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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to share with you two significant reports concerning Guided Pathways in Washington State.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">First, the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) has released their long-awaited report titled "</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.wsipp.wa.gov/Publications?reportId=688" id="OWA9699c2de-d68e-513c-eaf0-5964d904c9a5" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">Guided
Pathways: Preliminary Report on Implementation and Student Outcomes</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">." This report is an component of RCW 28B.50.925, which outlines the minimum requirements
for Guided Pathways implementation statewide, and is being shared with the Washington State Legislature.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Drawing from surveys submitted by our colleges in Winter 2023, this report offers a primarily qualitative analysis. It also presents a summary of outcomes trends spanning
from 2012 to 2019. Specifically, it compares metrics such as retention rates, course completion, credit accumulation, and Grade Point Average between early adopter colleges and the rest of the system. However, it's essential to note that the report refrains
from providing statistical analysis due to the complexity of assessing the impact of Guided Pathways across such a diverse group of colleges. In addition, the authors separated out the early adopter colleges (“GP colleges”) and later colleges (“Non-GP colleges”)
but it is recognized that all colleges are implementing GP framework strategies at some level.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Looking ahead, WSIPP plans to publish a final report in 2029, which will build upon the insights of this initial report. The forthcoming report will delve deeper into colleges'
implementation efforts and endeavor to examine additional student outcomes, including degree completion, transfer rates to four-year institutions, employment status, and earnings.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">In addition to the WSIPP report, the Community College Research Center (CCRC) has released a new research brief titled "</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/lessons-two-major-evaluations-guided-pathways.html" id="OWAac18982c-0b55-ac33-8feb-fe01da953205" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">Lessons
From Two Major Evaluations of Guided Pathways</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">." This brief includes insights from various evaluations, including the "</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/whole-college-guided-pathways-reform.html" id="OWA9606e724-914b-550e-88cb-c06506410c4b" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">Whole-College
Guided Pathways Reform Practices: Scale of Adoption by Community Colleges in Three States</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">" evaluation, which incorporated results from the 2022 Scale of
Adoption Survey administered by CCRC.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">In the upcoming weeks, I will be collaborating with CCRC to host a webinar discussing these reports in detail. Please stay tuned for further details on this event.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Should you have any questions or require further clarification on either of these reports, please don't hesitate to reach out.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Monica,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><img alt="Compass" width="60" height="111" style="width: 0.625in; height: 1.1666in; max-width: 1038px; min-width: auto; min-height: auto; margin: 0px; float: left; vertical-align: top;" data-outlook-trace="F:2|T:2" src="cid:af01af7f-e05b-4c8f-a4d4-31160ff3d284"></span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 55, 100);">Monica
Wilson </span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743" id="OWAc8f64339-4837-2668-223a-d28b327d6dfb" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">(she|her|hers)</a></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 55, 100);">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span></p>
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