Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
DOI
10.1080/10668926.2021.1910597
Publication Title
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
Abstract
This study assessed a localized academic readiness model that measures academic skills relevant to an occupational program and the institutional context. Enrollment in the program’s mandatory gateway course is contingent upon establishing academic readiness either: (1) possess an associate-level or higher degree; (2) achieve placement test scores that permit enrollment in college-level English composition/critical reading; or (3) complete developmental education prerequisites to permit enrollment in college-level English composition/critical reading. Using the gateway course performance for 112 students, the study explored whether any of the model’s criterions are significantly related to success in the gateway course and whether there is any significant difference across the three criterions in their relationship to success in the gateway course. The study examined whether there is a significant difference in gateway course success rates between students that had ever been identified as needing developmental education based on a placement test and those that never tested into a developmental education course. Finally, the study examined whether there is a significant difference in gateway course success rates based on age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Results showed that all of the model’s academic readiness criterions are significantly related to success in the gateway course and are statistically equivalent to each other in their relationship to success. The results showed that students succeeded at the same rate regardless of their developmental education placement history. Male, Black, and Hispanic students succeeded at a significantly lower rate regardless of how they established academic readiness. Implications and opportunities for future research are discussed.
Original Publication Citation
Hauert, S., Moore, R.L., & Nottingham, Q. (2021). Assessing an academic readiness model in a community college occupational program. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2021.1910597
ORCID
0000-0002-1986-2028 (Hauert), 0000-0002-5645-9297 (Moore)
Repository Citation
Hauert, Scott A.; Moore, Robert L.; and Nottingham, Quinton, "Assessing an Academic Readiness Model in a Community College Occupational Program" (2021). STEMPS Faculty Publications. 179.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/stemps_fac_pubs/179
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Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Community College Education Administration Commons, Community College Leadership Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Vocational Education Commons
Comments
This is a post-print of an article published in Community College Journal of Research and Practice. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10668926.2021.1910597