2008 Reports

Formative Evaluation of the Student Achievement Initiative “Learning Year”

Jenkins, Paul Davis; Ellwein, Todd; Boswell, Katherine

In 2007, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges launched the Student Achievement Initiative (SAI), a system-wide policy to reward colleges for improvements in student achievement. This report lays out results of CCRC’s qualitative review of SAI during its first year (2007-08). The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the extent of awareness and understanding of the initiative among college personnel and examine the initial responses to it by the colleges.