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Lessons in Reading Reform: Finding What Works
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Cory Koedel
August 2010

Lessons in Reading Reform: Finding What Works, Summary
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Cory Koedel
August 2010

California Workforce: Planning for a Better Future
Hans Johnson
June 2010

California 2025: Planning for a Better Future
Louise Bedsworth, Tracy Gordon, Ellen Hanak, Hans Johnson, Jed Kolko, and Eric Larsen
June 2010

California Education: Planning for a Better Future
Eric Larsen
June 2010

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Sonja Petek, and Nicole Willcoxon
April 2010

Higher Education in California: New Goals for the Master Plan, Summary
Hans Johnson
April 2010

Higher Education in California: New Goals for the Master Plan
Hans Johnson
April 2010

Funding California Schools: The Revenue Limit System
Margaret Weston
March 2010

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Higher Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek
November 2009

Full-Day Kindergarten in California: Lessons from Los Angeles
Jill Cannon, Alison Jacknowitz, Gary Painter, and Shannon McConville
September 2009

Special Education Finance in California: A Decade After Reform
Stephen Lipscomb
August 2009

Funding Special Education by Capitation: Evidence from State Finance Reforms
Stephen Lipscomb and Elizabeth Dhuey
August 2009

School Accountability and Administrator Incentives in California
S. Eric Larsen
July 2009

California School Finance Revenue Manual
Margaret Weston, Jon Sonstelie, and Heather Rose
June 2009

Educating California: Choices for the Future
Hans Johnson
June 2009

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek
April 2009

Closing the Gap: Meeting California's Need for College Graduates
Hans Johnson and Ria Sengupta
April 2009

Closing the Gap: Meeting California's Need for College Graduates, Summary
Hans Johnson and Ria Sengupta
April 2009

Special Education in California
Stephen Lipscomb
March 2009

Resolving Special Education Disputes in California
Stephen Lipscomb
February 2009

Full-Day Kindergarten in California
Jill Cannon
February 2009

Students with Disabilities and California’s Special Education Program
Stephen Lipscomb
January 2009

California's Future Workforce: Will There Be Enough College Graduates? Summary
Deborah Reed
December 2008

California's Future Workforce: Will There Be Enough College Graduates?
Deborah Reed
December 2008

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Higher Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek
November 2008

Education Facilities
Eric Larsen and Steve Lipscomb
September 2008

Today's Choices, Tomorrow's Changes
Deborah Reed
September 2008

Disabled or Young? Relative Age and Special Education Diagnosis in Schools
Elizabeth Dhuey and Stephen Lipscomb
September 2008

Funding Formulas for California Schools II: An Analysis of a Proposal by the Governor’s Committee on Education Excellence
Ray Reinhard, Heather Rose, Ria Sengupta, and Jon Sonstelie
July 2008

Predicting Success, Preventing Failure: An Investigation of the California High School Exit Exam
Andrew C. Zau and Julian R. Betts
June 2008

Predicting Success on the California High School Exit Exam
June 2008

Immigrants and Education
June 2008

Changing the Kindergarten Cutoff Date: Effects on California Students and Schools
Jill S. Cannon and Stephen Lipscomb
May 2008

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek
April 2008

California's Inland Empire: 2015
April 2008

The Inland Empire in 2015: Moderating Growth, Myriad Challenges
April 2008

The Inland Empire in 2015
Hans P. Johnson, Deborah Reed, and Joseph M. Hayes
April 2008

Funding Formulas for California Schools: Simulations and Supporting Data
Heather Rose, Ria Sengupta, Jon Sonstelie, and Ray Reinhard
January 2008

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Higher Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek
October 2007

Can California Import Enough College Graduates to Meet Workforce Needs?
Hans P. Johnson and Deborah Reed
May 2007

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek
April 2007

Out-of-School Immigrant Youth
Laura E. Hill and Joseph M. Hayes
April 2007

California's Commitment to Adult English Learners: Caught Between Funding and Need
Arturo Gonzalez
April 2007

Teacher Compensation and Local Labor Market Conditions in California: Implications for School Funding
Heather Rose and Ria Sengupta
March 2007

Aligning School Finance With Academic Standards: A Weighted-Student Formula Based on a Survey of Practitioners
Jon Sonstelie
March 2007

California's Community College Students
Ria Sengupta and Christopher Jepsen
November 2006

Does School Choice Work? Effects on Student Integration and Achievement
Julian R. Betts, Lorien A. Rice, Andrew C. Zau, Y. Emily Tang, and Cory R. Koedel
August 2006

PPIC Statewide Survey: Special Survey on Education, April 2006
Mark Baldassare
April 2006

Retention of New Teachers in California
Deborah Reed, Kim S. Rueben, and Elisa Barbour
February 2006

School Resources and Academic Standards in California: Lessons from the Schoolhouse
Heather Rose, Jon Sonstelie, and Ray Reinhard
January 2006

From Blueprint to Reality: San Diego's Education Reforms
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Kevin King
October 2005

Educational Progress Across Immigrant Generations in California
Deborah Reed, Laura E. Hill, Christopher Jepsen, and Hans P. Johnson
September 2005

Federal Formula Grants: Student Aid and Higher Education
Tim Ransdell and Shervin Boloorian
September 2005

PPIC Statewide Survey: Special Survey on Education, April 2005
Mark Baldassare
April 2005

English Learners in California Schools
Christopher Jepsen and Shelley de Alth
April 2005

Educational Resources and Outcomes in California, by Race and Ethnicity
Deborah Reed
February 2005

Evaluating Academic Programs in California's Community Colleges
Andrew M. Gill and Duane E. Leigh
August 2004

School Budgets and Student Achievement in California: The Principal's Perspective
Heather Rose, Jon Sonstelie and Peter Richardson
June 2004

The Effects of School-to-Career Programs on Postsecondary Enrollment and Employment
David Neumark
May 2004

Financing California's Community Colleges
Patrick J. Murphy
January 2004

High Expectations, Modest Means: The Challenge Facing California's Public Schools
Heather Rose, Jon Sonstelie, Ray Reinhard, and Sharmaine Heng
October 2003

Federal Formula Grants: Education Programs for Disabled Children
Tim Ransdell
September 2003

Determinants of Student Achievement: New Evidence from San Diego
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Lorien A. Rice
August 2003

The Growing Importance of Education in California
Deborah Reed
July 2003

California's Share of Federal Formula Grants: 1991-2001
Tim Ransdell
December 2002

Student and School Indicators for Youth in California's Central Valley
Anne Danenberg, Christopher Jepsen, and Pedro Cerdán
September 2002

Class Size Reduction, Teacher Quality, and Academic Achievement in California Public Elementary Schools
Christopher Jepsen and Steven Rivkin
June 2002

Falling Behind or Moving Up? The Intergenerational Progress of Mexican Americans
Jeffrey Grogger and Stephen J. Trejo
May 2002

The Linguistic Landscape of California Schools
Sonya M. Tafoya
February 2002

At Home and in School: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Preparedness
Jennifer Y. Cheng
November 2001

Math Matters: The Links Between High School Curriculum, College Graduation, and Earnings
Heather Rose and Julian R. Betts
July 2001

School Finance and California’s Master Plan for Education
Jon Sonstelie and Peter Richardson (editors), Julian R. Betts, Eric J. Brunner, Anne Danenberg, Jane Leber Herr, Susanna Loeb, Lawrence O. Picus, Peter Richardson, Heather Rose, Kim S. Rueben, and Jon Sonstelie (contributors).
June 2001

Financing New School Construction and Modernization: Evidence from California
Eric J. Brunner and Kim Rueben
June 2001

A Portrait of Race and Ethnicity in California
Belinda I. Reyes (editor), Jennifer Cheng, Elliot Currie, Daniel Frakes, Hans P. Johnson, Elizabeth Bronwen Macro, Deborah Reed, Belinda I. Reyes, José Signoret, and Joanne Spetz (contributors)
March 2001

Who's Lagging Now? Gender Differences in Secondary Course Enrollments
Anne Danenberg
February 2001

The Changing Role of Education in the California Labor Market
Julian R. Betts
September 2000

Equal Resources, Equal Outcomes? The Distribution of School Resources and Student Achievement in California
Julian R. Betts, Kim S. Rueben, and Anne Danenberg
February 2000

For Better or For Worse? School Finance Reform in California
Jon Sonstelie, Eric Brunner, and Kenneth Ardon
February 2000

Have Inflows of Immigrants Diminished Natives' Educational Attainment? A Review
Julian R. Betts
March 1999

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