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Selected Publications

College Readiness as a Graduation Requirement: An Assessment of San Diego’s Challenges
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Karen Volz Bachofer
April 2013

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Sonja Petek, and Jui Shrestha
April 2013

California School District Revenue and Student Poverty: Moving Toward a Weighted Pupil Funding Formula
Heather Rose and Margaret Weston
February 2013

California Education: Planning for a Better Future
Laura Hill, Paul Warren, and Margaret Weston
January 2013

California's Changing K-12 Accountability Program
Paul Warren
January 2013

California's State Budget: The Governor's Proposal
Paul Warren
January 2013
Read in Spanish

School Finance
Margaret Weston
November 2012

California's English Learner Students
Laura E. Hill
September 2012

Passing the California High School Exit Exam: Have Recent Policies Improved Student Performance?
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, Yendrick Zieleniak, and Karen Volz Bachofer
June 2012

Preschool and School Readiness: Experiences of Children with Non-English-Speaking Parents
Jill S. Cannon, Alison Jacknowitz, and Lynn A. Karoly
May 2012

Financing California's Public Schools
Margaret Weston
November 2011
Read in Spanish

Does Diagnostic Math Testing Improve Student Learning?
Julian R. Betts, Youjin Hahn, Andrew C. Zau
October 2011

Rethinking the State-Local Relationship: K-12 Education
Margaret Weston
June 2011

Immigrants and Education
Hans Johnson
April 2011
Read in Spanish

School Finance Reform
Margaret Weston
November 2010

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