Learn About the Tools

Cradle-to-Career System will include several different tools that
provide the information that is most useful for
different types of people.

Tools Available Now

College Planning and Application Tools

The California Cradle-to-Career System will provide free access to personalized college and career planning, application, and reporting tools on CaliforniaColleges.edu. These tools are powered by students’ transcript data and help create smoother transitions to higher education by:

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.For K-12 students, parents, educators, and school districts.

          • Streamlining the college and financial aid application process.
          • Monitoring progress toward meeting “a-g” requirements.
          • Providing higher education systems with data needed to inform admissions, first-year academic placement, guidance and financial aid

Send College Transcripts

The Cradle-to-Career System will leverage eTranscript California, an existing statewide electronic transcript exchange. The data system will leverage eTranscript California, an existing statewide electronic transcript exchange.

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

Students can

          • Send electronic transcripts when transferring to a different college in California

COLLEGE COUNSELOR.

Colleges can

          • Send and receive information needed to help transfer students enroll
          • Send electronic transcripts when transferring to a different college in California
Tools coming in 2022-23

Tools Coming in 2022-2023

Dashboards With Answers to Common Questions

COMMUNITY MEMBER.ADMINISTRATOR.POLICY MAKER.

 

For community members, administrators and policymakers

Our data tools will start with easy-to-use visuals of key education outcomes for individuals from early childhood education through K-12, postsecondary education, and the workforce, such as:

    • Which colleges do K-12 students apply to, get accepted to, enroll, and graduate from?
    • How many students are eligible for financial aid but do not apply?
    • Which students are most likely to earn a living wage, and how does that relate to their education pathway?

Build Your Own Table

RESEARCHER.ADVOCATE.

 

For researchers and advocates

Along with the prepared visuals, users will be able to create their own data tables using 200 variables. For example, see if students are more likely to go to college based on:

    • The suspension rate where they went to school
    • If they got social services such as food and medical care
    • When they learned to speak English
transcript.

Request Access to Data

RESEARCHER.

Researchers will be able to:

        • Request access to the information needed to conduct complex analyses and evaluate programs

New Features for e-Transcript California

COLLEGE STUDENT.Students can:

          • Share information about their credentials, badges, and certifications
          • Find out if they are eligible for support services such as food assistance and free medical care

COLLEGE COUNSELOR.Colleges can:

          • Use information on prior learning for competency-based education
          • Help students get supports that can help them stay in college

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