Report 2011-117 Recommendation 1 Responses

Report 2011-117: High School Graduation and Dropout Data: California's New Database May Enable the State to Better Serve Its High School Students Who Are at Risk of Dropping Out (Release Date: March 2012)

Recommendation #1 To: Education, Department of

To increase consistency, the department should remind schools and school districts of the importance of aligning their procedures for recording pupil enrollment and exit data with the CALPADS Data Guide
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6-Month Agency Response

According to the department, it distributes a letter to local educational agencies every fall with a reminder of the upcoming data collection cycle. On September 14, 2012, the department issued correspondence to all school district superintendents, county office superintendents, and charter school administrators reminding them of the importance of reporting data accurately and directing them to guidance on data submission available on the department's Web site at www.cde.ca.gov/calpads, under the System Documentation link. (See 2013-406, p. 59)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2011-117

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.