1. High School Transcript Evaluation How many of you have evaluated a high school transcript? How many transcripts have you evaluated ever? How often do you evaluate transcripts for the students you work with? How long does it take to evaluate one transcript? Your whole caseload? If there was a tool that evaluated even the most difficult high school transcript accurately, how would you utilize that tool? How could it make your job easier?

2. What is TES? The Transcript Evaluation Service (TES) is a statewide initiative of the University of California to improve student achievement in college preparatory courses. TES provides student and school-level reports that document student progress toward meeting UC/CSU entrance requirements for all grade levels. How many schools participate? Since launching in 2004, TES has worked with more than 165 individual CA high schools. As of the 2012-2013 academic year, there are 103 CA high schools in TES.

3. TES Benefits Provides students and parents with personalized information on progress toward meeting UC/CSU requirements in an easily accessible and understandable format. Allows school staff to see at a glance which students are meeting, close to meeting, or not meeting UC/CSU requirements, and then tailor student course taking to increase eligibility. Informs principals and administrators in school reports on areas of action in course offerings, master schedule planning, and accountability reporting.

4. TES Challenges Limited uploads Typically done once a year Data is only up to date during one semester Upload takes time; especially the first time Inconsistent data Doorways list doesn’t reflect what school offers “Out of District” designations Data bundle issues TES implementation partners are proactive and work with the school and UCOP to ensure the accuracy of the information that was uploaded

5. The TES Process: Data Submission and Evaluation

6. UC/CSU Course Requirements

7. TES School Report: Grade Level Progress Report Percentage of students in each grade taking a-g courses Percentage of students meeting minimum UC and CSU GPA requirements Percentage of students in the grade meeting, close to meeting, or not meeting CSU benchmarks

8. TES Student Report Student progress toward meeting UC and CSU subject requirements Courses needed and recommended additional courses Student GPA and whether it meets UC and/or CSU requirements

9. TES Student Report Student progress toward meeting UC and CSU subject requirements in table form A course planner Steps to achieve or maintain UC and CSU eligibility Additional college- going resources

10. TES Student Transcript Courses students have completed or enrolled in Student grades and credits earned Student status toward meeting UC and CSU course requirements Weighted and unweighted GPA

11. TES Custom Reports https://www.transcriptevaluationservice.com/evaluationresults

12. Custom Student Roster

13. Additional Resources

14. I don’t have TES at my school site! Best Practices for Middle School 4 year academic plans for every 8 th grader Parent Night explaining the 4 year academic plan Classroom presentations on a-g requirements College 101 Parent Information Night Best Practices for High School Transcript Evaluation for all students either manually or utilizing SIS Classroom presentations on the Individual Academic Plan Parent Night on College Requirements

15. I don’t have TES at my school site! Best Practices School-wide Master schedule analysis CTE courses a-g? Professional Development Hiring for college knowledge Fostering a college-going culture Best Practices District-wide Centralized a-g submission process Curriculum alignment Synchronized events College Day Policy decisions Graduation requirements Credit earning options Summer School Online learning opportunities

16. Contact us… Claudia Morales moralesc@berkeley.edu Miya Hayes miyahay@berkeley.edu