Resources to Support Equitable Placement, Support & Completion
Under AB 1705
Resources for colleges implementing AB 705 for STEM and non-STEM programs including the implications of the standards of the law, implications of the law as they relate to special population groups including Biology students and students with disabilities. Ongoing evaluations of the law as implementation continues statewide.
Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion for Students with Disabilities: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards, August 2024
Brief provides additional analysis to the report, Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards, focusing on STEM students with disabilities whose first college math course was in the STEM Calculus Pathway. The report finds that STEM students participating in DSPS programs have STEM Calculus completion rates similar to those of non-DSPS students.
A Focus on Biology: An Extension of the Report Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards, August 2024
Brief provides a follow-up to the initial Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards report with a focus on students in biology majors. The goal was to determine if the original report underestimated calculus completion rates for certain biology majors with different calculus course requirements. The report found STEM Calculus 1 throughput patterns to align for overall STEM majors and biology majors.
Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards, February 2024 (UPDATED) June 2024
Report exploring the impact of AB 1705 for STEM program pathway requirements for STEM Calculus pathways and subsequence Calculus completion. This report includes descriptive analyses and is accompanied by a technical appendix that includes regression analyses (see below). Update includes an additional appendix (Appendix I).
Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards, Technical Appendices, February 2024
Technical appendix to Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards, which includes a detailed methodology and regression analysis.
Maximizing Calculus Completion for Students Seeking the Business Administration Degree, May 2023
Report comparing the completion rates of Business Calculus or STEM Calculus for students with a Business Administration program of study. The study controls for student's highest level math course completed while looking at the starting course in which they began at a community college. Every group of students had substantially higher completion of Business Calculus or STEM Calculus when starting directly there. This research suggests that transfer-level prerequisites to Business Calculus or STEM Calculus do not meet AB 1705 requirements for applied or business calculus for business administration majors within the California Community College system.
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AB 1705 Non-STEM Validation, Business Administration and Template Assistance, June 2023 (Recording)
Webinar recording focused on assisting colleges with submitting additional validation for non-STEM programs of study to meet AB 1705 requirements. Results from a recent analysis of Business Administration student outcomes are shared, with information about how to replicate the analyses locally. In addition, guidance on submitting local validation of non-STEM programs to meet validation requirements are discussed.
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AB 1705 Non-STEM Validation, Business Administration and Template Assistance, June 2023 (PPT)
Slides used in webinar focused on assisting colleges with submitting additional validation for non-STEM programs of study to meet AB 1705 requirements. Results from a recent analysis of Business Administration student outcomes are shared, with information about how to replicate the analyses locally. In addition, guidance on submitting local validation of non-STEM programs to meet validation requirements are discussed.