To provide a holistic approach to the California community colleges’ work on student success, the Chancellor’s Office worked with a broadly representative group of practitioners to develop Student Success Metrics.
Organized around common goals such as adult education/ESL, short-term career education, and degree/transfer, the metrics capture progression along students’ educational journey from recruitment to completion, transfer, and the workforce.
Student Success Metrics pinpoint critical milestones and accomplishments that align with the Vision for Success and the Student Centered Funding Formula, and integrate metrics associated with various initiatives and funding streams.
The metrics focus on six critical points in students’ journeys. The specific metrics within each point vary based on the students’ goals.
Summarizing the Metrics Infographic
Comparison of Metrics Across Initiatives
Student Success Metrics are summarized in a new dashboard. A beta version of the dashboard was released in November 2018. The second build, which will include updated data definitions and disaggregated results, will be released on January 31, 2019. Input will be gathered during the 2018-19 academic year to optimize the way information is displayed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Priority Metrics Comparison
Data Element Dictionary
Changes in Definitions
The Student Success Metrics Work Group provides recommendations on possible system‐wide metrics, which inform the ultimate measures and data definitions implemented by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. The workgroup is broadly representative of the system so that it can provide perspectives from various college roles, including presidents, chief instructional officers, chief student services officers, chief budget officers, deans, institutional researchers, faculty, career and technical education, and adult education. Research support is provided to the work group by a committee made up of Chancellor’s Office staff and research experts who have been involved in the development of other systemwide metrics.
Questions about the Student Success Metrics Work Group can be directed to Visiting Senior Executive, Omid Pourzanjani at opourzanjani@cccco.edu.
Michelle Barton Sr. Director Planning, Research, Institutional Effectiveness, and Grants at Palomar College Kate Brown Program Coordinator and Faculty, Early Childhood Department, Skyline College Jerry Buckley Assistant Superintendent/Vice President of Instruction, College of the Canyons Edward Bush President, Cosumnes River College Mandy Davies Vice President, Student Services, Sierra College David El Fattal Vice Chancellor, Business and Administration Services, Ventura County Community College District Michelle Fischthal Vice President, Instructional Services, San Diego Continuing Education KC Greaney Director of Institutional Research, Santa Rosa Junior College Barry Gribbons Deputy Chancellor and Vice President of Institutional Development, College of the Canyons Kim Hoffmans Vice President, Academic Affairs and Student Learning, Ventura College Louise Jaffe Trustee, Santa Monica College Pamela Kersey Dean of Math, Science, and Engineering, Cuyamaca College Nick Kremer Chair, Vocational Accountability and Research Advisory Committee Michelle Marquez Vice President, Administrative Services, Cañada College Mojdeh Mehdizadeh President, Contra Costa College Daylene Meuschke Associate Vice President, Institutional Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, College of the Canyons Newin Orante Vice President, Student Services, Diablo Valley College Rock Pfotenhauer Regional Consortia Chair, Bay Region Valentina Purtell Provost, North Orange Continuing Education Brian Sanders Vice President of Instruction, Yosemite College John Stanskas Chemistry Faculty, Santa Barbara College/President, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Linda Wah Trustee, Pasadena Community College District
Research Support Committee
Sara Adan Research Specialist, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Karen Beltramo Senior Project Manager, WestEd Kathy Booth Project Director, Educational Data and Policy, WestEd Jessica Chittaphong Program Coordinator, WestEd Amparo Diaz Success Center Senior Policy Specialist, Foundation for California Community Colleges Stacy Fisher Manager, Senior Director of Policy Development, Foundation for California Community Colleges Ryan Fuller Research Specialist, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Craig Hayward Dean, Institutional Effectiveness, Bakersfield College Helen Ku Senior Data Scientist, Educational Results Partnership Jill Leufgen Manager, Workforce and Economic Development Division, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Alyssa Nguyen Interim Director of Research and Evaluation, RP Group Atsuko Nonoyama Research Specialist, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Elliott Rice Senior Data Scientist, Educational Results Partnership Randy Tillery Project Director, Workforce Development and Post-Secondary Education, WestEd
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