Patrick Perry, Vice Chancellor of Technology, Research, Information, CA Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, in conversation with Amee Godwin, of ISKME, for CompletionMatters.org, Conversations on College Completion.

Patrick Perry describes current efforts in California by the community college system to change its funding formula, reduce FTEs, and prioritize policy interventions aimed at boosting college completion rates. He reflects on the variables and tradeoffs between success and access, productivity metrics and student outcomes, and particularly around the great need for a common assessment test. How could alignment with Common Core standards between K-12 and higher ed, especially at this moment of vast cuts to the state system, bring efficiency to placement and remediation and offer students more successful pathways?

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