California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)

Quick Links:

CALPADS Home (this page)
Calendar
Communications
Contact
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Hours of Operation
Listservs
Regional Update Meetings
System Documentation
Training

What's New

Latest Information

• CALPADS and CBEDS Charter School Data Reporting Policy and Status Change Window (Dated 09-May-2025)
  Letter sent May 9, 2025 to Charter School Administrators and Charter School Authorizers. District and County Superintendents were cc'd on this letter.
  NOTE: The annual period for changing or designating the reporting status for charter schools runs from July 1 through August 31.
  Charter schools electing to change their reporting status for the 2025–26 school year must submit the Charter Reporting Status Change Form to the CALPADS Office by August 31, 2025.
  • Change requests from existing charter schools submitted after August 31, 2025 will not be accepted, and these charter schools must then continue to report data as they had in the previous year. Charter schools may re-submit the change request form during the next annual window to request a reporting status change.
• CALPADS Update Flash #301 (Dated 06-May-2025)
  Topics Include: Education Data Collection System Collections; 2024−25 Collections.
• CALPADS Update Flash #300 (Dated 01-May-2025)
  Topics Include: Reclassifying and Reporting Reclassified Fluent English Proficient (RFEP) Students During the Summer When Students Are Not Enrolled.
• CALPADS Update Flash #299 (Dated 14-Apr-2025)
  Topics Include: 2024−25 End-of-Year (EOY) 1−4 Conversion of Certification Validation Rules to Data Discrepancies/Certification Data Discrepancies.

CALPADS Updates

Regular CALPADS Updates (Flash memos) are located in CALPADS Communications.

Links and Resources

CALPADS Course Codes (formerly California Basic Educational Data System [CBEDS] Course Codes): Are you looking for CALPADS course codes? Refer to the CALPADS Code Sets document, which is located within the CALPADS System Documentation under the "CALPADS File Specifications" heading. The document is provided in Microsoft Excel format.

Education Data Collection System
The Education Data Collection System is used by the California Department of Education to collect data for a temporary program or data being evaluated for inclusion in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.

CALPADS Listservs
Subscription to one-way communication from the CALPADS team to local educational agencies.

CALPADS Regional Update Meetings
Updates via webinar for local educational agencies (LEAs) regarding CALPADS.

CALPADS Background/History
CALPADS includes enrollment data, teacher assignment data, and other elements required to meet federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) reporting requirements.

CALPADS Legislation
Information on the Education Codes and their requirements within CALPADS.

California School Information Services (CSIS)
Information about the organization supporting CALPADS and local educational agencies (LEAs) in data submissions. CSIS Grants gives information about the funding available to CSIS for the support of state reporting and non-state reporting LEAs, and CSIS administration.

CALPADS Statewide Student Identifier (SSID)
An SSID is a unique student identifier that all K–12 public school students are required to have.

CALPADS/CBEDS Charter School Data Reporting Policy
Policy for reporting California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) and California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) data for charter schools.

CALPADS Differentiated Assistance
Legislation, eligibility criteria, and resources related to CALPADS Differentiated Assistance (DA).