The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges, in consultation with the North Carolina State Board of Education, shall develop a program that is aimed at providing opportunities for college remediation (in developmental mathematics and developmental reading and English curricula) for high school students prior to graduation. The program shall be fully implemented in all North Carolina high schools beginning with the 2018-19 school year. The program shall require the following:

• the introduction of the community college developmental curriculum in the high school senior year by providing opportunities for remediation prior to high school graduation
• the establishment of measures for determining college readiness by the end of the junior year
• the establishment of measures for successful completion to ensure that students are prepared for coursework at NC community colleges
• delivery of remedial courses by high school teachers
• providing high school teachers with professional development that targets the instructional strategies that will be used in the prescribed remediation process

Process:

• As a high school junior, student identified as not college-ready in math or English.
• As a high school senior, student participates in remediation while fulfilling high school fourth math requirement or English 4.
• Student enters directly into college-level math or English course in college.

Central Piedmont's Model Overview

In collaboration with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), Central Piedmont will implement a model intervention that will:

• Provide co-requisite support for the most essential pre-requisite topics in one or more high school math courses. Successful completers of the given course, who also successfully complete the required co-requisite, will simultaneously satisfy their 4th high school math requirement and will earn eligibility to register for gateway college-level mathematics courses.
• Be advised by a team of Central Piedmont math faculty and CMS math teachers; the taskforce team will:
  • examine CMS high school math courses to identify the most essential prerequisite topics needed to be successful in those courses
  • align the above-referenced topics to competencies in Central Piedmont developmental math (DMA) courses
  • align the above-referenced topics to learning objects in the EdReady system
  • atively engage in ongoing discussions with CMS administrators and faculty.
• Adhere to a set of well-established standards for success, such as:
  • multiple Measures or Career and College Promise placement guidelines
  • robust professional development for faculty and staff
  • findings from the analysis of relevant student success data

Participating high schools will use EdReady to provide just-in-time remediation on the most essential prerequisite topics that are associated with units currently covered in their high school math course. Phase 1 schools will begin with the Advanced Functions and Models (AFM) course.

• Phase 1 High School: Harding High School
  • utilizing agreed upon EdReady assessments: Yes
  • EdReady mastery level set at 85%: Yes
• Phase 1 High School: Myers Park High School
  • utilizing agreed upon EdReady assessments: Yes
  • EdReady mastery level set at 85%: Yes
• Phase 1 High School: North Mecklenburg High School
  • utilizing agreed upon EdReady assessments: Yes
  • EdReady mastery level set at 85%: Yes
• Phase 1 High School: Vance High School
  • utilizing agreed upon EdReady assessments: Yes
  • EdReady mastery level set at 85%: Yes
• Phase 1 High School: West Charlotte High School
  • utilizing agreed upon EdReady assessments: Yes
  • EdReady mastery level set at 85%: Yes

Units of AFM courses:

1. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Probability Curriculum
2. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Univariate Data Curriculum
3. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Trigonometry
4. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Piecewise-Defined Functions
5. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Power Functions
6. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Logarithmic Functions
7. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Modeling
8. Unit 1 Prerequisites: Recursively-Defined Functions

For more information on Central Piedmont’s Career and College Ready Graduates model effort, please contact Bruce Johnson (Associate Dean, STEM) at bruce.johnson@cpcc.edu.