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Welcome to Cal-PASS, the only system that collects
data about student success and transition from every segment of education, K-16.
Informed by data, powered by inspiration and developed through collaboration—Cal-PASS
partners identify problems, develop local solutions, and bring them to scale across
regions and throughout California to achieve Success at Every Level.
What teachers are saying about us: "The biggest thing has been
how much the data have contributed to my awareness of where students come from and
where they are going in terms of skills, development, different assignments and
expectations. Our Professional Learning Council has energized my teaching, something
that always happens when teachers come together and talk about teaching. Having
teachers with so much expertise working together from all the different segments
of education has improved my teaching and my students' performance. I won’t be surprised
if this is happening in every classroom where a teacher is involved with a PLC.
" PLC Faculty Member
News & Events
From the Executive Director:
Statewide Collaboration
Cal-PASS believes it is now time for the synergy of a cross-PLC collaboration that
uses and showcases the expertise and talent of Professional Learning Council (PLC)
faculty in a statewide project. Now that 66 PLCs with more than 1,200 faculty and
other educators meet monthly across the state, there is an opportunity to leverage
PLC work to create a joint product.
As a first step,
Cal-PASS PLCs are working
on the Aligning Curricula and Career Education for Student Success (ACCESS) grant,
funded by the Hewlett, Irvine and Hass Jr. Foundations, to align curricula outcomes
in English and math from 11th grade through transfer level at community colleges.
The grant also is working to embed contextualized assignments from career/technical
education courses into math and English courses, and to embed in career/technical
education courses the English and math elements that are basic to all curricula.
The process will create aligned curricula outcomes so that students will be prepared
for the next level course and for postsecondary work once they leave high school.
Aligned curricula should lead to increased student transition and reduced remediation
as they move from one grade level to the next and when they move from secondary
to postsecondary institutions.
Read the whole story in the
Spring Newsletter.
Cal-PASS Study Receives Award
The Research and Planning Group for the California Community Colleges recently selected
the
Cal-PASS research study "An Early
Alert System for Remediation Needs of Entering Community College Students: Leveraging
the California Standards Test" for the Excellence in Research—Regional/Statewide
Project award. This study was funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
and conducted by the
Cal-PASS research
staff. Congratulations to everyone who worked on this extensive research study.
Spotlight on Data:
Making a Difference in Sweetwater
Cal-PASS data have played a crucial role in science curriculum decisions within
the 43,000 student Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD) over the last four
years. It all began with the
Cal-PASS
South Bay Science Professional Learning Council (PLC) asking questions regarding
student transition and success in science from seventh grade through community college.
As the data resulting from these questions were reviewed and discussed, the following
actions were taken to address specific instructional needs and assist in district
decision-making regarding science curricula.
Guest Writer: Steve Rodecker, Science
Specialist, Sweetwater Union High School District
Read the whole story in the
Spring Newsletter.