Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... Accelerating the pace and scale of physical habitat improvements ... to do so until it comes into balance with sustainable water supplies.
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 We use a simplified reservoir water balance and temperature model to illustrate ... including an assessment of dams' impacts on native fishes (Appendix A), ...
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 where ...
Report Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting By Letitia Grenier, Stephanie Panlasigui, Crissy Pickett, Gokce Sencan Aug 16, 2021 The first is partnership at the watershed scale: in trying to balance multiple water management needs in an arid climate, Alliance partners found that working ...
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 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, ...
Report Common Core State Standards in California: Evaluating Local Implementation and Student Outcomes By Niu Gao, Julien Lafortune Sep 25, 2019 ... and local assessments with the standards-more so in English than in math. ... the new Smarter Balanced assessments (SBAC) were administered (2014-15).
Report English Learner Trajectories and Reclassification By Julian Betts, Laura Hill, Karen Bachofer, Joseph Hayes ... Sep 23, 2019 ... that the new English language proficiency assessment and any new criteria based on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) are not so rigorous ...
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 ...