Developmental Education Plan

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In compliance with a directive from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) regarding the Texas Success Initiative (TSI), Navarro College has prepared the following Developmental Education Plan.

 

Developmental Education Plan

“Developmental education” includes non-credit developmental education courses or non-course-based developmental education interventions, such as co-requisites, tutorials, laboratories, interactive modules, and other means of assistance that may be included in a student's academic plan to help the student succeed in entry-level academic coursework.

An institution of higher education, including a college district, may refer a student to developmental coursework, including basic academic skills education, as considered necessary by the institution to address a student's deficiencies in the student's readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework, except that the institution may not require enrollment in developmental coursework with respect to a student previously determined under Education Code 51.338(d) or by any institution of higher education to have met college-readiness standards. An institution of higher education that requires a student to enroll in developmental coursework must offer a range of developmental coursework, including online coursework, or instructional support that includes the integration of technology to efficiently address the particular developmental needs of the student.

Corequisite Model

Each institution of higher education, including each college district, shall develop and implement for developmental coursework, other than adult basic education or basic academic skills education, developmental education using a corequisite model under which a student concurrently enrolls in a developmental education course and a freshman-level course in the same subject area for each subject area for which the student is referred to developmental coursework. Each institution shall ensure that at least 75 percent of the institution's students enrolled in developmental coursework other than adult basic education or basic academic skills education are enrolled in developmental coursework described by this policy.

If a student fails to satisfactorily complete a freshman-level course described above, the institution of higher education shall:

1. Review the plan developed for the student under Education Code 51.335(a) and, if necessary, work with the student to revise the plan; and

2. Offer to the student a range of competency-based education programs to assist the student in becoming ready to perform freshman-level academic coursework in the applicable subject area.

Each institution of higher education shall develop and implement corequisite model(s) of developmental education for developmental mathematics and integrated reading or writing (IRW) courses and interventions for all the institution's non-exempt students.

An institution may enroll the following students in a developmental education course as necessary to address deficiencies in the students' readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework:

1. A student assessed at Diagnostic levels 1-4 on the Coordinating Board-approved TSI Assessment;

2. A student enrolled in adult education; or

3. A student enrolled in a degree plan not requiring an entry-level academic mathematics course.

 

Research-Based Best Practices

Each institution of higher education shall develop and administer a developmental education program using research-based practices that include all of the following components:

1. Assessment;

2. Differentiated placement and instruction based on an individual student's skills, strengths, and needs;

3. Faculty development;

4. Student support services;

5. Program evaluation;

6. Integration of technology; and

7. Non-course-based options.

As part of item 2, above, an institution shall offer an Integrated Reading and Writing (IRW) course or intervention at the highest level (just below college-readiness as determined by the institution) by spring 2015.

As part of item 7, above, each institution shall offer at least one section of each entry-level academic course per developmental education subject area that incorporates non-course-based interventions (NCBO).

 

Funding

Public community colleges shall not submit for formula funding any hours for remedial and developmental courses and/or interventions for which a student has exceeded 18 semester credit hours, or 27 semester credit hours if the developmental coursework is English for speakers of other languages.

 

Assessment Instruments

As part of the admission process at Navarro College, all degree-seeking students will be administered a state-approved placement instrument in accordance with 19TAC§4.55. The information related to assessment instruments can be found in Board Policy EH.1.

 

Graduation Requirement

Students who successfully complete all requirements for graduation will not be required to pass one of the assessment instruments as a final condition for graduation.

Any student who completes the first level college course with a grade of C or better in stratified reading, writing, or math will be considered TSI complete in that subject area.

 

Navarro College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. Navarro College also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Navarro College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC's website.