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Welcome to the California Partnership for Achieving Student Success, 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

Project Development & Foundation Relations
Just over three years ago, Cal-PASS created the Special Projects division with a single staff member working on a single project — the basis for the current SMART (Standardized Metrics for Analysis, Reporting, and Tracking) Tool, funded by the Hewlett Foundation. The division, now called Project Development and Foundation Relations, has grown to a trio of staffers with more than a dozen projects in operation, and the division’s funding base has grown to include sources such as the Irvine, Stuart, and Woodrow Wilson Foundations, with continued support from the Hewlett Foundation.

Read the whole story in the Summer/Fall Newsletter.

U.S. Secretary of Education Lauds Cal-PASS Work
In a speech to the Council of Chief State School Officers and State Higher Education Executive Officers on July 16, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talked about the need for states to create longitudinal databases from kindergarten through postsecondary and to use the information, collaboratively, across segments to improve practice. He cited Cal-PASS as one of the entities doing just that.


Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education

Read the whole story in the Summer/Fall Newsletter.

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Cal-PASS/IEBC English and Math Curricula Guides
English and math curricula guides incorporate newly aligned, contextually relevant and collaboratively developed curricula. Use to enhance instruction, increase student engagement, improve course alignment and reduce a major cause of remediation. Developed by hundreds of faculty from high schools and colleges in California under the Cal-PASS/IEBC ACCESS initiative (Aligning Curricula and Career Education for Student Success).

(www.iebcnow.org/newsandevents/publications.aspx).

Data Submission Begins October 10th, 2011
The data submission site will open October 10, 2011 and accept data from the 2010–2011 academic year. You may also submit data for any prior years that have not been submitted. Users must log into myCal-PASS and create a user account. Once the account is approved and activated, the user will be notified via email and may begin the data submission process.

Please contact help@calpass.org with any submission questions.

from School Wise Press
Cal-PASS paves a road out of the data wastelands
"With our state in such sorry shape, this owl has been flapping his way across California, looking for signs of a more hopeful future. After putting aside my fears about our frightening finances and grim government, I have indeed found something to hoot about: Cal-PASS, the California Partnership for Achieving Student Success.

I know you’re wondering why Cal-PASS and why now?

This owl believes that educators lack a mirror, a way to see their work reflected clearly and without distortion. That mirror can be data, framed in a meaningful context and presented in revealing ways. This owl’s hunch is that those who work so hard in the world of schooling can work smarter if they see themselves more clearly in the mirror that is data. Cal-PASS, a relatively new state-funded data-collection effort that tracks students from kindergarten through college, just might be the mirror that provides evidence of results."

Steve Rees, School Wise Press

Read the whole commentary in "The Owl Newsletter" http://www.schoolwisepress.com.

Cal-PASS is making a difference in students' lives!

Innovative solutions are designed and implemented as a result of Cal-PASS Professional Learning Council (PLC) work. This video shows how one Council examined    Cal-PASS data, determined a problem, and implemented a solution. This is work that comes from involving teachers talking with teachers about making improvements in student transition and success.

See other Cal-PASS PLC activities here.