| In response to Assembly Bill 332, POST staff conducted a correlational research study to explore the relationship between whether a specific group of students tend to pass or fail the academy.
POST staff collected and analyzed data on 2,590 academy students from 23 intensive Regular Basic Course (RBC) academies for one year. 1,877 students successfully completed an academy class and 495 students did not successfully complete an academy class.
Excluding missing data, of the 1,877 (72%) students who successfully completed an RBC academy, 1,538 (59%) students were male, 336 (12%) students were female, 2 (<1%) students did not respond, and 1 (<1%) students preferred not to identify their sex.
Excluding missing data, of the 495 students who did not successfully complete an RBC academy, 263 (11%) students withdrew from for personal reasons, 136 (5%) students were dismissed because of failing required test(s), and 88 (3%) students were dismissed from an academy for non-testing related reasons.
Excluding missing data, the following ethnic groups were recorded as participating in the study. They are listed in descending order of predominance: 1,117 (43%) students were Hispanic or Latino/Latina, 896 (34%) students were White, 178 (6%) students were Asian, 159 (6%) students were of more than one race, 145 (5%) students were African American, 53 (2%) students were Filipino, 18 (<1%) students did not respond, 15 (<1%) students were Pacific Islander, and 9 (<1%) students were American Indian or Alaska Native.
The results of this correlational study show that female students have a retest pass rate of 94% while male students have a retest pass rate of 96%. All race and ethnicity groups have a retest pass rate of over 90%.
Therefore, it is not recommended at this time that minimum standards for an appropriate level of remedial training be established. |