CALPADS error brief · CERT

CERT175

Significant Change in Percent of Graduates

Severity Warning

Error type CVR

Record type CERT

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

The percentage of graduates from this school has either increased or decreased by 25 or more percentage points from the previous year's percentage.

Focus fields

SENR Data

Recommended correction path

CALPADS EOY certification correction guide - Warning CVR validation

The percentage of graduates from this school has either increased or decreased by 25 or more percentage points from the previous year's percentage.

Severity: Warning Type: CVR

The school’s graduate percentage increased or decreased by at least 25 percentage points from the prior year.

Fields validated: SENR Data

1
Save the comparison detail
Record both years’ counts, percentages, school, and report filters.
2
Recalculate independently
Identify the current and prior-year denominator populations and graduate numerators used by the report.
3
Reconcile current-year exits
Review SENR completion status, exit reason, exit date, grade, school, and enrollment chronology for every included or unexpectedly excluded student.
4
Review prior-year comparability
Confirm whether corrections, school configuration, grade span, cohort size, or reporting responsibility changed.
5
Investigate outliers
Resolve duplicate, missing, or misattributed enrollments and completion records using transcripts and registrar evidence.
6
Document or correct
If the change is accurate, retain the calculation and explanation. If data are wrong, correct the authoritative SIS and regenerate the report.

Both numerator and denominator were independently reconciled.
Current-year completion and enrollment fields match source evidence.
Prior-year and current-year populations are comparable or differences are explained.
The warning is corrected or documented as legitimate.