College & Career Planning

California's official source for college and career planning, CaliforniaColleges.edu, is a one-stop informational resource for students considering their post-secondary options.

MajorClarity helps ensure that every student’s education leads to a successful career outcome—whether through a 4-year degree or going into the workforce. Students only retain 10% of what they read, which is why interactive "test-drives" are critical to driving student outcomes and how we achieved a 189% increase in students building career aligned course plans of study.

Naviance is a comprehensive K-12 college and career readiness solution that helps districts and schools align student strengths and interests to postsecondary goals, improving student outcomes and connecting learning to life.

Turning credentials into opportunities, Parchment’s Digital Credentials Service seamlessly connects learners to institutions to send certified PDF (or data!) transcripts directly to any destination world wide. Over 8,000 education institutions trust Parchment to help you turn your transcripts, diplomas or certificates into opportunities. Parchment is a simple way to manage all of your student’s transcript orders electronically or by mail. Since 2003, their platform has helped millions of people and thousands of schools and universities exchange more than 20 million transcripts and other credentials globally. 

Pathways is a graduation tracking tool that allows administrators and counselors to create, track, and analyze graduation pathways to ensure secondary students are on track to graduate. Pathways consolidates all data elements in one centralized location, reducing the time required to monitor student graduation progress. With Pathways, administrators and counselors can easily track campus and district data for graduation and accountability and manage post-secondary planning and CTE program completion.

Scoir is a college admissions network that connects students, families, high schools, and colleges for a better admissions experience. 

Spotlight's College and Career Readiness Guide ("CCRG") is a personalized source of information that converts student data into a series of infographics laying out a student's post-graduation trajectory, as well as the specific steps they can take to reach for a higher level of postsecondary aspiration.  The CCRG draws data from any student information system, as well as assessment results (PSAT/SAT, ACT, or even CAASPP) and any career interest survey. Spotlight's proprietary software then converts this data into personalized reports -- one for every year, as well as a home-language copy for parents. Spotlight has thus far produced parent versions in English, Spanish, Hmong, Khmer, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, and Arabic. CCRG reports may be delivered as printed PDFs, but also can be securely emailed, texted (PDF links) or placed in a student or parent portal.

SpringBoard is a different kind of instructional program for grades 6–12. Developed by teachers for teachers, SpringBoard offers core instructional materials in print and digital that are fully aligned to state standards, Advanced Placement (AP) coursework, and the SAT Suite of Assessments. The program features student materials, teacher resources, and formative and summative assessments, as well as professional learning for teachers and administrators.