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 ... Math proficiency among low-income students decreased from 32% pre-pandemic to ... must go in returning to pre-pandemic achievement levels.
Report English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges By Olga Rodriguez, Laura Hill, Daniel Payares-Montoya Nov 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... In 2021, over half of colleges offered sequences of four levels or ... ESL students are foreign-language learners seeking proficiency in an ...
blog post Commentary: California Must Prioritize Science Education to Stay Competitive By Niu Gao, Kathy DiRanna Sep 13, 2022 Sep 8, 2022 ... Only one in four 4th and 8th graders were proficient—a share that has ... Implementation was uneven by grade levels: districts were more ...
blog post Video: The Impact of COVID-19 on Science Education By Mary Severance Aug 19, 2022 Aug 19, 2022 ... NGSS implementation has been uneven across grade levels and districts ... only 24% of students in grades 4 and 8 were proficient in science, ...
Report Community College Math in California’s New Era of Student Access By Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez, Hans Johnson, Cesar Alesi Perez Dec 7, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 ... The share of first-time math students completing transfer-level math in one ... Grant recipients, and limited-English-proficiency students.
Report Surveying the Landscape of California’s English Learner Reclassification Policy By Laura Hill, Andrew Lee, Joseph Hayes Feb 10, 2021 ... Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) to be reclassified; over 90 percent apply the required cut point-an overall ELPAC level 4.
Report English Learner Trajectories and Reclassification By Julian Betts, Laura Hill, Karen Bachofer, Joseph Hayes ... Sep 23, 2019 ELs have historically performed far below proficient English speakers. ... Using student-level data and the multiple reclassification policies, ...
Report Achievement in California’s Public Schools: What Do Test Scores Tell Us? By Paul Warren, Julien Lafortune Jul 10, 2019 On the SBAC, the percent of third-graders scoring at proficient levels increased 10 percentage points. Proficiency also increased 10 points as students ...
Report English as a Second Language in California’s Community Colleges By Olga Rodriguez, Sarah Bohn, Laura Hill, Bonnie Brooks Apr 29, 2019 Most degree-seeking ESL students do not successfully complete transfer-level English; those who begin at lower proficiency levels are especially likely to ...
blog post Are K–12 Students Keeping Pace in English? By Paul Warren, Julien Lafortune Nov 1, 2018 Nov 1, 2018 ... ... been insufficient to keep pace with grade-level proficiency standards. And though student growth in math proficiency is accelerating, ...