Fact Sheet California’s High School Graduation Requirements By Niu Gao, Lunna Lopes, Grace Lee Nov 27, 2017 The California Education Code specifies minimum course requirements for the state's public school system: three years of instruction in both English and history ...
blog post K–12 Test Scores Vary Widely across Student Groups By Paul Warren Oct 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 ... Gaps in achievement among these groups were essentially unchanged in 2017. Known as the California Assessment of Student Performance and ...
Report Charter Schools and California’s Local Control Funding Formula By Iwunze Ugo, Laura Hill Sep 21, 2017 ... a strong predictor of its average test scores (Hill and Ugo, 2016), which might explain some of the gap in scores between capped and uncapped schools.
blog post Testimony: Accurately Assessing College Readiness By Olga Rodriguez Apr 19, 2017 Apr 19, 2017 ... To help fill this information gap, in spring 2016 we surveyed all 113 ... Accuplacer test to assess college readiness in math, cut scores ...
blog post Can Mandatory College Entrance Exams Boost College Access? By Jacob Jackson Mar 27, 2017 Mar 27, 2017 ... Policy: Mandatory College Entrance Testing in High School ... and many private schools still require a college entrance exam score.
Report Math Placement in California’s Public Schools By Niu Gao, Sara Adan Nov 16, 2016 These districts are more likely than others to emphasize test scores, math GPA ... increasing access to selective colleges, and closing the achievement gap.
Report High-Need Students and California’s New Assessments By Laura Hill, Iwunze Ugo Apr 4, 2016 Tracking Score Gaps Across Tests · CST: California Standards Test. · SBAC: Assessments developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium to assess student ...
blog post Interpreting California’s Latest SAT Scores By Hans Johnson, Niu Gao Nov 2, 2015 Nov 2, 2015 ... On average, California's graduating class of 2015 scored 1,492 out of 2,400 points on the SAT college admission tests—28 points lower than a ...
blog post Students Struggle on Test of New Standards By Laura Hill, Iwunze Ugo Sep 9, 2015 Sep 9, 2015 ... Note (BOTTOM CHART): We calculate the percentage gap by subtracting EL and economically disadvantaged students scores from white student scores ...
Report School Finance By Margaret Weston Nov 14, 2012 Once these cost differences are factored in, the gap between California and the ... but it may factor into the test scores of California's fourth-grade ...