CB 21 REGIONAL MEETINGS
Janet Fulks, ASCCC
Stephanie Low, CCCCO
1. Which of the following
describes your position?
A. Faculty member – full time
B. Faculty member – part time
C. CIO
D. Dean
E. Researcher or staff member that
inputs MIS data
2. Which of the following
represent your previous
exposure to CB 21?
A. CB 21 breakouts or presentations at
B.
C.
D.
E.
meetings (ASCCC, BSI, CIO, Curriculum
Institute, SLO institute, plenary, etc)
CB 21 training webinars
CB 21 published information or websites
Two or more of the above
No previous exposure
3. Have you participated in
recoding CB 21 courses on your
campus?
A. No
B. No, but someone else on my campus
has been working on it
C. No, but I understand the rubrics and
the process
D. Yes, individually
E. Yes with a group of faculty
4. CB (course basic) codes
A. describe characteristics of courses
B. define whether courses are degree-
applicable, transferable, basic skills,
credit or non-credit, etc
C. determine funding, staffing reports,
reporting to the legislature, FTES, etc
D. can be used for local information on
student success and progress
E. All of the above (Correct Answer)
5. This recoding process will
A. require new TOP codes for all ESL, basic
skills math, English and reading
B. correct existing inaccuracies in CB 21
coding
C. align statewide levels of basic skills
courses
D. help correct other CB data elements
E. do all of the above (correct answer)
6. Can you code a course as
both degree applicable (CB04
and basic skills (CB08)?
A. Yes
B. No (Correct Answer – Never)
C. Under some specific conditions
7. Which courses are coded with
CB 21? Which is most correct.
A. All courses
B. All reading, math, ESL and writing (English) basic skills
courses
C. Reading, math, writing, & ESL courses in a sequence
D. Reading, math, writing, & ESL courses prior to transfer
and transfer ESL courses in a sequence (all basic skills in
a sequence and all ESL including transferable ESL
below English 1A
8. When courses are coded, are
you allowed to have gaps? For
instance CB 21 D,C,A?
A. Yes gaps are allowable
B. No gaps are not allowable
C. You may have gaps but this
should result in discussions
about your curriculum
9. Can you have more than one
course on a specific CB21 level?
A. Yes, it is allowable
B. No, it is not allowable
C. Yes, it is allowable but you
should examine why
10. Consider the raised graduation
requirements for English 1A. Which of
the following is true for the English
course 1 level prior to transfer?
A. It can be transferable (CB o5)
B. It is CB 21 B – two levels prior to transfer
C. It is CB 21 A and can be degree applicable
or not degree applicable CB 04
D. It is CB 21Y – CB 21 not applicable
E. None of the above
11. Consider the raised graduation requirements for
Math to Intermediate Algebra. Title 5 allows you to
code how many levels prior to transfer as degreeapplicable (allows not requires)
A. all levels below transfer
B. Two levels prior to transfer (Intermediate
Algebra CB 21 A) and two levels prior to
tansfer (Algebra Cb 21 B)
C. Three levels prior to transfer including
arithmetic
D. No levels prior to transfer
12. Can transferable courses be
coded with CB 21 levels?
A. All transferable courses are coded CB
21 Y (y= not applicable)
B. All transferable courses (math,
English, ESL, reading) can be coded
with CB 21 levels
C. Only transferable ESL courses are
coded with CB 21 levels all other
transferable courses are CB 21 Y
D. None of the above
CB 21 Rubrics Created to Describe
Levels Courses Prior to TRANSFER
Discipline
Credit
Math
Four levels CB 21 A, B, C, Six levels CB 21
D
A, B, C, D, E, F
Levels C & D
English
Four levels CB 21 A, B, C, Seven levels CB 21
D
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Level B or C
Reading
Four levels CB 21
A, B, C, D
Five levels CB 21
A, B, C, D, E
Level A or B
ESL
6 levels ESL Reading CB 21
A, B, C, D, E, F
8 levels ESL Integrated Most noncredit end 2
CB 21
levels prior to English
A,B,C,D,E, F, G, H
1 A at Level B
6 levels ESL Writing CB 21
A, B, C, D, E, F
6 levels ESL Speaking &
Listening CB 21
A, B, C, D, E, F
Noncredit
Likely bridge to
credit
Includes vocational
and Cultural skills
Student Success Conference 2009
14
13. What happens if you don’t recode
after March 1 and prior to submission of
spring data?
A. Probably nothing (Since when are we
B.
C.
D.
E.
responsible for accuracy?)
The TOP codes will all change and the unrecoded courses will be ejected as errors
potentially affecting FTES & funding
allocations and staff reports etc.
You will not be able to teach the courses.
You will lose accreditation
Don’t know
TOP code changes
Deleted T.O.P. codes
4930.21 – Writing
4930.70 – Reading Skills Development
4930.71 – Reading Skills, College Level
New T.O.P. Code or Existing Codes
1501.00 – English (writing)
1520.00 – Reading
4930.40 – Career Technical Computational 1701.00 – Mathematics, General
Skills
1702.00 – Mathematics Skills
4930.41 – Pre-Algebra (Basic
Math/Arithmetic)
4930.42 – Elementary Algebra
4930.20 – Communication Skills
1506.00 – Speech Communication
or 4930.33 – Learning Skills, Speech
Impaired
or Other appropriate T.O.P. codes
4930.80 – ESL–Intermediate
4930.84 – ESL Writing
4930.81 – ESL–Advanced
4930.85 – ESL Reading
4930.82 – ESL–Elementary
4930.86 – ESL Speaking/Listening
4930.83 – ESL–Degree-applicable
4930.87 – ESL Integrated
4930.91 – ESL Civics
4930.87 – ESL Integrated
or 4930.90 – Citizenship
7/28/2017
16
How do we use COMIS* data?
Accountability Reporting
Research Questions
•
•
•

•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Mandated Reporting
Legislative Analyst Office
Accountability
Reporting (ARCC,
Department
of Finance
ARCC supplemental,
California
Postsecondaryetc)
Education
Commission
Career Technical Education (CTE)
California
Student
Aid Commission
 Perkins
Core Indicator
Reports
Public
Policy
Institute
 Perkins Allocations
UC/CSU
Justification
& Funding
Legislature
– Committees
and
individual
members
 Matriculation
Community
 EOPS College Organizations
Newspapers
 DSPS
Labor Unions
 BOGW Administrative Funding
Data Matches
• Transfer to UC/CSU/NSC match
• Dept. of Social Services
• EDD/UI Match/Wage Study
* Chancellor’s Office MIS Data
Justification & Funding
Other
Reporting
• Matriculation
EOPS
 •Federal
• DSPS
Integrated
Postsecondary
CareerTechnical
Education
Education
DataReports
System (IPEDS)
Perkins
Core Indicator
Reporting
Perkins
Allocations
BOGW
Administrative
 CCC
Data MartFunding
Federal Integrated Postsecondary
 Annual Staffing Report
Education Data System
(IPEDS) Reporting
CCC Data Mart
Annual Staffing Report
*CCCCO Management Information Systems
17
Data
Overall (N=23)
Average based
on Counts
Transfer level
One level below
transfer
Two levels
below transfer
Three or more
levels below
Total
English (N = 23)
Math (N = 23)
Reading (N= 11)
ESL (N = 15)
%
26%
Placements
20,083
%
16%
Placements
12,539
%
33%
Placements
12,782
%
1%
Placements
71
32%
24,100
19%
14,986
36%
13,921
9%
493
29%
22,142
25%
19,626
24%
9,136
20%
1,102
13%
100%
9,814
76,138
39%
100%
30,080
77,231
7%
100%
2,895
38,733
70%
100%
3,964
5,629
Questions
 We want to use this time to listen to specific
questions and for you to listen to practices on
other college campuses.