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California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) is the foundation of California's K-12 education data system that allows for tracking a student's academic performance over time. This page is part of the California Department of Education's CALPADS Web Portal.

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CALPADS Project Milestones

A chronology of major activities, both completed and projected, related to the CALPADS project is displayed in the table below.  For more details on system development and implementation go to Current Status.

Project Development
Project Stage Start Completed Approved/Released
Feasibility Study Report (FSR) April 2004 August 2004  
FSR Submission 2 January 2005 April 2005 June 2005 – Conditional
Supplemental Report to FSR June 2005 October 2005 November 2005
Request for Proposal (RFP) December 2005 June 2006 September 2006
Final Bids Submission/Evaluation April 2007 May 2007 June 2007
Final Bid Cost Opening   June 2007  
Special Project Report July 2007 September 2007 November 2007
Section 11 November 2007 December 2007 December 2007
Contract Commences January 2008    
System Development*
Project Stage Start Proposed Completion Completed
Phase 1: Project Initiation January 2008 May 2008  
Phase 2: Design, Development, Conversion, Testing April 2008 April 2009  
Phase 3: Pilot User Acceptance Test (UAT) December 2008 July 2009  
Phase 4: System Implementation April 2009 June 2010  
Phase 5: Warranty and Maintenance July 2010 June 2011  

*Projected dates

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