California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)

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2018–19 CALPADS County-Level Certification Report

What's New

Spring 2019 Training Offered

• CALPADS Course Codes, Assignment Monitoring and LCAP Federal Addendum Equity Data Training
  Beginning in March 2019, California Department of Education (CDE) and Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) staff will be conducting training sessions at county offices of education (COEs) throughout California. The training sessions will cover:
  • The new State Assignment Accountability System (CalSAAS)
  • Changes in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)
  • Changes to the state course codes and descriptions
• For training dates, COE locations, and registration information, see CALPADS Training.

Latest Information

• CALPADS Known Issues v1.5.27 (XLSX; Dated 16-May-2019)
• CALPADS Update FLASH #155 (Dated 13-May-2019)
  Topic: Important reminder to update Student English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) in CALPADS prior to the May 31 Summative Testing for the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California.
  • Any students that were tested with the Initial English Language Proficient Assessments (ELPAC) in the current academic year, or any students who still need to be tested with the Initial ELPAC, must also take the Summative ELPAC before May 31. Therefore, it critical to submit their ELAS of English Learner (EL) or Initial Fluent English Proficient (IFEP), as determined by the ELPAC local scoring tool, to CALPADS in order for students to take the Summative ELPAC.
• CALPADS Release Update v1.2.48 (XLSX; Dated 07-May-2019)
• CALPADS Update FLASH #154 (Dated 26-Mar-2019)
  Topics include: CALPADS Information Meeting (CIM) is April 9, 2019. Information and agenda for attendees.

CALPADS Updates

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

Useful Information and Links

CALPADS Course Codes (formerly 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.

Other Links and Resources

CALPADS Background/History
CALPADS includes statewide assessment data, enrollment data, teacher assignment data, and other elements required to meet federal NCLB reporting requirements.

CALPADS Legislation
This Web page provides information on the Education Codes and their requirements within CALPADS.

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

National School Lunch Program Data Exchange
Information for point-of-sale vendors and student information system vendors. The purpose of the National School Lunch Program Data Exchange Project is to provide these vendors with a common file layout in an effort to improve data quality.