Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative College of the Redwoods May 3 rd , 2012

1. Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS InitiativeCollege of the RedwoodsMay 3rd, 2012 California Partnership for Achieving Student Success www.calpass.org “Success at Every Level”

2. Problem: A lack of useful information, communication and collaboration between education segments hinders student success from kindergarten to college. Solution: Cal-PASS provides the data and collaborative atmosphere that helps educators develop innovative solutions to provide seamless student transitions – increasing efficiency and advancing student success.

3. What is Cal-PASS? • Started San Diego, California and now statewide • Facilitate collaboration among primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions on a regional basis • Over 9,00 schools, colleges and universities are members • Collect actionable data and report on student transition and success without compromising privacy • Over 460 million records to date. Over 250 reports over the last three years • Engages educational leaders and faculty across segments in instructional conversations using Cal-PASS and other data – The PLC model • Over 1,000 teachers and faculty members meeting once a month in English, EL, math, science, counseling and career tech ed in 47 PLCs. • Implements and evaluates educational innovations throughout the state and works to bring to scale those innovations that demonstrate success • Funded over 40 innovations across the state • Improving practice examples

4. What Kinds of Data are Collected? • Student file • Encrypted identifiers • Demographics • Course file • Course outcome data (units, grades, etc) • Award file • Degrees, diplomas, certificates • Assessment files • CAHSEE and STAR (K-12 only) • Custom file (locally defined) “Success at Every Level”

5. 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 atwww.calpass.org “Success at Every Level”

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

7. Reports from the Cal-PASS Database • Look at cohorts of students over time and between segments • Can answer questions like: • How many secondary education tech prep students • enroll in postsecondary education • enroll in postsecondary education in the same field or major • complete a postsecondary course of study within a particular timeframe • successfully complete, as a secondary school student, courses that award postsecondary credit at the secondary level • Several more examples at www.calpass.org/SampleReports

8. For more information………. www.calpass.org