The Institute for Evidence-Based Change

presents

The California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS)

and

A SMART Tool™ for Accessing Data from Educational Data Systems

Jordan E. Horowitz, VP, Foundation Relations & Project Development

IEBC is a 501(c)3 whose mission is to help students succeed in school and beyond by empowering organizations to use data to improve practice and outcomes.

We work with educational institutions and other systems and organizations to ensure they have access to data and are able to engage in the conversations required to support student transitions across educational segments and into the world of work.

Institute for Evidence-Based Change

Institute for Evidence-Based Change

Educational Collaboration

Data Linking

Research Support &Technology

Tools

Tuning USA

Cal-PASS & IEBC

Cal-PASS is supported by IEBC providing a model that makes data actionable

The California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS)

- Began in 1998 in response to disconnects in CA among the K-12, community college, and four-year degree granting segments

- Includes K-12 schools, colleges and universities

All UC, all but five CSU, many private universities

All 112 community colleges

Over 7500 K-12 schools (~3/4 of CA districts with high schools)

- Is regionally based with 27 consortia, statewide

- Almost 460 million student records, representing approximately 80% of California’s student population (2010-11)

- Funded by the state and private entities

- 60 Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

- Empower PLCs to innovate

Student Data: What Kinds of Data are Collected?Student identifier (Pseudonumber)Student file

Demographic and status information

County, District, School

Course fileEnrollment information

Course performance

Award fileDiplomas, degrees, certificates

Custom fileLinked to either student or course information

Test fileCSTCAHSEE

Data SecurityFERPA 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 at www.calpass.org

Database(data linked across

segments at the unitary student level, reported for

groups and cohorts)

K – 12Districts

CommunityColleges

CSU

UC

PrivateInstitutions

Cal-PASS supported regional, intersegmental, within-discipline Professional Learning

Councils

Create and implement innovations to

improve student achievement

Provide evidence for continuous program

improvement and assessment

Service providers to improve educational

outcomes for foster youth

Link to other CA data systems

(e.g., Social Services, Employment Development)

Foundations to assess effects of

funded initiatives

Align courses from high school to college

Deconstructed CA academic standards in math and English

Educational institutions for targeted use (e.g., accreditation)

Validate, Encrypt, and

Upload Student Data Annually for

Prior Academic Year

Support research about student transitions

(e.g., CST report, college readiness indicators)

Projects for continuous program improvement

(e.g., SSPIRE, CAA, PIQE)

Why Cal-PASS? Data are unavailable elsewhere

Intersegmental data Interdistrict data Linking academic data to other information

Addressing the issues Intersegmental professional learning councils Linking to other data systems (CWS/CMS; EDD) Involvement in meaningful research opportunities

Data are difficult to obtain in a useful and useable format Removing the intermediary information technology or

research department (if it exists) Presented in useful, easily understood formats Ability to drill down into the data to answer the but what

about…? questions

Institute for Evidence-Based Change:Sample Research Projects

Early indicators of college readiness

Postsecondary indicators of effective high schools

STEM pathways from middle school to college

Data linking consultation Early College High Schools Implementing the CCSS

effectively

The SMART Tool™

Web-based access Access controlled Customizable Question driven Developed with funding from

the Hewlett and Irvine Foundations

How to Contact Us

Jordan Horowitz, VP, Foundation Relations andProject Development

jhorowitz@iebcnow.org, (562) 743-7920

Lauren Sosenko, Assoc. Director, Foundation Relations and Project Development

lsosenko@iebcnow.org,(562) 743-9304

John Watson, Director, Analyticsjwatson@iebcnow.org, (530) 204-7129

Shelly Valdez, Director, Educational Collaborationsvaldez@iebcnow.org, (619) 219-9855

“Success at Every Level”