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Measuring Student Outcomes and College Performance in the New
Millennium
Thomas Bailey
Community College Research Center
Third International Congress on Upper-Secondary and Higher Education
Mexico City
November 15, 2010
Two Developments in the New Millennium
• “Rise” of the community college• Two year, low cost, open access institutions with
several missions• Growing importance in national policy discussion• Shift from focus on access to focus on student
success
• New and growing criticism of US higher education
• Given these shifts, student performance measures are inadequate
Growing Criticism of US Higher Education—Why?
• International comparisons• Rising skill demands• Growing availability of data showing low
completion rates• Continued significant differences by income
and race• Rising costs• Deteriorating fiscal situation with calls for
greater efficiency
Measures of Higher Education Performance
• International rankings• Areas of progress from the student point
of view– Progression measures– Employment measures– Learning measures
Progression
• Graduation rates available for most institutions in the US—limited use for CCs
• Need to adjust for student characteristics• Account for varied missions
• Occupational degrees and certificates• Transfer• Non-credit
• Students must be tracked across institutions• Need to assure quality
Employment
• National data suggest strong employment benefits
• We know much less about outcomes for students in states and institutions
• Growing availability of longitudinal data—for profits controversy
• Problems• Influenced by labor market conditions• Short term measures not accurate
Student Learning
• Surprisingly little consistent and reliable information
• Three areas of progress– Measures of general skills– Standardization of large introductory and
basic courses, especially new technology– Occupational licensure and certification
Beyond Performance Measures
Emphasize diagnosis, analysis, and improvement, not just static measures
of performance
Committee on Measures of Student Success
• US. Department of Education • For more information
http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acmss.html
For more information:Please visit us on the web at
http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu,where you can download presentations, reports,
CCRC Briefs, and sign-up for news announcements.
Community College Research CenterInstitute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Box 174, New York, NY 10027 E-mail: [email protected]: 212.678.3091