Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative

California Partnership for Achieving Student Successwww.calpass.org

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The Challenge

“…the coursework between high school and college is not connected; students graduate from high school under one set of standards and, three months later, are required to meet a whole new set of standards in college.” Venezia, Kirst, & Antonio, 2002

“… an unacceptable number of college students must take costly remedial classes. Moreover there is a troubling and persistent gap between the college attendance and graduation rates of low-income Americans and their more affluent peers.” Spellings, September 2006

“Education has been unable to systematically document what happens to students leaving K-12. This inability leads has serious implications for policy formation, foundation investment, etc” Tessa Carmen DeRoy, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, 2006

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What is Cal-PASS?

Informed by data, powered by inspiration and developed through collaboration, Cal-PASS partners identify problems, develop local solutions, and scale them across regions and the state to achieve student success at every level.

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The California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS)

- Began in 1998 in response to disconnects in CA among the K-12, community college, and four-year degree granting segments

- Includes K-12 schools, colleges and universities- 29 universities (includes some private postsecondary)- 105 community colleges- Over 4,000 K-12 schools

- Is regionally based

- Over 200 million student records

- Funded by the state

- 55 Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

- Empower PLC to innovate

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Student Data: What Kinds of Data are Collected?Student identifier (Pseudonumber)Student file

Demographic information

County, District, School

Course fileEnrollment information

Course performance

Award fileDiplomas, degrees, certificates

Custom fileLinked to either student or course information

Test fileCSTCAHSEE

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Data SecurityFERPA compliant

Data are anonymous – personal identifier information is removed or encrypted

Locally run program encrypts and validates data prior to transmission

Servers in secure, Level IV data center with firewall and controlled access

Security document available at www.calpass.org

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Making Cal-PASS Work: Intersegmental Professional Learning Councils

English Mathematics Science Career Tech Ed Counseling ELL/ESL

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Level of first math attempted at a community college relative to last math class passed in high school with a grade of C or better from available

Cal-PASS member schools. N=46,847.

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Lower level Same level Higher level

Math Transition from High School to Community College

First math class attempted in community collegeTota

l  

    Basic Math

Pre-Alg

Beg Alg

Geo

Int Alg

Stats+

Pre-Calc

Calc % N

Max HS math with grade of C or better

Basic Math 11%

14%

41% 1% 28% 5% 1% 0%100% 730

Pre-Alg * * * * * * * *

100% *

Beg Alg 11%

10%

42% 1% 29% 5% 2% 0%100% 1291

Geo 2% 3% 29% 2% 49% 9% 5% 1% 100% 1758

Int Alg 1% 2% 14% 1% 47% 21% 13% 2% 100% 5966

Stats+ 0% 0% 3% 0% 26% 47% 19% 4% 100% 238

Pre-Calc 0% 0% 2% 0% 21% 38% 29% 10%

100% 2485

Calc 0% 0% 0% 0% 4% 28% 21% 48% 100% 585

  Total 320 377223

2101

4824

2743

1775 682 13054

Relation between last math passed at Alpha High School and first math attempted at Beta College

Red = attempted class in college lower than that already passed in high schoolGold = attempted class in college equal to that already passed in high schoolGreen = attempted class in college higher than that already passed in high school

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Federal Perkins Requirements andCalifornia’s Response (an example)

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Accountability5S1: Secondary Placement 113(b)(2)(A)(v)

Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators who left secondary education and were placed in postsecondary education or advanced training…in the second quarter following the program year in which they left secondary education (i.e. unduplicated placement status for CTE concentrators who graduated by June 30, 2007 would be assessed between October 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007).

Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who left secondary education during the reporting year.

Request for Applications (RFA) for Tech Prep Program Allocations

Each community college or high school district within your consortium must be fully signed up with Cal-PASS….In other words in order for secondary or postsecondary to be a member of your consortium they must be a data submitting member of CalPASS.

If a consortium has developed an alternative data collection system unconnected to CalPASS that meets all of the Performance and Accountability measures of Title II Section 203(e) the Project Director should contact their Project Monitor to get advanced permission (before the May 5th application due date) for exemption from using CalPASS.

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Tech-Prep/Cal-PASS Key Dates

Memoranda of Understanding Signed:

December 31, 2008

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First Data Upload:

March 31, 2009

Application Due with Letters of Intent:

May 5, 2008

Some Cal-PASS Tasks:

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Work with local entities to identify 2+2 pathways, articulated courses, etc.

Assist in developing evidence-based benchmarks for federal reporting requirements

Work with local partnerships to ensure districts are able to upload their data

Develop web-based reporting system

Support state efforts for CTE reporting

Examples of Cal-PASS CTE Innovations

An electronic transfer of 2+2 information from high school to receiving community college

Automated Perkins reporting

Using intersegmental data to inform career pathways

High School Students Completing Community College

Articulated Courses by Vocational Program2+2 Program Took

articulatedHS course

AttendedCC

Enrolled innext level

course at CC

Repeatedarticulated course

at CC

Accounting 1590 251 37 4

Administration of Justice 76 15 5 1

Agriculture 203 34 5 2

Auto Tech 2893 44 32 16

Business Computer Occupations 1107 200 17 1

Child Care Occupations 2634 394 127 9

Commercial Art 282 43 2 1

Drafting 1763 258 7 4

Math 4415 785 453 88

Photography 6356 879 49 29

Total (unduplicated within program)

21319 2903 734 155

Total (unduplicated between programs)

15008 2294 718 152

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High School Students Completing Community College

Articulated Courses by Vocational Program2+2 Program Took

articulatedHS course

AttendedCC

Enrolled innext level

course at CC

Repeatedarticulated course

at CC

Accounting 1590 251 37 4

Administration of Justice 76 15 5 1

Agriculture 203 34 5 2

Auto Tech 2893 44 32 16

Business Computer Occupations 1107 200 17 1

Child Care Occupations 2634 394 127 9

Commercial Art 282 43 2 1

Drafting 1763 258 7 4

Math 4415 785 453 88

Photography 6356 879 49 29

Total (unduplicated within program)

21319 2903 734 155

Total (unduplicated between programs)

15008 2294 718 152

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