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TERRA MORRIS, KELLI HORNER, & TERRENCE WILLETT CABRILLO COLLEGE STRENGTHENING STUDENT SUCCESS CONFERENCE OCTOBER 9, 2013
WHAT IS SOFIA?
Secure online inquiry tool Provides Cabrillo faculty, administrators, and staff with timely access to common student outcomes
Longitudinal tracking of learning community participants, special populations, and custom user-uploaded cohorts
EVOLUTION OF SOFIA
Joint venture between Title V, IT, and the Research Office Infrastructure and creation of SQL Data Warehouse (single source data system) Modeled after the Chancellors Office Data Mart Based on focus groups with faculty Extensible SQL DW team
KEY FEATURES
o Customizable reports o Advanced layout o Export to Excel, CSV, text o Data on Demand - track up to 99 custom cohorts o Three user types o Non-instructional faculty & staff course level data only o Instructional faculty limited section level access o Power users section level data
DATA SLICERS
o Disaggregate data by: Demographics gender, ethnicity, age group Placement level math, English, reading Progression completion of math, English, and/or reading courses Special populations CalWorks, EOPS, DSPS, Veterans, Foster Youth Learning communities ACE, AMAP, Honors, MESA, Prep, Puente,
BENEFITS OF SOIFA
Increase student success by making data-driven decisions
Analyze curricular and pedagogical changes
GOT QUESTIONS?
Sample questions SOFIAs Success and Completion query can provide data for: Does success in MATH-254 differ based on students reading placement level? Do students that have completed transfer-level English (ENGL-1A) do better in History classes than students that have not completed 1A? Is success in my program trending up or down in the last two years? Is there an equity gap in my program? Do success rates differ based on students ethnicity or gender? DSPS status? Membership in EOPS or CalWORKs? Do students that place directly into MATH-152 do better than students that progress through the sequence? Has the rate of Ws in my class(es)/department gone down in the last two years? Who is withdrawing from my classes/dept?
Take 5 minutes to brainstorm questions you want to know about your classes, students, or program.
POST-ANALYSIS
After viewing the data, what follow-up questions do you have? Can you use SOFIA to answer your new questions? What will you do with this information?
THANK YOU!
For more information,
please contact Terra Morris at temorris@cabrillo.edu