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Increasing Student Transition and Success:

Increasing Student Transition and Success:. Where the Rubber Meets the Road. What is Cal-PASS?. Creates regional partnerships Links primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions on a regional basis Tracks students from one segment to the next

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Increasing Student Transition and Success:

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  1. Increasing Student Transition and Success: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

  2. What is Cal-PASS? • Creates regional partnerships • Links primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions on a regional basis • Tracks students from one segment to the next • Includes over 2,000 K-12 schools, community colleges and universities throughout California

  3. Cal-PASS Principles • Collaboration • Discovery • Alignment • Innovation • Evaluation • Expansion

  4. Cal-PASS Benefits • Increase communication among systems • Inform and document the K-16 pipeline • Improve articulation and student preparation • Empower faculty to improve instruction • Facilitate student learning • Assess the effectiveness of interventions

  5. What Kinds of Data are Collected? • Student identifiers (encrypted) • Student file • Demographic information • Attendance • Course file • Enrollment information • Course performance • Student test file • STAR • HS exit exam • Award file • Diplomas, degrees, certificates • Optional files • Information collected on interventions • Data are anonymous – personal identifier information is removed or encrypted

  6. Making Cal-PASS Work: The Faculty Councils • English • Mathematics • Counseling • ELL/ESL • Tech Prep • Science

  7. Math Council Activities • Focused on Algebra 1 ( Beginning) • Includes K-8, HS, CC • Working on reviewing standards • Identify common strands in Algebra curriculum • Deconstructing curriculum Identifying best practices • All web-based access

  8. English Council Activities • Middle School, HS, CC, and Univ. • Developed common curriculum areas • Staff development training • Adopting a High School • Integrating with current CSU expertise • Mirroring a CSU/CC CAN English 1 module

  9. ELL/ESL Council Activities • Summer Bridge

  10. Science Council Activities • Early Planning

  11. Tech Prep Council Activities • HS and GCCCD • Changed procedures • Electronic A&R transfer and upload • Web Site developed • Work with teacher

  12. Cal-PASS Research • Action Research Paradigm • Faculty, administrators, and local researchers are active participants • Iterative process to refine analysis • Common questions become standard reports or web based queries produced by Cal-PASS staff • Locally unique questions handled by local researchers with assistance from Cal-PASS staff

  13. Overall success rates declined from 65% to 64

  14. Percent of Community College transfer cohort earning Alpha State degree by Community College GPA and time N=1,829 students from 3 local CC’s. 44% of cohort earned degree in 6 years. Each GPA category contains an approximately equal number of students.

  15. How to Contact Us • Brad Phillips, Executive Director • bphillips@calpass.org • (619) 252-8503 • Michelle Kalina, Associate Director • mkalina@calpass.org • (916) 759-2486 • Mary Kay Patton, Database Administrator • mkpatton@calpass.org • (916) 995-3183 • Shelly Valdez, Regional Coordinator • svaldez@calpass.org • (619) 732-5663 • Terrence Willett, Director of Research • twillett@calpass.org • (831) 277-2690 • www.calpass.org

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