Based at Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, Cal-PASS is a partnership of K-12 schools, community colleges, and pubic universities to collect, share, and analyze student data with a goal of improving student achievement throughout the educational pipeline. The Cal-PASS project enables educators to ask and answer questions such as:
- How do my students do when they leave here?
- Did they complete a program of study and how long did it take?
- Would changes in curriculum or pedagogy improve their preparation?
Cal-PASS had been gathering longitudinal student information since 1998, and currently has more than 2,600 K-12, community college, and university members and a database of more the 100 million records. Accessible by member institutions, the data system is a rich resource for examining innovations, including those funded by private foundations. Cal-PASS seeks to stimulate effective use of data to improve instruction, curriculum, and campus-level practice. For example, the eleven community colleges participating in the Hewlett/Carnegie SPECC project are using Cal-PASS to yield comparable outcome data across the campuses. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to identify and reduce barriers to successful student transition at all levels of education.
Web site: http://www.calpass.org/