Math Placement Convening

Funded by College Spark

January 25, 2024

Welcome and thank you for joining us!

AGENDA

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• 12:00pm-12:30pm – Introduction and Lunch

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• 12:30pm-1:00pm - OSPI - HSBP Statewide Universal Platform Update

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• 1:00pm-1:30pm - Bridge to College

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• 1:30pm-2:00pm – GRID

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• 2:00pm-2:30pm – ctcLink, Placement, and Q&A

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• 2:30pm-3:30pm - Breakout Sessions and Whole Group Sharing

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• 3:30pm-4:00pm – Next Steps and Spring Convening

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Review and Recap: Grant Overview and Evolution

• September 2021 - Math Placement Grant approved and signed by College Spark & SBCTC

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• Originally 2021-2022 school year – paused due to Pandemic
• Written by SBCTC Student Success Center

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• Recognize and acknowledge much has happened systemwide in placement practices

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• Since have made modifications to grant goals and deliverables to be relevant and to move our placement practices forward with equity at the forefront

Goals and Deliverables

Goals of Placement Project:

• Implement a universal transcript placement policy for regional community and technical colleges.
• Create a global policy for identifying and tracking placement in ctcLink.
• Elevate Bridge to College agreements and courses.
• Create space and sustainable learning environments for continued professional development and learning in the areas of placement.
• SBCTC overarching goal – comprehensive guidance on placement – supportive guidance for community and technical colleges. 

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Engagements and Commitments

SBCTC staff agree to:

• Support college efforts to collect, analyze, and share their placement data.

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• Develop ctcLink QRGs for placement/best practices for engaging in ctcLink.

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• Provide subject matter expertise and collaborate with K-12 professionals.

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• Provide the space for colleges to connect/facilitate cohort college convenings.

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• Ensure all stakeholders can provide feedback and input during the project.

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Engagements and Commitments

Colleges agree to:

• Examine the inequities that may exist in their current placement policies and practices that disproportionately affect their underserved and BIPOC student populations.

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• Assess, adopt, and explore new approaches to math placement including agreeing to the same methodology for evaluating math courses on a high school transcript for placement into college level math, including Bridge to College courses.�
• Adopt SBCTC recommended policies for identifying and tracking placement in ctcLink. 

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• Actively participate and engage in convenings, workgroups, and individual check ins with SBCTC staff.

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OSPI

Bridge to College Math:�Overview and Update

Math Placement Project

January 2024

Bill Moore

Director, Bridge to College Program

State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

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Rationale for 2014 Placement Agreement

• Dissatisfaction with existing placement tools and ongoing move toward “multiple measures”

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• Quality of Common Core standards and Smarter Balanced assessments

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• Opportunity to address college readiness issues with K-12 partners

Bridge to College Courses

Bridge to College Initiative Web Site

• Pathway for students scoring below “college-ready” on the high school assessment

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• Jointly developed and coordinated by college faculty and high school teachers

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• Ongoing professional learning support for teachers

2018 Legislative Changes

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• Moved high school assessment to 10^th grade, affecting the placement agreement

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• De-linked high school assessment (SBA) from high school graduation and substituted new “pathway” requirements

Revised System Placement Agreement

• Eliminated requirement of Smarter Balanced score for placement with Bridge to College

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• Added course success requirements for math in addition to Smarter Balanced score

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• Extended initially through Class of 2022 (now 2027)

2023-24

107 districts

170 high schools

391 teachers

(202 math, �189 ELA)

Bridge to College

BtCM Data on College Course-Taking

Significance of BtC Courses

• For colleges, a crucial outreach and communication opportunity with students who have signaled an interest in college but often don’t enroll after high school.
• For students, an engaging and challenging opportunity that will help them be successful in their entry-level college courses
• For teachers, strong professional learning through a network of high school teachers along with an active partnership with higher education faculty
• For schools and districts, well-designed, low-cost, open-source curricula for students interested in attending college but uncertain of how well they will do there.

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Ongoing Challenges

How can these barriers be mitigated with our current work?

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• Burden on students to provide transcripts

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• Communication issues with high school and college staff

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• Inconsistent use of high school transcripts

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• Variations in local score reporting formats, processes

QUESTIONS?

Contact: Bill Moore

bmoore@sbctc.edu

(W) 360.704.4346

(C) 360.528.1809

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Survey on Draft 2 of Placement Grid

12 colleges responded; 6 said yes

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Concerns Raised:

• Not all schools have a “with support” option for courses
• Using grades in two-term high school courses
• +/- grades aren’t consistently defined
• HS precalculus leading to calculus
• HS calculus leading to MATH& 152
• IB/AP courses should still provide placement
• Cumulative GPA providing placement into MATH& 141

Draft 3 of Placement Grid

Break 

ctcLink and Placement

• Capturing placement in ctcLink is done through Test Scores and/or Milestones depending on your college’s current local business practices.
• Test Scores are used to track tests/placements.
• Milestones are used to track non-course related events that fulfil a program or enrollment requirement. This can include student placement.
• Considerations on which functionality to use include:
• Global tracking and reporting
• Student/staff view
• Related functionality
• Student lifecycle

Global Tracking/Reporting

• Test Scores are global
• Only one college needs to enter a global test score
• All colleges will be able to view the data
• Data is more consistent
• Data is more globally available for reporting and metrics
• Milestones are not global
• Each college would need to enter a milestone
• Milestones can only be viewed by the college applying it
• Milestone configurations across colleges differ
• Data is institution specific

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ctcLink and Placement

• Capturing placement in ctcLink is done through Test Scores and/or Milestones depending on your college’s current local business practices.
• Test Scores are used to track tests/placements.
• Milestones are used to track non-course related events that fulfil a program or enrollment requirement. This can include student placement.
• Considerations on which functionality to use include:
• Global tracking and reporting
• Student/staff view
• Related functionality
• Student lifecycle

Global Tracking/Reporting

• Test Scores are global
• Only one college needs to enter a global test score
• All colleges will be able to view the data
• Data is more consistent
• Data is more globally available for reporting and metrics
• Milestones are not global
• Each college would need to enter a milestone
• Milestones can only be viewed by the college applying it
• Milestone configurations across colleges differ
• Data is institution specific

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High Level Comparison

Required Fields When Entering Data

Test Scores

• Test ID
• Test Component
• Test Date
• Data Source (recommend School)
• Academic Level
• Score (required to use in Enrollment/AAR Requirements)

Milestones

• Milestone
• Transcript Level (if applicable)
• Print Milestone Option
• Milestone Status

Demo

• Staff entry pages
• Student experience in ctcLink and HCX

Staff Entry– Test Scores

Staff Entry– Test Scores

Staff Entry– Milestones

HCX Student View – Test Scores

HCX Student View – Milestones

HCX Student View – Milestones

ctcLink Student View - Milestones

ctcLink Student View - Milestones

Related QRGs

• Test Scores
• Entering Test Results
• 9.2 Load Test Scores with an External File
• Milestones
• 9.2 Set up Student Milestones
• 9.2 Assigning a Milestone to an Individual Student
• Assign a Milestone to a Group of Students

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Breakout Sessions 

Timeline

This Convening is the second of three scheduled during the 2023-2024 school year. 

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Open to All: Spring In-Person Convening – Tacoma Community College - April 25, 2024

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Grant has been extended to December 2024!

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Due to grant extension and interest in work, asking for commitment to move forward as Pilot College.

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Overarching Goal:

SBCTC systemwide comprehensive guidance on placement for Community & Technical Colleges.

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Next Steps

Pilot College

• Commit to using GRID and ctcLink placement guidance effective Fall 2024
• Complete letter of interest by February 29, 2024
• Grant funding to support work for each pilot CTC
• Trainings/alignment for Fall Quarter 2024 Advising
• GRID
• ctcLink and Placement

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All

• Survey on ctcLink and Placement recommendations - due February 2, 2024
• Spring In-Person Convening – Tacoma Community College - April 25, 2024

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THANK YOU ALL! 

• College Spark Washington
• Rachel Clements
• OSPI
• Jill Diehl
• Maria Muto
• Arlene Crum
• SBCTC 
• Bill Moore
• Kyrsten Catlin and Campus Solutions Core Team
• Dawn Draus 
• Guava Jordan 
• Kayley Cruz 
• Jamie Traugott 
• Christine McMullin 
• Monica Wilson
• Noah Overby 

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