blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... PPIC Water Policy Center director Ellen Hanak sat down with California Department of Water Resources director Karla Nemeth, State Water ...
Fact Sheet Poverty in California By Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon, Sarah Bohn Oct 24, 2022 Oct 26, 2022 ... Poverty rates fell during the pandemic—especially for children—but a considerable share of Californians still live near or under the poverty ...
blog post Our Experts Weigh In on the Drought By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Sarah Bardeen Jul 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 ... We sat down with Mount, senior fellow Alvar Escriva-Bou, and center director Ellen Hanak to discuss recent water news.
blog post The Challenges of Using Less Water in the Southern San Joaquin Valley By Sarah Bardeen Jun 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022 ... Our staff engineer sat down with several growers to discuss acreage, projected groundwater and surface water balances, and whether certain ...
blog post College Admissions in an Era of Uncertainty By Niu Gao, Hans Johnson Jan 5, 2022 Jan 5, 2022 ... In addition, UC eliminated the use of standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT for admission decisions, and expanded the number of courses ...
blog post Geography of College Enrollment in California By Cesar Alesi Perez, Hans Johnson, Vicki Hsieh Sep 15, 2021 Sep 15, 2021 ... UC's recent decision to eliminate the use of SAT and ACT scores in admissions could have a similar effect. Another option would be a dual ...
blog post Testimony: Getting to Graduation on Time at California State University By Jacob Jackson Nov 19, 2020 Nov 19, 2020 ... ... and students with lower high school GPAs and SAT scores. We also found some promising and not-so-promising trends in course-taking.
blog post COVID-19 Further Disrupts Testing for College Admissions and Placement By Niu Gao, Olga Rodriguez Sep 16, 2020 Sep 16, 2020 ... About a quarter of California juniors and seniors in affluent schools took the SAT exam in 2007, compared to less than 20% in high-poverty ...
blog post Video: A Conversation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy By Vicki Hsieh Sep 1, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 ... As part of our Speaker Series on California's Future, PPIC invites elected leaders from across the political spectrum to participate in ...
blog post COVID-19 Alters College Admissions By Jacob Jackson, Olga Rodriguez, Niu Gao May 5, 2020 May 5, 2020 ... Most standardized tests used for admission—such as SAT and ACT—and for placement purposes, such as the Smarter Balanced Assessment, ...