Information on the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) is presented. Two major types of projects were funded: (1) demonstration projects to improve school quality and increase the number of students attending college; and (2) college-school cooperative assessment projects to evaluate the academic achievement of high school students in order to identify their academic needs and readiness for college-level work, and to reduce the demand for remedial programs at the postsecondary level. Information is provided on: the CAPP advisory committee, criteria for selecting projects, funding available for the program, steps in the implementation process, the name and location of projects, and outcomes that evaluation efforts should cover. For 23 CAPP projects, a chart indicates curricular specialties, grades, and number of students/teachers involved during 1984-1987. The major features of 13 partnership projects funded in December 1984 are described, along with 7 new partnership projects. Also considered are: a mathematics diagnostic testing project, writing exam for eleventh graders, and high school diagnostic testing program in composition. The California legislation authorizing CAPP is appended. (SW)