PSTS Survey Workflow: Report Responses to CALPADS
Aug 17, 2026
PSTS Survey Workflow — Report Use this page after the district has finished collecting/entering the PSTS responses it intends to report for the current cycle.
You are here: Submit → PSTS file.
PSTS Survey Workflow for High Schools Error Help → CALPADS PSTS Errors
What Do You Need to Do?
| Confirm the PSTS work queue is readyRerun PSTS data required/blank and resolve remaining required or incorrectly eligible records. | Include the Post Secondary File in CALPADS ReportingCheck Include Post Secondary File before Generate Files, then send the file. |
| The PSTS file postedVerify the survey results directly in CALPADS and confirm SIRAS tracking updated as expected. | The PSTS file rejectedUse the consolidated PSTS error help in CALPADS Error Summary. |
PSTS reporting is not an archive workflow. PSTS answers do not need to be archived for reporting.
Wait until the district determines the PSTS response work is complete. The current source article describes PSTS as being sent in an all-or-nothing fashion: selecting the PSTS option sends the survey answers currently available for the PSTS file.
On This Page
Before You Send
- Return to PSTS data required/blank.
- Resolve the remaining records that still need responses.
- Correct any student whose exit/completion information incorrectly makes the record PSTS-eligible.
- Confirm the district is ready to report the responses collected for the cycle.
The source article also identifies Postsecondary contact dates, Postsecondary contact notes, and the Postsecondary survey form link as optional tracking/reference fields.
Send the PSTS File
- Log in to SIRAS.
- Go to Reporting → CALPADS Reporting.
- Confirm the user is successfully authorized; use Connect to CALPADS API when needed.
- Before Generate Files, select Include Post Secondary File.
- Select Generate Files.
- Select Send Files.
- Wait for CALPADS processing.
Select Include Post Secondary File before Generate Files so the PSTS file is included in the SIRAS-to-CALPADS submission.
For the general SIRAS CALPADS reporting cycle, see Reporting data to CALPADS.
If the PSTS File Posts
Verify the survey results directly in CALPADS. In SIRAS, the PSTS Reported On tracking described in Article 565 should update when the data has been successfully reported.
If the PSTS File Rejects
The consolidated PSTS section includes the source guidance formerly stored in Article 567 for:
- PSTS GERR0005
- PSTS IVR0034
- PSTS0481
Corrections After PSTS Data Was Already Reported
The current PSTS source article says that if survey answers are corrected after the data was sent, the old answers must be deleted manually in CALPADS directly before the corrected reporting state is completed.
Do not create a SIRAS archive to correct PSTS survey answers. Follow the PSTS-specific correction/error workflow.
