Child Development Programmatic Outcomes Data
Programmatic Outcomes Data
Child Development (AAS) – Preschool Education
Outcome Measure #1: The Number of Program Completers
| Academic Year | Number of program completers | % of program completers who were attending full-time (at the time of completion) |
% of program completers who were attending part-time[1] (at the time of completion) |
| 2018- 2019 |
25 | 12% | 88% |
| 2017- 2018 |
33 | 21% | 76% |
| 2016- 2017 |
18 | 28% | 72% |
Child Development (AAS) – Preschool Education
Outcome Measure #2: The Program Completion Rate
| Academic year in which a Fall cohort of full-time candidates enrolled in the program (select three sequential years) | Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 150% of the published timeframe. | Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 200% (twice) of the published timeframe. |
| 2018 – 2019 | 27% | 27% |
| 2017 – 2018 | 47% | 47% |
| 2016 – 2017 | 39% | 39% |
Child Development (AAS) – Preschool Education
Outcome Measure #3: Institutional Selected Data
| Academic Year | % of Part-Time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment) | Retention Rate among Part-Time Candidates | % of Full-Time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment) | Retention Rate among Full-Time Candidates |
| Fall 2018 – Fall 2019 | 76% | 56% | 24% | 20% |
| Fall 2017 – Fall 2018 | 61% | 50% | 39% | 33% |
| Fall 2016 – Fall 2017 | 76% | 48% | 21% | 88% |
[1] Part-time status is defined by the institution.
Glossary of Terms
Note on Methodology: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) methodology was used for establishing the above programmatic outcomes data.
Enrollment: The number of students that enrolled in the program for the first time in the academic year.
Enrollment Cohort:
Students that enrolled in the program for the first time in the specified academic year are designated as an enrollment cohort for that year. There is one enrollment cohort for this program per fiscal year.
Full-Time Status: Designation used for students enrolled in 12 hours or more in fall or spring, or six or more semester hours in summer.
Part-Time Status:
Students enrolled in less than 12 semester hours in fall or spring, or less than six semester hours in summer.
Retention: The percent of the total students in the enrollment cohortsᵻ that were retained to the next academic year of the program.
Completion at 150% timeframe:
The percent of the total students in the enrollment cohortsᵻ that completed the degree within the 150% timeframe (6 semesters not including summer) of the program.
Completion at 200% timeframe:
The percent of the total students in the enrollment cohortsᵻ that completed the degree within the 200% timeframe (8 semesters not including summer) of the program.
Graduates:
Students that completed the program in the specified academic year.
Notes/Sources
N/A: Not available for this fiscal year.
“The AAS Degree in Child Development at Richard J. Daley College is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, www.naeyc.org. The accreditation term runs from March 2014 through March 2021.”
