(a) The Coordinating Board shall evaluate the effectiveness
of the Texas Success Initiative on a statewide basis and with respect
to each institution, assessment, and strategy used to assess and support
student success in entry-level academic courses and completion of
programs. This evaluation shall be based primarily on students' success
in subsequent courses and progress towards completion in their academic
programs. To inform this evaluation, each institution shall analyze
and report to the Coordinating Board on the annual Developmental Education
Program Survey (DEPS) the fiscal and/or instructional impacts of the
following on student outcomes, along with other success-related topics
as requested:
(1) Technological delivery of developmental education
courses that allows students to complete course work;
(2) Diagnostic assessments to determine a student's
specific educational needs to allow for appropriate developmental
instruction;
(3) Modular developmental education course materials;
(4) Use of tutors and instructional aides to supplement
developmental education course instruction as needed for particular
students;
(5) Internal monitoring mechanisms used to identify
a student's area(s) of academic difficulty; and
(6) Periodic updates of developmental education course
materials.
(b) At the end of each semester, each institution shall
report to the Coordinating Board the following information for each
undergraduate student: Social Security Number (SSN), semester credit
hours (SCH), grade points earned, ethnicity, gender, date of birth,
Texas Success Initiative status, initial assessment instrument, score
on initial assessment, type of developmental education received for
each area (reading, mathematics, writing), and grade in first related
non-developmental course.
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