Goal 3: DCCCD students will acquire basic literacy skills and developmental education to live more functionally and become ready to participate successfully in college-level curricula.
 

District-wide Indicators:  -- Enrollment trends  -- Credit student performance  -- Unduplicated student count The 17,418 ESL students enrolled during 1999-2000 represented an increase of more than 2,000 students over the prior year. Continuing education enrollments increased 13% and credit enrollments increased 8% during this time.

Students have high completion (93% non-withdraw) and success rates (73% grades A, B, C) in ESL courses. Furthermore, former ESL students are also successful in college-level courses. A study of Fall 2000 students enrolled in Math, English, Government and History courses revealed that former ESL students had lower course withdraw rates (21% vs. 25%) and higher success rates (69% vs. 61%) than students with no prior ESL instruction.
 

1999-2000 ESL	BHC	BJP	CVC	EFC	ECC	MVC	NLC	RLC
CE Students 1-Yr % Change	2,616  +4%	56 +6%	231 +8%	532 +15%	3,357 +13%	1,521 -3%	2,944  +30%	3,601 14%
CE Enrollments 1-Yr % Change	5,536 +11%	84 -22%	528 -3%	721 +7%	7,172 -0.6%	2,344 -16%	8,081 +38%	8,367 +19%
CR Students 1-Yr % Change	981 +9%	0	0	148 +1%	203 -9%	217 +40%	70 -19%	1,452 -0.5%
CR Enrollments 1-Yr % Change	4,247 +23%	0	0	356 -1%	799 +11%	569 +44%	267 +25%	8,644 +0.4%

^{1Enrollment reflects the total number of courses in which students are enrolled. For example, a student taking two courses is counted as two enrollments.}

^{Data Source: Colleague}

Prepared by District Office of Research, February 2001

1999-2000 ESL Indicator Report
2000-2001 Board Indicator Reports