CALPADS student-level longitudinal course record dataset

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Evidence · 6 claims (6 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study

Description

A California Department of Education administrative dataset containing student-level longitudinal K–12 course records for federal reporting and education research.

Components

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 [+M]
• About 75% of A-G courses showed exact unit alignment between CALPADS and UC admissions data, improving across years [+M]
• College preparatory elective (G) courses showed markedly lower CALPADS-UC alignment (23-30%) than other A-G areas [+W]
• 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 [+W]
• CALPADS course record availability was lower for students in high-FRPM, small, and nontraditional schools (56%, 36%, and 31% with all four years) [+W]
• 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% [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

• Arizona linked education–child welfare student database
• Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) data via the Illinois Longitudinal Data System (ILDS)

Key Sources

• 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://www.wested.org

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title	CALPADS student-level longitudinal course record dataset
description	A California Department of Education administrative dataset containing student-level longitudinal K–12 course records for federal reporting and education research.
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