The following documents include legislation, external evaluations and essays written by and about the California Academic Partnership Program:
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Tasha Comes Home (.pdf, 3.46MB)
This beautifully illustrated booklet is a continuation of Tasha’s passage. Tasha Comes Home continues the journey of Tasha, a Yurok Indian, who finds success in both worlds. After graduating college she decides that teaching would provide her with a meaningful way to give back to her community.
Program in America and California Exploration (PACE) (pdf, 9.5MB)
This book, by PACE founder and former California Secretary of Education Gary Hart, is a chronicle of the development of the PACE program at Kennedy High School in Sacramento. It is a practical tool with lessons learned, and a guide for high school administrators, teacher leaders and parents who want t o create college preparation programs.
What it Takes to Create an Effective Homework
Center in Your School (.pdf, 1.25MB)
This 8-minute DVD and the accompanying pamphlet present simple, powerful strategies schools can implement to create successful Homework Centers and extend learning time for their students.
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Tasha Goes to University (.pdf, 3.46MB)
This beautifully illustrated booklet depicts the journey through secondary school and the first year of college for an American Indian student who is a member of the Yurok Tribe.
Stories from Schools
A collection of case studies highlighting school improvement initiatives supported by the California Academic Partnership Program. Case studies are written by high school educators and educational partners who worked with under performing urban and rural high schools in California. Each case study is accompanied by commentaries that offer an additional perspective on the story being told.
February 2009, Policy Report; How Lower Performing Schools Can Help Students Pass the High School Exit Exam and Prepare for College: Promising Practices from the CAPP CAHSEE Initiative (.pdf, 165K)
January 2009, Improving Standards-Based Instructions: An Interview with Trudy Schoneman, Instructional Leadership Initiative Director (.pdf, 626K)
December 2008, California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Final Evaluation Report: School Years 2000-01 through 2007-08 (.pdf, 433K)
A six-year long evaluation to explore the extent to which the nine school-based partnership projects funded by CAPP met the goals of the initiative.
PACE Evaluation (Spring 2007) (.doc, 272k)
The Program of America and California Explorations (PACE) is an intensive, four-year honors program at Kennedy High School in Sacramento.
CAHSEE Policy Report (.pdf, 388k)
A 2007 Policy Report on California High School Exit Exam: Lessons Learned from Ten High Schools
Evaluation of the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) Standards Implementation Grants
Final Report - Executive Summary
(September 2005) (.pdf, 305k)
Inside High School Reform: Making the Changes That Matter (Published by WestEd) Copyright 2005
"Raising Student Achievement Through Effective Education Partnerships" - A report of the California Alliance of Pre K-18 Partnerships (.pdf, 1.4Mb)
Final Evaluation of the CAPP Curriculum Projects
(October 2003) (.pdf, 176K)
CAHSEE, "Gearing up for the High Stakes Test" by the Institute for Education Reform, and California Education policy Seminar
(.pdf, 89K)
How Intersegmental Collaborative Projects Become Institutionalized: A Portrait of the Evolution and Lasting Effects of Five California Academic Partnership Projects (.pdf, 374KB)
Implementation and Evaluation of Technology-Based Multimedia Instructional Materials in Mathematics (September 30, 2001)
(.pdf, 212k)
Algebra: Providing Access for All
A Primer on Educational Partnerships: Ingredients for Success
A Brief History of CAPP: 1984-1997
Final Evaluation 1993-96 Program Cycle Executive Summary
California Education Code, Chapter 11. California Academic Partnership Program
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