In 2012, California Senate Bill 1458 added a measure of college and career preparedness to the Academic Performance Index (API). The Public Schools Accountability Act Advisory Committee was charged with making recommendations to the State... more
In 2012, California Senate Bill 1458 added a measure of college and career preparedness to the Academic Performance Index (API). The Public Schools Accountability Act Advisory Committee was charged with making recommendations to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education regarding measures that could serve as indicators of college and career preparedness at the high school level.
The Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) was commissioned to evaluate potential measures identified by the Committee. To do so, EPIC employed a criterion-based evaluation framework that focused on the technical quality, stakeholder
relevance, and system utility of each potential measure.
Five potential categories of measures were evaluated and reported in a series of white papers (and a sixth white paper examined multiple measures):
1. College admission exams
2. Advanced coursework
3. Innovative measures
4. Course-taking behavior
5. Career preparedness assessments
The EPIC evaluation leads to the recommendation that a measure of course-taking behavior would be the single best indicator that meets the evaluative criteria used and also has the greatest probability of leading to improvements in college and career
preparedness statewide.
The Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) was commissioned to evaluate potential measures identified by the Committee. To do so, EPIC employed a criterion-based evaluation framework that focused on the technical quality, stakeholder
relevance, and system utility of each potential measure.
Five potential categories of measures were evaluated and reported in a series of white papers (and a sixth white paper examined multiple measures):
1. College admission exams
2. Advanced coursework
3. Innovative measures
4. Course-taking behavior
5. Career preparedness assessments
The EPIC evaluation leads to the recommendation that a measure of course-taking behavior would be the single best indicator that meets the evaluative criteria used and also has the greatest probability of leading to improvements in college and career
preparedness statewide.
