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Dual Credit in OregonJonathan Jacobs
Tom North
Office of Institutional ResearchOregon University [email protected]
A college course◦ Taught at a high school◦ by a high school teacher◦ Sanctioned by a partner college◦ Carry both high school and college credit
What is Dual Credit?MTH112
Pre Calculus
MTH112Pre Calculus
1. Do high school students who take dual credit succeed when they go to college?
2. Does dual credit instruction do as well as college-situated instruction in preparing students for subsequent college coursework?
Study Questions
18%
Oregon Public Institutions 2007-08
Students Enrolled in Dual Credit 15,707
Credits Enrolled in as Dual Credit (QTR) 133,193
Average Dual Credit per Student 8.5
Courses Offered as Dual Credit 1,820
Public Institutions Offering Dual Credit21 (out of
24)
How Big is Dual Credit?
Source: OUS, CCWD
2007-080
25,000
50,000
Dual Credit Seniors
High School Graduates
Level %
Seniors 49%
Juniors 33%
Sophomores 13%
Freshmen 5%
Source: Oregon Dept. of Education
Dual credit students in Florida had a higher rate of retention to their second year of college and a higher cumulative college GPA by their third year. ◦ Source: CCRC, The Postsecondary Achievement of Participants in Dual Enrollment (2007)
Nationally, dual credit students had a higher retention rate to the second year of college and improved time to degree.◦ Source: Dr. Joni Swanson, An Analysis of the Impact of High School Dual Enrollment
Course Participation or Postsecondary Academic Success, Persistence, and Degree Completion (2008)
Literature Review
Do high school students who take dual credit succeed when they go to college?
Study Question 1:
Descriptive Comparisons
Rate of college participation
High school GPA
Persistence to the second year of college
First-year college GPA
Credit earned in the first year
Cumulative credit accumulated by second year start.
Tom took dual credit
in high school
Mary did not take dual credit
in high school
2007-08 Dual Credit Seniors
Class of 2005High School Graduates
College Participation 81.4% 72.6%Oregon 2-Yr Public 21.2% 30.0%Oregon 4-Yr Public 37.5% 21.7%Out of State 15.9% 13.4%Private/Unknown 6.8% 7.6%
College Participation
Source: OUS, CCWD, ODE, National Student Clearinghouse
Fall 2008 OUS Freshmen2007-08 Dual Credit
Fall 2008 OUS FreshmenNo 2007-08 Dual Credit
High School GPA 3.60 3.36Persistence to the Second Year of College 87.0% 79.9%
GPA and Persistence
Higher odds of persistence even after controlling for academic strength and demographic factors.
Source: OUS, CCWD
Fall 2008 OUS Freshmen Returning Fall 20092007-08 Dual Credit
Fall 2008 OUS Freshmen Returning Fall 2009No 2007-08 Dual Credit
First Year College GPA 3.13 2.97First Year College Credits Earned 43.8 44.1Cumulative College Credits Earned 61.3 49.8
College GPA and Credit
Source: OUS, CCWD
2. Does dual credit instruction do as well as college-situated instruction in preparing students for subsequent college coursework?
Study Question 2:
MTH112Pre Calculus
MTH251Calculus I
SEQUENCES
WR121-WR122
MTH111-MTH112
MTH112-MTH251
MTH251-MTH252
MTH252-MTH254
SPAN103-SPAN201
2007-08 2008-09
Prepares them for
Measuring Success: Pass Rates in Final Course
MTH112Pre Calculus
MTH251Calculus I
Grade C- or betterGrade of A or B
Prepares them for
% Pass Final Course Dual Credit to College
% Pass Final Course College to College
Math Sequences CCWD 89% 90% -1%
Math Sequences OUS 80% 81% -1%
MTH111-112 CCWD 82% 88% 0%
MTH112-251 CCWD 86% 92% -6%
MTH251-252 CCWD 90% 88% 2%
MTH252-254 CCWD 100% 92% 8%
WR121-122 CCWD 93% 92% 0%
SPAN103-201 CCWD 100% 99% 1%
Measuring Success: Pass Rates in Final CoursePercent of Students Satisfactorily Passing the Last Course of a Sequence (Grade of C- or better)Students who Received an A or B in the First Course of the sequence
Source: OUS, CCWD
MTH111-112 OUS 82% 82% 0%
MTH112-251 OUS 72% 76% -4%
MTH251-252 OUS 78% 81% -3%
MTH252-254 OUS 87% 89% -2%
WR121-122 OUS 97% 99% -2%
SPAN103-201 OUS 100% 98% 2%
Dual Credit Collegeto College to College
Dual Credit to College College to College Difference
MTH111-112
CCWD 11 82% 488 88% -6%
OUS 34 82% 179 82% 0%
MTH112-251
CCWD 28 86% 351 92% -6%
OUS 46 72% 223 76% -4%
MTH251-252
CCWD 10 90% 151 88% 2%
OUS 60 78% 296 81% -3%
MTH252-254
CCWD 12 100% 146 92% 8%
OUS 75 87% 158 89% -2%
WR121-122
CCWD 111 93% 2,248 92% 0%
OUS 90 97% 540 99% -2%
SPAN103-201
CCWD 9 100% 342 99% 1%
OUS 26 100% 286 98% 2%
Measuring Success: Pass Rates in Final CoursePercent of Students Satisfactorily Passing the Last Course of a Sequence (Grade of C- or better)Students who Received an A or B in the First Course of the sequence
N N% Passed % PassedFinal Course Final Course
Source: OUS, CCWD
ABCDF0
1
2
3
4
2.68
1.48
2.75 2.86
2.00
1.66
1.21 1.11
Dual Credit to OUSOUS to OUS
Grade in MTH112
Gra
de in
MTH
251
A (4.0)
B (3.0)
C (2.0)
D (1.0)
F (0.0)
Measuring Success:Average Grade in Final Course
Average Grade in MTH251 by Grade Received in MTH112, by Instruction Type
N=0 N=0 N=6 N=28 N=32
N=18 N=23 N=166 N=166 N=130
Oregon University
System
ABCDF0
1
2
3
4
2.68
1.48
2.75 2.86
2.00
1.66
1.21 1.11
Dual Credit to OUSOUS to OUS
Grade in MTH112
Gra
de in
MTH
251
A (4.0)
B (3.0)
C (2.0)
D (1.0)
F (0.0)
Measuring Success:Average Grade in Final Course
Average Grade in MTH251 by Grade Received in MTH112, by Instruction TypeBy Sector
N=0 N=0 N=6 N=28 N=32
N=18 N=23 N=166 N=166 N=130
ABCDF0
1
2
3
4
3.11
2.42 0.67
2.00
3.34
2.69
1.86
1.82
1.78
Dual Credit to CCWDCCWD to CCWD
Grade in MTH112
Gra
de in
MTH
251
A (4.0)
B (3.0)
C (2.0)
D (1.0)
F (0.0)
N=0 N=1 N=1 N=6 N=4
N=6 N=14 N=63 N=72 N=79
Community Colleges
Oregon University
System
Conclusions
1. Do high school students who take dual credit succeed when they go to college?
2. Does dual credit instruction do as well as college-situated instruction in preparing students for subsequent college coursework?
Questions
Full version of the report available at www.ous.edu.
