CSAC 2023 Survey (csac)

Code, outputs, and documentation for the 2023 California high school senior survey, a collaboration between the California Education Lab (UC Davis) and the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC).

GitHub	https://github.com/chesun/csac
Runs on (Scribe)	/home/research/ca_ed_lab/projects/csac_survey2023 ($csacprojdir, set in do/do_all.do)
Entry point	do/do_all.do (master pipeline)
Status	Offboarding complete (per repo README, 2026-06-21)
Start with	README.md

What it is

A single survey wave fielded to graduating California high school seniors in May 2023, merged with CSAC administrative data and California Community Colleges (CCC) administrative data to study the college transition, summer-school enrollment, and financial aid.

Documentation map

• README.md — project overview and run notes.
• CHANGELOG.md, SESSION_REPORT.md, TODO.md — history and status.
• quality_reports/ — reviews and audits.

Who to ask

• Christina Sun — author (christinasun101@gmail.com / ucsun@ucdavis.edu).

Note

The entire code pipeline ran successfully on 2026-06-20 and the README was finalized; project offboarding was recorded complete on 2026-06-21.