earn college credit while still
enrolled in high school
Characteristics of Early College
Early diagnostic
testing for college
readiness
Early identification
of academic and
career pathways
Early College
Early access to
academic advising
and support
services
Early access to
academically
rigorous courses
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CPS and CCC are forging a partnership around Early College focused on
three related initiatives
CTE
Articulation
Dual Credit
Dual
Enrollment
How it works
• HS students take a set of CPS
courses which translate into
specific CCC course credit
• Requires enrollment at CCC
• CPS students take CCC courses at
their HS
• Receive both HS and CCC credit
• Currently free for students
• CPS students take CCC courses at
a CCC location
• Receive CCC Credit
• Currently free for students
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Benefits
Four Positives from Early
College Initiatives
1. High school students with
college credit are more likely
to persist and graduate.
2. Early college students will
not require remediation.
3. CCC has a growing body of
transfer agreements that
could retain students.
4. Early adoption of college
placement testing
(COMPASS) at CPS can
identify college ready
students and remedial needs
prior to high school
graduation.
Articulated Programs| Career and technical education courses at CPS work
together with CCC courses to produce more certificates
Articulation Agreements will be
evaluated annually and revised
based on industry partner input
Example Pathway
Business Academy 1
(Grade 10)
Earn Credit towards Certificates in:
Business Academy 2
(Grade 11)
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CPS
Accounting 2
(Grade 12)
W!SE Financial Literacy
Certification - NFTE
CCC
Business 111
Business
Culinary Arts
Medical Assisting
Construction
Early Childhood Education
Law & Public Safety
Broadcast Technology
Hospitality
Transportation & Logistics
By starting CTE Certificates at CPS and completing at CCC,
students will hit the workforce faster with employable skills
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Dual Enrollment| With over 320 unique students currently enrolled, the
overwhelming majority of them took English and Math
Math
Spring 2012 Course Selection
Offers eligible students a
true ‘college experience’ in
a number of academic
areas
56% took general
education Math
Program Features
• Gives students a chance to choose
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Total Enrollment : 326
English
88% took first
semester English
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from a wide variety of courses
Open to all eligible students at CPS
CCC is donating 100 seats per
college each semester at no charge
to CPS or its students
Marketing and recruiting efforts
underway at CPS hope to fill the
majority of those seats for the
summer and fall
Alcott
Brooks
Carl Schurz
Chicago Academy
Chicago Military Academy
CMSA
Dunbar
Golder College Prep
Hubbard
Home School
Jones
Juarez
Julian
Kennedy
Kenwood Academy
King College Prep
Lane Tech
Lincoln Park
Lindblom
Morgan Park
Ogden International
Perspective
Phoenix Military Academy
Prosser
Roosevelt
Taft
Von Steuben
Walter Payton College Prep
Wells
Westinghouse
Whitney Young
Dual Enrollment| Harold Washington College drew nearly 100 students
from 31 different high schools.
Dual Enrollment Recruitment
14
3
1 1 1 1 1
2
1 1
2
1
2 2
2
1
1 1
Course Selection
16
14
Biology
99 students enrolled
3
7
CIS
8
Criminal Justice
English
5
Humanities
4
Japanese
3
Math
2 2
1 1 1 1
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Spanish
Speech
Total Enrollment : 99
Dual Enrollment|Increased internal and external
collaboration has lead to more students participating in early
college programs
Gathered input from key users
Short-Term Action Plan
Longer-Term Action Plan
• Met with CCC advisors
• Simplified Registration
• COMPASS testing at HS
• Conducted counselor/coach
survey
• Aligned on course offerings
• Data sharing
• Scheduled courses to
coincide with high school
schedule
• CPS credit for course taking
• Counselor focus group (with
CCC advisors)
• Central office team brainstorm
350
• Provided enrollment/grade
info to schools
300
Students
250
200
150
100
50
0
Fa 2010
Sp 2011
Su 2011
Fa 2011
Sp 2012
Su 2012
Dual Credit| As part of the application process, a Dual Credit scorecard
was designed to help schools identify if they are good candidates:
Qualified Teacher
Qualified Students
Weigh course options (AP vs DC)
AP PASS Rates (2010-11)
Pass Rate
(3+)
As a school determines which classes to offer going forward (Dual Credit or AP), they could
consider current pass rates for the AP exams. In some schools it may make sense to continue
offer AP in all subjects, in some offering both AP and Dual Credit, while others may benefit
from switching all courses to Dual Credit. Benchmark studies across the country show
students tend to perform strong in Dual Credit classes (75%+ success rates) where they have
a full semester to show their mastery of a subject matter rather than a high stakes exam.
Biology
Calculus AB
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Spanish Language
Qualified Teachers
United States History
Qualified Teacher data reflects those teachers within your school that
may be qualified to teach Dual Credit (and thus gain adjunct status
through the City Colleges of Chicago). Note, however that the information
has been pulled form PeopleSoft and may incomplete. Please verify with
each department to determine if you have teachers who qualify.
Math
Teacher 1
Teacher 2
Teacher 3
Teacher 4
Teacher 5
Teacher 6
# Tested
English
Teacher 1
Teacher 2
Teacher 3
26
16
27
26
18
18
4%
0%
15%
4%
50%
11%
Dual Credit| By this fall we will have moved from one to 20 CPS High
Schools offering Dual Credit English and Math courses
Offers college eligible students college credit without transportation burden
2010 - 2011
Spring 2012
10
City College
CPS High School
Fall 2012
Data Sharing| A strong collaboration benefits from sharing information
used to determine student placement and success.
Though initially driven by the need to share data in order to award credit, creating
sustainable data sharing infrastructure will enable CCC and CPS to better support student
transitions and provide feedback to HS and college departments on program outcomes.
CPS Data
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GPA
ACT Scores
COMPASS
Scores
Student grades
Secure
CPS
Central
Data
Repository
CCC Data
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Mutually
Beneficial
Decision
Making
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Student
grades
COMPASS
Scores
Placement
decisions
Student
progress
Lessons Learned|Early College isn’t new to either
institution, but the intentional and sustainable
collaboration is new.
• Respect boundary conditions for partner institutions.
• Agree to share data early on in the collaboration.
• Internal and external marketing for all early college
programs.
• Appoint a person at the high schools who is
responsible for Dual Credit activities.
• Identify criteria for schools to participate, process for
selecting schools, and schedule for participation.
• Clearly identify the metric for success.
• Academic calendars and processes differ between
institutions; start early.
Early College Team and Contact Information
Chicago Public Schools
City Colleges of Chicago
Name
Email
Name
Email
Jill Regen
jregen@cps.k12.il.us
Mike Davis
mdavis@ccc.edu
Freda Richmond
frichmond1@ccc.edu
Anne Brennan
abrennan@ccc.edu
Chadra Lang
cllang@cps.edu