[Wsssc] FW: message to SSSC re BtC liaisons

[Joe Holliday]

WSSSC Colleagues: see below for an update from Bill Moore at SBCTC on the Bridge to College agreement, highlighting the need to align it with our placement policies and processes. In response to Bill's suggestion, we are developing a list of Bridge to College contact persons at each college. Please assign someone to this role and enter their contact information on the form at the this link: Bridge to College Community & Technical College Contacts<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rb3GWf58eaq_NMySzjjbnsv7j2Q-XLvGUezCMB2Y0Oo/edit?usp=sharing>

Once we have a complete list, we will reach out to the contact persons to make sure they have all the information they need to feel comfortable in the role.

We would like to get this done by February 15. Thank you.

                             [Joe]
[Compass]

Joe Holliday

Director, Student Services

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

jholliday at sbctc.edu<mailto:jholliday at sbctc.edu>* o: 360-704-4334 * f: 360-704-4418

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From: Bill Moore <bmoore at sbctc.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 2:07 PM
To: Joe Holliday <jholliday at sbctc.edu>
Cc: Ruben Flores <rflores at sbctc.edu>
Subject: message to SSSC re BtC liaisons


Bridge to College transition courses in math and/or English are currently being offered to high school seniors in almost 200 high schools in 115 school districts across the state. As part of the system-wide agreement approved initially in 2014 and recently revised and extended through the Class of 2022, students receiving a B or better in a Bridge to College class automatically qualify for placement into certain college-level classes without taking a placement test. A recent project evaluation report conducted by The BERC Group<http://www.bercgroup.com/> indicated that a number of Bridge to College students eligible for automatic placement were unable to use their Bridge course grade but instead were required to take a placement test. There are any number of possible explanations for these results, not all of which are in our control, but a major concern is the likely inequities involved: students with more educational capital are likely to know how to navigate the process more effectively and advocate for themselves (or have parents who will do it for them). So one idea we'd like to propose as a way of both understanding the issues better and as needed reducing barriers for students is to have each college identify a Bridge to College contact person who would be knowledgeable about the agreement and be designated as the contact person for questions about it. We think it makes most sense that this person be in student services, although the exact staff position might vary from college to college, but we're open to suggestions about a better approach to tackling the issue.



[Compass]William S. Moore, Ph.D.
Director, K-12 Partnerships
Assessment, Teaching & Learning (emeritus)
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
bmoore at sbctc.edu<mailto:bmoore at sbctc.edu> * o: 360-704-4346 * c: 360-528-1809
http://bridgetocollegecourses.org/
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