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50 Ways to Test: A Look at State Summative Assessments for 2014-15
Education Commission of the States, November 2014
Provides an overview of the two testing consortia and federal testing requirements. The report also includes a comprehensive table with a breakdown of the state summative assessments being administered in grades 3-12 in all 50 states during 2014-15.
Accountability for College and Career Readiness: Developing a New Paradigm
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, August 2014
With a focus on California, this report suggests overhauling how school and student success is measured in the United States. It says there should be far more emphasis on ongoing assessments of students as part of regular classroom instruction.
Advancing the Success of Boys and Men of Color in Education: Recommendations for Policy Makers
September 2014
Drawing from the national momentum of My Brother's Keeper, this report encourages policymakers to remedy systemic challenges facing males of color from preschool to doctoral education.
America's Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness
American Institutes for Research, November 2014
Documents the number of homeless children in every state, their well-being, their risk for child homelessness, and state level planning and policy efforts.
Career and Technical Education: States Aligning Programs to Meet Workforce Needs
The Progress of Education Reform
Education Commission of the States, April 2014
Explores recent policy trends intended to expand the number of skilled workers trained to fill high-need labor market shortages.
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2013 Report
U.S. Census Bureau, November 2014
Levels of education and income in U.S. households carve a digital divide of up to 47 percentage points separating those who own computers and have connectivity, and those who don't, according to this U.S. Census Bureau report.
Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2014
Describes a new approach to reducing poverty, which calls for connecting low-income families with early childhood education, job training and other tools to achieve financial stability and break the cycle of poverty.
Early Learning Primer: Initiatives from Preschool to Third Grade
Education Commission of the States, October 2014
This comprehensive primer addresses effective strategies to support children on their path to third-grade academic success and details the foundations of effective P-3 approaches.
Implementing Common Core State Standards in California: A Report From the Field
PACE, June 2014
The shift to local control has given school districts much leeway in adopting the Common Core State Standards. But that flexibility may also create disparities in implementation that the state should reduce, concludes a new report by researchers from Stanford University's Graduate School of Education.
The Language of Reform: English Learners in California's Shifting Education Landscape
Education Trust-West, September 2014
As accountability for student progress in California becomes more local, this report focuses on how school districts can better educate their English learners, who comprise nearly one in four students in the state.
Learning Time and Educational Opportunity in California High Schools
UCLA IDEA, November 2014
California students in high-poverty public schools lose two weeks of learning time annually compared with their more affluent peers because of teacher absences, testing, emergency lockdowns and other disruptions, according to a new study.
Math Scores Add Up for Hispanic Students
Child Trends Hispanic Institute, November 2014
Drawing on data from the 2013 NAEP tests, this report found that Hispanic students - schools' fastest - growing demographic-performed nine to thirteen points higher than previous years. Some point to the rollout of the more rigorous Common Core standards as one explanation for the increase.
Power of Parents: What the Research Shows
EdSource, February 2014
Reviews compelling research showing that parent involvement in their children's school is associated with a range of positive outcomes for students and greater teacher satisfaction.
Preparing World-Class Teachers: Essential Reforms of Teacher Preparation and Credentialing in California
EdSource, October 2014
The crucial challenges of recruiting, preparing and retaining teachers has gotten short shrift in the reform debates over the last few years, despite the fact that effective teachers will be crucial to the success of a range of reforms currently being implemented in California schools, such as the Common Core standards.
Reforming Testing and Accountability: Essential Principles for Student Success in California
EdSource, March 2014
This new report explains the changes to California's testing and accountability systems along with a timeline for implementation and recommendations for maximizing their effectiveness and impact.
Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School
What Works Clearinghouse, April 2014
Provides evidence-based tips and expert advice on building the language and literacy skills students need to be successful in school.
Testing Overload in America's Schools
Center for American Progress, October 2014
The new Common Core-aligned assessments should offer relief from over-testing by providing higher-quality tests that include more open-ended questions, help eliminate "test-prep" instruction, and lead to the reduction of additional tests added by districts to compensate for low-quality state tests.
Toward a Grand Vision: Early Implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula
SRI International, October 2014
The brief includes data from the authors' review of LCAPs and other LCFF-related documents, plus interviews with more than 70 officials from 10 districts and 20 county offices of education. The study concludes that stakeholders strongly support LCFF funding and are cautiously optimistic about the future of the law.
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