School accountability: California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.

Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) , which is maintained by the State Department of Education and consists of pupil data regarding demographics, program participation, enrollment, and statewide assessments. Existing law requires a local educational agency to retain individual pupil records for pupils who take certain state assessments, including, among other records, a unique pupil identification number, as provided. This bill would require the department to rebuild CALPADS so that the system allows for input from a variety of sources. The bill would require this rebuilding process to be completely implemented no later than January 1, 2023. The bill would also require the department to establish a working group to develop and implement the rebuilding process required by the bill. The bill would require the working group to include representatives from local educational agencies from diverse geographic areas of the state that have experience working with complex data systems, and also require the working group to be convened no later than March 31, 2021. The bill would require a state agency to direct any request for data from CALPADS to the department rather than to a local educational agency.