Student Achievement Goals

Student Retention Rate

Definition: The percentage (%) of First-time, Full-time in College (FTIC) cohort of students who enroll during one fall term and return the next fall term.

Target: Increase the freshman retention rate to at least 75% by Fall 2025.

  Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020
                         
FTIC Cohort # 1250 1232 1241 1138 909 766 1037 1083 928 1,065 882
Returned for a 2nd year # 885 806 806 695 660 566 732 713 604 665 668
% 71% 65% 65% 61% 73% 74% 71% 66% 65% 62% 76%
Returned for a 3rd  year # 655 644 579 571 547 478 551 587 476 600  
% 52% 52% 47% 50% 60% 62% 53% 54% 51% 56%  
Returned for a 4th  year # 593 574 539 514 499 440 511 530 457    
% 47% 47% 43% 45% 55% 57% 49% 49% 49%    
Returned for a 5th  year # 277 317 278 227 215 156 210 222      
% 22% 26% 22% 20% 24% 20% 20% 20%      
Returned for a 6th  year # 78 98 93 68 64 56 97        
% 6% 8% 7% 6% 7% 7% 9%        
Returned for a 7th  year # 32 39 36 42 29 34          
% 3% 3% 3% 4% 3% 4%          
Returned for a 8th  year # 20 29 17 18 29            
% 2% 2% 1% 2% 3%            

 


Student Progression Rates

Definition: The percentage (%) of First-time, Full-time in College (FTIC) Entering Freshmen who return the next year and progress to the upper level of enrollment and degree completion.

Target: Increase the freshman progression rate to at least 48% by Fall 2025.

  Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020
                         
FTIC Cohort Entering Freshmen # 1249 1232 1241 1136 906 765 1024 1070 912 1065 863
Progress to Sophomore or Upper in Year 2  # 396 398 334 322 381 380 378 393 328 330 271
% 32% 32% 27% 28% 42% 50% 37% 37% 36% 31% 31%
Progress to Junior or Upper in Year 3 # 280 230 244 230 259 286 234 285 246 229  
% 22% 19% 20% 20% 29% 37% 23% 27% 27% 22%  
Progress to Senior or Upper in Year 4  # 253 206 235 217 246 252 219 263 207    
% 20% 17% 19% 19% 27% 33% 21% 25% 23%    

 


Graduation Rate

Definition: The graduation rate is calculated by following a cohort of First-time, Full-time in College (FTIC) students and determining the number of students who fulfill degree requirements after four, five, six, seven, and eight years as a percentage (%) of the total number of students in the FTIC cohort.

Target: Increase the six year graduation rate to at least 55% by fall 2025.

  Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017
                   
FTIC Cohort # 1250 1232 1241 1138 909 766 1037 1145
Graduated in 4 years or less # 310 248 244 273 256 242 261 267
% 25% 20% 20% 24% 28% 32% 25% 25%
Graduated in 5 years or less # 507 467 446 413 388 339 369  
% 41% 38% 36% 36% 43% 44% 36%  
Graduated in 6 years or less # 551 527 490 444 424 368    
% 44% 43% 39% 39% 47% 48%    
Graduated in 7 years or less # 563 545 509 460 439      
% 45% 44% 41% 40% 48%      
Graduated in 8 years or less # 573 555 517 469        
% 46% 45% 42% 41%        

 


Licensure Examination Annual Pass Rates

Definition: This student achievement measure is vital to monitoring the progress of VSU to increase the number of education graduates who satisfy the requirements for teacher licensure.

Goal: Improve teacher education programs and student preparation to increase annual pass rates on both teacher education licensure examinations to at least 85%

Target: 85%

2020-2021 VCLA Praxis II RVE
  # Tested # Passed Pass Rate # Tested # Passed Pass Rate # Tested # Passed Pass Rate
Elementary Education PreK-6 8 8 100% 8 8 100% 8 8 100%
Special Education General Curriculum K-12 5 5 100% NA NA NA 5 4 80%
Health and Physical Education 2 2 100% 2 2 100% NA NA NA
Agriculture 1 1 100% NA NA NA NA NA NA
                   
2019-2020 VCLA Praxis II RVE
Elementary Education PreK-6 4 4 100% 4 4 100% 4 4 100%
Special Education General Curriculum K-12 4 4 100% NA NA NA 4 4 100%
History 2 2 100% 1 2 50% NA NA NA
Agriculture 1 1 100% NA NA NA NA NA NA
Family and Consumer Science 2 2 100% 2 2 100% NA NA NA
Biology 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
Music 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
English 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
                   
2018-2019 VCLA Praxis II VRA or RVE
Elementary Education PreK-6 9 9 100% 9 9 100% 9 8 89%
Special Education General Curriculum K-12 4 4 100% NA NA NA 4 4 100%
Health and Physical Education 3 3 100% 3 2 75% NA NA NA
Biology 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
Mathematics 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
                   
2017-2018 VCLA Praxis II VRA or RVE
Elementary Education PreK-6 7 7 100% 7 7 100% 7 7 89%
Special Education General Curriculum K-12 10 10 100% NA NA NA 10 10 100%
Health and Physical Education 1 1 100% 1 1 75% NA NA NA
Biology 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
Music 2 2 100% 2 2 100% NA NA NA
                   
2016-2017 VCLA Praxis II VRA or RVE
Elementary Education PreK-6 10 10 100% 10 10 100% 10 10 100%
Special Education General Curriculum K-12 5 5 100% NA NA NA 5 5 100%
Health and Physical Education 3 3 100% 3 3 100% NA NA NA
Agriculture 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
Mathematics 2 2 100% 2 2 100% NA NA NA
                   
 
2016-2021 5 Year Trend VCLA Praxis II RVE
Elementary Education PreK-6 38 38 100% 38 38 100% 38 37 97%
Special Education General Curriculum K-12 28 28 100% 0 NA NA 28 27 96%
Health and Physical Education 9 9 100% 9 8 89% NA NA NA
History 2 2 100% 2 1 50% NA NA NA
Agriculture 1 1 100% NA NA NA NA NA NA
Family and Consumer Science 2 2 100% 2 2 100% NA NA NA
Biology 3 3 100% 3 3 100% NA NA NA
Music 3 3 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA
English 1 1 100% 1 1 100% NA NA NA

Legend: VCLA - Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment

                  VRA - Virginia Reading Assessment for Elementary and Special Education Teachers

                  RVE - Reading for Virginia Educators: Elementary and Special Education

NOTE:   (a) No licensure assessment is required for counselor education and central office personnel.

               (b) Pass rates are not calculated for education programs with fewer than 10 completers.