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Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative

Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative. California Partnership for Achieving Student Success www.calpass.org. What is Cal-PASS?. Establishes regional databases utilizing student transcripts and performance information Creates data-based regional partnerships

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Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative

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  1. Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative California Partnership for Achieving Student Success www.calpass.org

  2. What is Cal-PASS? • Establishes regional databases utilizing student transcripts and performance information • Creates data-based regional partnerships • Links primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions on a regional basis • Tracks students from one segment to the next • Includes over 4,000 K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities throughout California

  3. The California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS) • Includes K-12 schools, colleges and universities • 17 Universities (includes some private Universities) • 76 Community Colleges • 4,000 K-12 schools • - Over 140 million records • Funded primarily by the state • Funded by Hewlett, Johnson, Gilbert and Girard Foundations • Produced over 30 research studies to date • Nine PLC’s in San Diego County, 21 throughout the State. Ten more to start this spring • Professional Learning Councils (PLCs) are the heart of discipline discussions, review of data, innovation development, pilot and evaluation and expansion • Servers in secure, Level IV data center with firewall and controlled access

  4. 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

  5. Level of first college English attempted by last high school English passed * rates suppressed when cell size is less than 5 **success indicates a grade of “C” or better Gold = course most frequently attempted Yellow = cells with at least 10% of row population

  6. Math Articulation Matrix for an Area High Schools 2002-2006 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 Overall, 32% of students’ first college math course attempts are lower than what they passed in high school while 27% are equal to what they passed in high school and 41% are higher level than what was passed in high school.

  7. West Hills High School Cal PASS Curricular Alignment Project • The Project’s mission is to achieve a strong curricular alignment between Secondary, Community College, and University instruction through the thoughtful emphasis of the following common curricular requirements: • the critical reading of expository texts. • the understanding and articulation of rhetorical analysis of argument and text structures. • the comprehension of the purpose and context of text. • and the use of these skills in the research process. • We will achieve this alignment in our teaching methodologies, curriculum, assessments, professional development, and conversations with our students. • Through our chosen focus of these core skills, our students will be better prepared for college and the workplace.

  8. PLCs: The San Bernardino Experience • with the following core characteristics: • Common objectives → common work • Shared space (conceptual and physical) • Learning environment • Basic PLC values: Who’s minding the S.T.O.R.E.? • S = SAFETY • T = TRUST • O = OPENNESS • R = RESPECT • E = ENCOURAGEMENT

  9. How to Contact Us • Brad Phillips, Executive Director • bphillips@calpass.org, (619) 252-8503 • Michelle Kalina, Senior Director, Operations • mkalina@calpass.org, (916) 759-2486 • Jordan Horowitz, Senior Director, Special Projects • jhorowitz@calpass.org, (562) 743-7920 • Mary Kay Patton, Director of Information Technology • mkpatton@calpass.org, (916) 995-3183 • Shelly Valdez, Director of Regional Collaboration • svaldez@calpass.org, (619) 219-9855 • Terrence Willett, Director of Research • twillett@calpass.org, (831) 277-2690 • www.calpass.org

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