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Welcome to Cal-PASS! Cal-PASS is a vital resource to help educators improve student achievement by identifying and reducing barriers to successful student transition in all levels of education: from kindergarten through college. The power of Cal-PASS rests in two aspects:

• the data the system collects
• bringing K-16 groups and faculty together from different educational segments to use the data to identify barriers, empower educators to make changes and build best practices.

Cal-PASS provides the information educators have been asking for. Working together, educators use the Cal-PASS data to equip students with the tools they need to make the successful transition to higher education. So please peruse our web site and become involved with our exciting program. Cal-PASS is for everyone interested in student success!

From the Executive Director:
Success at Every Level
As savvy users of Cal-PASS, you may have noticed that our tagline has changed from "identifying and removing barriers to student success" to "success at every level." This change has been made on our Web site, in our printed material, and in all of our communication. Cal-PASS staff and users feel strongly that Cal-PASS goes beyond identifying and removing barriers to student success and creates a climate for our educational system in California to demonstrate success at every level. We take seriously what we say about our work and the "success at every level" mantra permeates everything we do.
The work of the Professional Learning Councils, in which more than 700 faculty (soon to be more than 1,000 across the state) work collaboratively across the segments to review Cal-PASS research to improve student outcomes, is a good example of "success at every level." Read the whole story in the Spring Newsletter.

PLC Growth and Innovation
Growth in Professional Learning Councils (PLCs) continues at a furious pace. During the fall semester Cal-PASS added 15 PLCs, bringing the total to 40 councils representing more than 700 faculty members statewide who collaborate monthly with their discipline colleagues. Current plans for the spring of 2008 include PLC kickoffs in Central LA County, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Joaquin, and San Francisco, resulting in a total of 55 PLCs in 14 regions across California by the end of this academic term. That means there will be more than 1,000 faculty members meeting monthly to analyze Cal-PASS data and discuss the implications for practice. Read the whole story in the Spring Newsletter.

Strengthening Student Success: Basic Skills and Beyond
Planning for this year’s Strengthening Student Success conference is moving along and we will have an exciting program to offer. The conference will be at the Marriot in Anaheim, October 1-3, 2008.
The conference is tailored to those engaged in the quest for student success through the assessment of learning and collaborative inquiry. We are seeking to share teaching strategies, institutional efforts and assessment methods that have demonstrated success in increasing student learning. This year’s focus is on strategies that move students through and beyond basic skills (or pre-collegiate level).

Help Desk Improves Data Availability
As new districts join Cal-PASS and convene PLCs, participating faculty members are excited at having real data that show their students’ success rates when moving through the educational system. All too often, however, no data are available for reports at the first PLC meetings--a deflating experience for those in attendance. To address this problem, Cal-PASS now has a help desk. Read the whole story in the Spring Newsletter.

Cal-PASS launches myCal-PASS
Cal-PASS members can now collaborate and share ideas with a few clicks of the mouse! myCal-PASS is now open to administrators, faculty and research staff from districts or institutions with a signed Cal-PASS MOU. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. MyCal-PASS presently allows users to self register and create a username and password. After your registration is validated and confirmed, you will be able to view shared documents, participate in forums, view regional calendars, submit data, download data and access the Cal-PASS on-line queries. Check it out!