Student Achievement Goals

GOALS AND MEASURES BASELINE
(AY 2016)

MINIMUM
THRESHOLD

RESULTS TARGET
1. SPC Students enroll at increasing numbers. Fall 15   Fall 18 Fall 19 Fall 20 Fall 2021
11,198 11,881 11,590 12,962 12,696 12,696
2. SPC Students earn high productive grade rates. 83.1% 70.0% 83.6% 83.1% 81.7% 82.0%
3. SPC Students complete their courses. 93.8% 85.0% 93.9% 93.7% 92.3% 92.6%
4. SPC Students stay in school from fall-to-fall*. FT FTIC Fall-to-Fall. 15-16   17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21
57.2% 59.2% 56.9% 62.7% 55.3% 55.6%
5. SPC Students graduate. FTIC 4-year. Fall 12
Cohort
  Fall 14
Cohort
Fall 15
Cohort
Fall 16
Cohort
 Fall 17
Cohort
16.6% 24.6% 32.5% 33.4% 39.4% 39.7%
6. SPC Students complete. 6-year total completion rate. Fall 10
Cohort
  Fall 12
Cohort
Fall 13
Cohort
Fall 14
Cohort
Fall 15
Cohort
34.5% 33.5% 35.9% 37.9% 34.2% 34.5%
7. SPC Students earn Degrees and Certificates. AY 16   AY 18 AY 19 AY 20 AY 21
1,800 2,017 1,988 2,203 2,087 2,351

8. SPC Students transfer to 4-year colleges and universities.

% of FTIC students transferred to a senior institution in six years.

14.5% 15.6% 15.8%  17.5% 18.2% 18.5%
9. SPC Graduates are employed. FY 16   FY 17 FY 18 FY 19  FY 20 
% technical students employed within six months of graduation. 58.7% 60.1% 57.5% 63.6% 64.0% 64.3%
% technical students employed or enrolled within six months of graduation. 92.1% 85.0% 89.2% 93.0% 91.8% 92.1%
10. SPC Students pass licensure exams. 84.1% 75.0% 92.8% 93.9% 87.8% 88.1%

*Persistence at same institution only
**Preliminary

Data Sources:

Items 1, 4, 7, 10 – THECB Accountability Data
Items 2, 3 – IRES Data by Strategic Driver (Completion – Grade Distribution)
Item 5 – Alamo Colleges Benchmarks
Items 6, 8 – National Student Clearinghouse
Item 9 – THECB Almanac


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