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¶
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q2 i? About 70% of A-G courses matched exactly between CALPADS and CSU data (69.8% to 73.1% across years), a few percentage points below UC rates; CSU GPA conclusions matched for 93% of students. → Fong 2018
Evidence¶
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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Comparison of about half a million A-G courses per year for 101,343 CSU applicants matched to CALPADS (80% matching). Table 11 prints exact alignment of 69.8%, 71.6%, and 73.1% for 2011-12 through 2013-14.
"Table 11 shows that across all categories about 70% of the courses had the same annualized passed number of units between the CSU admissions dataset and CALPADS, with improvement across the years."
Fong 2018 (2)¶
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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Grades 10-11 GPA comparison between CALPADS and CSU course records (Figure 2), computed with the same method as the UC comparison. The at-or-above-3 conclusion was the same for 93% of students and conflicted for 7%.
"The GPAs computed using the two data sources were close, and for the majority of students (58%) the difference between the two GPAs was within a tenth of a point. For close to 90% of students the two GPAs were within three tenths of a point."
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Related Claims¶
- 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 — 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% — 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
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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 |
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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 |
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moderate |
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2018 |
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2026-10-20 |
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2021 |
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2 — fong-2018, fong-2018-2 |
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