Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC) is a multi-site action-research project, focused on teaching and learning in pre-collegiate mathematics and English language arts courses at 11 California community colleges. In this report, the author discusses the data gathered over the course of the SPECC project and reflects on the need for new ways to measure student learning. The report includes an appendix with tables showing success, retention and persistence data for each of the 11 SPECC campuses. (Contains 3 tables.)