WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.374 align:middle line:90% [UPBEAT MUSIC] 00:00:04.374 --> 00:00:06.804 align:middle line:90% 00:00:06.804 --> 00:00:09.300 align:middle line:10% LAURA HOPE: Traditionally, what's happened for students 00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:12.510 align:middle line:10% is, the first time that they set foot on a college campus 00:00:12.510 --> 00:00:14.670 align:middle line:10% in the community college system, they 00:00:14.670 --> 00:00:17.820 align:middle line:10% are asked to complete an assessment test. 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:21.510 align:middle line:84% And what we've determined, as a result of extensive research, 00:00:21.510 --> 00:00:24.120 align:middle line:84% is that those assessment tests have historically 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:28.080 align:middle line:84% been underplacing students to the detriment of many students' 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:31.780 align:middle line:84% opportunity to access transfer-level coursework. 00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:35.370 align:middle line:84% So students may have completed Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 00:00:35.370 --> 00:00:39.360 align:middle line:84% in high school and yet be forced to complete arithmetic 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:40.890 align:middle line:90% in community college. 00:00:40.890 --> 00:00:43.320 align:middle line:10% LENA CAREW: It takes only a fraction 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.875 align:middle line:10% of a second for students to see what this means. 00:00:47.875 --> 00:00:50.250 align:middle line:84% The moment you say, you don't have to take this placement 00:00:50.250 --> 00:00:52.740 align:middle line:84% test, or you don't have to take these remedial classes that 00:00:52.740 --> 00:00:55.860 align:middle line:84% don't count towards your degree, they say, sign me up. 00:00:55.860 --> 00:00:59.370 align:middle line:84% HELEN: When I was 17, I took the placement test straight out 00:00:59.370 --> 00:01:00.690 align:middle line:90% of high school. 00:01:00.690 --> 00:01:02.910 align:middle line:10% That's the thing that they told me I needed to do. 00:01:02.910 --> 00:01:05.250 align:middle line:10% So they didn't use any transcripts or anything 00:01:05.250 --> 00:01:06.310 align:middle line:10% like that. 00:01:06.310 --> 00:01:09.240 align:middle line:10% That's possibly one of the other options you can do. 00:01:09.240 --> 00:01:11.280 align:middle line:10% They just asked me to do the placement test. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:13.500 align:middle line:10% And, obviously, I didn't do very well, 00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:16.170 align:middle line:10% because they put me in a remedial class at one level 00:01:16.170 --> 00:01:17.250 align:middle line:10% below. 00:01:17.250 --> 00:01:20.350 align:middle line:10% When I took it, I dropped the class, because I just-- 00:01:20.350 --> 00:01:21.080 align:middle line:10% I didn't like it. 00:01:21.080 --> 00:01:22.497 align:middle line:10% JACQUI IRWIN: When we were looking 00:01:22.497 --> 00:01:27.510 align:middle line:10% at the numbers of students that were taking remedial and never 00:01:27.510 --> 00:01:30.390 align:middle line:10% finishing a single level-transfer course, 00:01:30.390 --> 00:01:32.918 align:middle line:10% we realized that there was big problems. 00:01:32.918 --> 00:01:34.710 align:middle line:10% When we see that the average student spends 00:01:34.710 --> 00:01:39.000 align:middle line:10% 5.2 years in community college, it's a problem for the student. 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:41.138 align:middle line:10% It costs them a lot of resources. 00:01:41.138 --> 00:01:43.180 align:middle line:10% They still have to pay for their living expenses. 00:01:43.180 --> 00:01:44.680 align:middle line:84% Some of them have to raise families. 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:47.434 align:middle line:90% So it's very expensive for them. 00:01:47.434 --> 00:01:51.306 align:middle line:90% [UPBEAT MUSIC] 00:01:51.306 --> 00:01:57.114 align:middle line:90% 00:01:57.114 --> 00:02:01.510 align:middle line:10% LAURA HOPE: So what AB 705 invites students to do 00:02:01.510 --> 00:02:05.920 align:middle line:10% is access that transfer-level coursework in both mathematics 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:07.210 align:middle line:10% and English. 00:02:07.210 --> 00:02:10.030 align:middle line:10% The college makes a pledge to help 00:02:10.030 --> 00:02:13.630 align:middle line:10% students complete that transfer-level sequence 00:02:13.630 --> 00:02:14.980 align:middle line:10% within the first year. 00:02:14.980 --> 00:02:18.430 align:middle line:10% And that gets students well on their way toward their transfer 00:02:18.430 --> 00:02:20.710 align:middle line:10% and career goals much sooner. 00:02:20.710 --> 00:02:24.526 align:middle line:90% [UPBEAT MUSIC] 00:02:24.526 --> 00:02:30.730 align:middle line:90% 00:02:30.730 --> 00:02:35.080 align:middle line:84% Our fondest hope for the community colleges with AB 705 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.890 align:middle line:84% is that this is going to be a structural change, not just 00:02:38.890 --> 00:02:42.040 align:middle line:84% a change in practices, but a structural change that's 00:02:42.040 --> 00:02:44.650 align:middle line:84% going to reduce the numbers of barriers 00:02:44.650 --> 00:02:46.960 align:middle line:84% that students experience a lot of times 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:48.940 align:middle line:90% during their onboarding process. 00:02:48.940 --> 00:02:52.690 align:middle line:84% We trust that students are capable of passing 00:02:52.690 --> 00:02:53.950 align:middle line:90% transfer-level classes. 00:02:53.950 --> 00:02:55.990 align:middle line:84% This will help students, much more quickly, 00:02:55.990 --> 00:02:59.080 align:middle line:84% get into the careers that they desire. 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:03.240 align:middle line:84% This is really trying to increase student success, 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.830 align:middle line:90% and that's good for all of us. 00:03:05.830 --> 00:03:09.480 align:middle line:90% [UPBEAT MUSIC] 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