ESL In Context: The Numbers Tell a Story

Part IV, last in a Series - ESL Student Success

Q: What is the student success rate in ESL?
A: 81% of students who were enrolled at the end of their course receive Mastery in the 2008-2009 year. 71% of all students who enrolled at the beginning of their course received Mastery from 2005 to present.

Q: How does this success rate compare to that overall rate at Douglas College?
A: ESL 71% Overall 82% There is quite a range of success rates in the college. Nursing, another large program in the college, has a success rate of 97%. Habitat Restoration and Health Information Management both rate 100%. English's success rate is 77%.

Q: Does ESL Have any courses with low success rates?
A: Courses with average success rates since 2004 of less than 70% are EASL 0260 at 65% and 0360 at 64%. Some single-section courses also have success rates of less than 70%, but the number of students taking them is very small.

Q: How do the ESL success rates compare from year to year?
A: They Range from 70-74%

Q: What about rates of withdrawal? How does ESL compare with the college as a whole in withdrawal rates?
A: The withdrawal rate for the college is 9.62% compared to ESL's rate of 7.85%. So fewer students withdraw from ESL courses than other courses in the college. This is true for every year since 2004.