CALPADS course record availability varied by year, with 62% of 2015 graduates having records for all four school years and 20% missing only 2011-12¶
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q2 i? Among 2015 California graduates, 62% had CALPADS course records for all four analyzed years, while 20% lacked records only for 2011-12, the first voluntary submission year. → Fong 2018
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Fong 2018¶
Fong, A., Barrat, V., & Finkelstein, N. (2018). Examination of data usability options for assessing eligibility for higher education in California. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED592524
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Availability analysis of over 18 million CALPADS course records for 428,410 2015 graduates across school years 2011-12 to 2014-15. The report states "20% of the students had no course records in CALPADS for school year 2011–12 but had course records for all other years," consistent with the 62% voluntary LEA submission rate that year.
"Specifically, while 62% of the 2015 graduates had taken at least one course during each of the school years of the analysis, 20% of the students had no course records in CALPADS for school year 2011–12 but had course records for all other years."
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Related Claims¶
- CALPADS course record availability was lower for students in high-FRPM, small, and nontraditional schools (56%, 36%, and 31% with all four years) — related
- About 75% of A-G courses showed exact unit alignment between CALPADS and UC admissions data, improving across years — related
- College preparatory elective (G) courses showed markedly lower CALPADS-UC alignment (23-30%) than other A-G areas — related
- CALPADS-CSU alignment was slightly lower than CALPADS-UC alignment, with about 70% of courses exactly aligned and GPAs within three tenths for close to 90% of students — related
- Grades 10-11 GPA estimates from CALPADS and UC data agreed closely: over 95% of students within three tenths of a point and the at-or-above-3 conclusion matched for 97%
- Only a small amount of data is available about U.S. businesses in their first years of operation — related
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CALPADS course record availability varied by year, with 62% of 2015 graduates having records for all four school years and 20% missing only 2011-12 |
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CALPADS course record availability varied by year, with 62% of 2015 graduates having records for all four school years and 20% missing only 2011-12 |
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2018 |
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2021 |
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