blog post Testimony: Assessing the Pandemic’s Effects on Student Learning, Absenteeism, and Graduation By Iwunze Ugo Mar 15, 2023 Mar 15, 2023 ... The English rate is the lowest since 2016, reversing six years of steady progress, and the math rate is the lowest since the SBAC tests ...
blog post Test Scores Show Six-Year Setback for California Students By Darriya Starr, Emmanuel Prunty, Joseph Herrera, Iwunze Ugo Dec 14, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 ... Source: SBAC scores; Author's calculations. Notes: Scores for 4th graders in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and in 2022 (most recent test data).
Report Understanding the Effects of School Funding By Julien Lafortune May 18, 2022 SOURCES: California Department of Education, SBAC data; authors' calculations. NOTES: Difference rows show the stated difference in average test scores, ...
Report Dual Enrollment in California By Olga Rodriguez, Niu Gao Oct 18, 2021 When it comes to student outcomes, dual enrollment schools have higher rates of grade 11 Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) proficiency, ...
Report Targeted K–12 Funding and Student Outcomes By Julien Lafortune Oct 6, 2021 Similarly, if we compare spending by student test scores on the 2018–19 Smarter Balanced exams (SBAC), we see districts spend at higher levels at schools ...
Report Surveying the Landscape of California’s English Learner Reclassification Policy By Laura Hill, Andrew Lee, Joseph Hayes Feb 10, 2021 Most districts assess English Language Arts (ELA) skills in grades 3-11 through the Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBAC). Slightly more than half of ...
blog post COVID-19 Further Disrupts Testing for College Admissions and Placement By Niu Gao, Olga Rodriguez Sep 16, 2020 Sep 16, 2020 ... As the pandemic continues to cause major shifts in the educational landscape, California's public colleges and universities are exploring ...
Report Common Core State Standards in California: Evaluating Local Implementation and Student Outcomes By Niu Gao, Julien Lafortune Sep 25, 2019 Districts that adopted the Common Core standards saw a 2-3 percent increase in the share of students at or above English proficiency on SBAC. Middle school math ...
Report English Learner Trajectories and Reclassification By Julian Betts, Laura Hill, Karen Bachofer, Joseph Hayes ... Sep 23, 2019 ... based on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) are not so rigorous as to prevent students who could succeed from being reclassified.
Report Achievement in California’s Public Schools: What Do Test Scores Tell Us? By Paul Warren, Julien Lafortune Jul 10, 2019 Stalled gains in mathematics. Both tests suggest that Common Core math standards are not yet generating improved student performance. Third-grade SBAC scores ...