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Performance Measures


The North Carolina State board of Community Colleges established a system of accountability that includes eight performance measures for each community college to track and report yearly. Stanly Community College met all eight performance measures for the 2007-2008 academic year.

1.  Progress of Basic Skills Students

  • Standard:  75% of students will make progress through the basic skills program.
  • SCC:  76% of basic skills students at SCC made progress in this program.

2.  Performance of College Transfer Students

  • Standard:  83% of transfer students will attain a GPA of 2.0 or higher after completing one academic year at a four-year institution. 
  • SCC:  79% (or 19 students) of students who transferred with 24 or more semester hours attained a GPA of 2.0 or greater after one academic year at a 4-year institution; 92% (or 12 students) of students who transferred with an AA or AS degree attained a GPA of 2.0 or greater after one academic year at a 4-year institution for a total of 31 students and an average of 84%.

3.  Passing Rates for Licensure and Certification Exams

  • Standard:  The performance standard for the aggregate institutional passing rate is 80%.  Information is gathered on first-time test takers only.  Test results with fewer than ten students are not reported.
  • SCC:  81 percent aggregate passing rate achieved with following scores:
    BLET-60%
    Cosmetology
      Apprentice-94%
      Cosmetology-91%
      *Manicurist
      *Esthetician
    Nursing-91%
    Radiography-95%
    EMT
      EMT-85%
      *EMT I
      *EMT P
    Real Estate-91%
    *Numbers too small to report without violating student privacy.

4.  Passing Rates of Students in Developmental Courses

  • Standard:  75% of students who complete a developmental course will have a grade of “C” or better for that course. 
  • SCC:  90% of students who completed a developmental course achieved a grade of “C” or better for that course:  92%, English; 86%, math.

5.  Success Rate of Developmental Students in Subsequent College-level Courses

  • Standard:  80% of students who completed a developmental course in 2006-2007 and completed a subsequent college-level course in 2007-2008 will have a passing grade for the college-level course. 
  • SCC:  97% of 194 students who completed a developmental course(s) had a passing grade in their subsequent college-level courses.  96% of the 95 students who took college-level English and 98% of the 99 students who took college-level math had passing grades

6.  Student Satisfaction of Program Completers and Non-completers

  • Standard:  90% of the combined respondents will report to be satisfied with the quality of the college’s programs and services.
  • SCC:  99% of program completers and 98% of non-completers out of those who responded indicated satisfaction with quality of SCC’s programs and services with a combined satisfaction rate of 99%.

7.  Curriculum Student Retention, Graduation, and Transfer

  • Standard:  65% of the fall cohort will have completed their program, still be enrolled the following fall, or transferred to another community college or university. 
  • SCC:  Of the 2,021 cohorts, 19% graduated, 47% returned the following fall, and 4% transferred.  70% of the fall cohort completed their program, are still enrolled, or transferred.

8.    Business and Industry Satisfaction With Services Provided

  • Standard:  90% of business/industries surveyed will indicate satisfaction with the services provided. 
  • SCC:  95% of clients indicated satisfaction with the customized training provided.

Contact:

Marlene Saunders, Director
Office of Accountability and Accreditation
(704) 991-0258
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