Thread by @jjhetts

1/ If you haven’t seen it yet, one of the most important educational memos of my lifetime was just released by the @CalCommColleges today.

bit.ly/AA1840
#AB705

@CalCommColleges 2/ Building on legislation championed by @CollegeOpp and @ASM_Irwin, it summarizes a new beginning for understanding the capacity of #comm_college students & their actual preparation for college, & formalizing their right to progress naturally in their academic coursework. #AB705

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin 3/ Together, this helps cement the emerging and truly revolutionary new understanding of #comm_college students (and students in #HigherEd generally) and appropriate placement and support for students as they begin college. #AB705

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin 4/ It provides an important culmination of work started & hinted at in various locations, including by @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman back in 2007 (edpolicyinca.org/sites/default/…) and a ton of work by @BaileyCCRC & colleagues at @CommunityCCRC including @jscottclayton

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton 5/Work further supported by classroom efforts & research on acceleration and corequisite support in #deved by @KatieHernCA & Myra Snell of @AccelerationCA, @ALPAdams & colleagues at @CCBCMD, & the team f/ @utdanacenter (& the many #honeybadgers & #hotdogprincesses they inspired)

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter 6/and early #multiplemeasures efforts of colleges like @LBCityCollege lbcc.edu/post/lbcc-prom… @SierraCollege @BAKcollege, & larger efforts like the Student Transcript Enhanced Placement Study (STEPS) rpgroup.org/All-Projects/c… of the @TheRPGroup & the more recent @capr_deved efforts

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved 7/ and the joint statewide research in California of the Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) of @ERP_learn & @TheRPGroup in cooperation with the @CalCommColleges and over 75 #comm_colleges in CA #MultipleMeasures
rpgroup.org/All-Projects/c…

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn 8/ and then further supported by the research and advocacy of the teams at and collaborators with @CompleteCollege and @CollegeOpp and many many more people throughout the country #coreqworks

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 9/ So where have we collectively arrived? It’s worth reviewing some basic principles that all of this work points to that culminates in #AB705 and the new memo from the @CalCommColleges bit.ly/AA1840

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 10/ Together, these efforts results in some clear core principles that capture this revolution in our collective understanding.
1) #Comm_college students have FAR more capacity to do college-level work than previously thought. #LetIcarusFly

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 11/
Principle 2: High school performance is the strongest predictor of college performance, even for a significant time beyond high school (≥10 years).

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 12/
Principle 3: #k12 instruction and preparation for college is far better than generally given credit for and has been unfairly maligned for some time.

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 13/
P4: Students should progress naturally within disciplines as they move b/w educational segments JUST AS THEY DO within segments. I.e., students who get a B in algebra automatically progress to geometry if it happens in HS or college but more rarely do so if b/w HS & college

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 14/
Principle 4a: Intersegmental mistrust appears to be based far more and far more often on stereotypes than evidence. The evidence points to compelling reasons to restore our trust in our intersegmental educational colleagues outside our institution and segment.

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 15/
Principle 4b: The pretense that intersegmental transitions between middle school/HS, HS/college #comm_college/#highered represent veils of ignorance that can’t be pierced except via standardized tests is simply incorrect, highly inefficient, and massively inequitable.

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 10a/
Principle 1a)
We should all stop calling #comm_college students unprepared, remedial, and/or underprepared. To paraphrase @joss (Whedon), "kinda now” Poor structures & false beliefs have been a far greater barrier to our students’ success than anything about our students.

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 16/
Principle 5: The vast majority of students deserve (& now have a legal right to) access to transfer-level coursework. What we as colleges should be doing, is better supporting those who can benefit from that support AND stay out of the way of those that don’t need it. #AB705

@CalCommColleges @CollegeOpp @ASM_Irwin @doc9x @TerrenceWillett @DataDeeva @PamelaBurdman @BaileyCCRC @CommunityCCRC @jscottclayton @KatieHernCA @AccelerationCA @ALPAdams @CCBCMD @utdanacenter @LBCityCollege @SierraCollege @BAKcollege @TheRPGroup @capr_deved @ERP_learn @CompleteCollege 17/
Principle 6: #Comm_colleges & open access #HigherEd that aren’t yet working to ensure that the substantial majority of their students have access to college-level work, appropriate to educational goal & w/appropriate concurrent support are undermining their students’ outcomes

18/18 Today is a watershed day for the future of #comm_college students. Big shoutout to entire team at @CalCommColleges @EloyOakley and esp. @mantissa91737 (& @LMetCap) for helping us reset our views of students & laying foundation for improving college completion _everywhere_

Hey @threadreaderapp - could you #unroll this for me?