Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative California Partnership for Achieving Student Success “Success at Every Level”

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 “Success at Every Level”

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. “Success at Every Level”

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) 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 “Success at Every Level”

Student Data: What Kinds of Data are Collected? Student identifier (Pseudonumber) Student file Demographic information County, District, School Course file Enrollment information Course performance Award file Diplomas, degrees, certificates Custom file Linked to either student or course information Test file CST CAHSEE “Success at Every Level”

Data Security FERPA 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 “Success at Every Level”

Making Cal-PASS Work: Intersegmental Professional Learning Councils  English  Mathematics  Science  Career Tech Ed  Counseling  ELL/ESL “Success at Every Level”

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.

First math class attempted in community college Total 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% 3%0%26%47%19%4% 100%238 Pre- Calc 0% 2%0%21%38%29%10% 100%2485 Calc 0% 4%28%21%48% 100%585 Total 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 school Gold = attempted class in college equal to that already passed in high school Green = attempted class in college higher than that already passed in high school “Success at Every Level”

Federal Perkins Requirements and California’s Response (an example) “Success at Every Level” Accountability 5S1: 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. “Success at Every Level”

Tech-Prep/Cal-PASS Key Dates Memoranda of Understanding Signed: December 31, 2008 “Success at Every Level” First Data Upload: March 31, 2009 Application Due with Letters of Intent: May 5, 2008

Some Cal-PASS Tasks: “Success at Every Level”  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 Program 2+2 ProgramTook articulated HS course Attended CC Enrolled in next level course at CC Repeated articulated course at CC Accounting Administration of Justice Agriculture Auto Tech Business Computer Occupations Child Care Occupations Commercial Art Drafting Math Photography Total (unduplicated within program) Total (unduplicated between programs) “Success at Every Level”

High School Students Completing Community College Articulated Courses by Vocational Program 2+2 ProgramTook articulated HS course Attended CC Enrolled in next level course at CC Repeated articulated course at CC Accounting Administration of Justice Agriculture Auto Tech Business Computer Occupations Child Care Occupations Commercial Art Drafting Math Photography Total (unduplicated within program) Total (unduplicated between programs) “Success at Every Level”