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Todd Grindal; Sarah Nixon Gerard; Anne Partika; Nancy Perez; Gullnar Syed; Morgan Solender; Anna Mark – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2025
Accurate, reliable, and scalable measurement of classroom quality represent a critical tool for ensuring that young children benefit from early learning programs. The Early Childhood Classroom Observation (ECCO) study was designed to better understand how video recordings can support high-quality measurement of pre-kindergarten (pre-K) classrooms,…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Video Technology, Preschool Education, Reliability
EdSource, 2020
Parents, students and school communities have been forced to respond to the COVID-19 crisis in unprecedented ways. What are their reactions to the responses by school districts and state officials to this crisis? How has this affected their feelings about state government and how are families faring as they face challenges like distance learning?…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Public Opinion, Parent Attitudes, COVID-19
Daniel DiSalvo; Reade Ben – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2024
In many parts of the country, enrollment in traditional public schools has fallen to its lowest point in decades. However, states, cities, and school districts have been slow to respond to the reality of empty desks. This report examines trends in school enrollment, focusing on several of America's most populous cities, as well as the budgetary…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Declining Enrollment, Educational Policy, Trend Analysis
Alexandria Hurtt; Michal Kurlaender; Christina Sun; Baiyu Zhou – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2024
This brief examines the experiences of California high school seniors from the graduating class of 2023, offering insights into their preparation, plans, and concerns for college prior to enrollment. Drawing on results from a large-scale survey of seniors, the findings reveal important variation in students' secondary school experiences and their…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Student Experience, Student Characteristics, Race
Anna Powell; Wanzi Muruvi; Lea J. E. Austin; Abby Copeman Petig – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2023
Ventura County is home to approximately 55,000 children under age six, many of whom enroll in early care and education (ECE) programs (KidsData, 2023). The ECE workforce provides vital learning and growth for these children, complex work that demands energy and expertise. Building on the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Labor Force, Young Children
Wang, Jia; La Torre, Deborah; Adreani, Linda F.; Kinnard, Lauren; Leon, Seth; Kikoler, David; Rosales, Elaine – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2022
COVID-19 changed the experiences of K-12 students and teachers in ways that are not yet well-documented. This report provides initial insights into teaching and learning during the pandemic from the perspectives of teachers and students at 31 public schools in three states. The analyses indicate that about two thirds of the teachers surveyed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
Bickerstaff, Susan; Raphael, Jacqueline; Hodara, Michelle; Leasor, Lindsay A.; Riggs, Sam – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
These are the appendices for the report, "The Implementation and Outcomes of Lesson Study in Community College Mathematics." The report describes a project undertaken by Community College Research Center (CCRC), Education Northwest, and three community colleges in Oregon to adapt lesson study for use among faculty teaching a precollege…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mathematics Instruction, Lesson Plans, Outcomes of Education
Polikof, Morgan S.; Hough, Heather J.; Marsh, Julie A.; Plank, David – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
With a new Governor, State Superintendent, and Legislators in Sacramento and a diminished federal role in education, there is an opportunity for California's leaders to take stock of recent educational reforms and make necessary improvements. Several high-profile reforms over the past few years, including the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy, Public Opinion
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Patrick, Susan Kemper; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Kini, Tara – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
High-quality teacher preparation is a critical building block of an effective and stable teacher workforce. In California, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) currently oversees teacher preparation programs (TPPs) at more than 100 institutions, and these programs graduate more than 10,000 teacher candidates per year. Over the past…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Career Readiness, Credentials, Student Attitudes
Gao, Niu; DiRanna, Kathy; Fay, Maria – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
The California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS)--adopted in 2013--have the potential to improve scientific literacy and strengthen the global competitiveness of California's workforce. However, longstanding underinvestment in science education and the unprecedented disruptions caused by COVID-19 have heightened challenges faced by…
Descriptors: State Standards, Science Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Alyssa Nguyen; Michelle White; Darla Cooper – RP Group, 2023
The California Community Colleges (CCC) Attendance Decisions Survey was designed to understand the factors influencing prospective and previously enrolled community college students' decisions to attend a California community college in fall 2022. This survey was administered in late summer/early fall 2022 and included responses from all 116 CCC…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Community Colleges, Community College Students, Decision Making
Powell, Anna; Montoya, Elena; Austin, Lea J. E.; Kim, Yoonjeon; Muruvi, Wanzi; Copeman Petig, Abby – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2023
Early care and education (ECE) programs for children prior to kindergarten in California are provided through a mixed delivery system that includes licensed home- and center-based programs as well as school settings. The requirements, experience, and supports for educators vary widely across settings, depending more on funding sources and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2020
The California Community Colleges served 2,116,293 students in 2017-18 and 2,089,209 students in 2018-19. It is the largest system of higher education in the nation. One hundred and fourteen of the 115 California community colleges use state funding allocated for Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) to assist in providing support services…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Anjali Adukia; Emileigh Harrison – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Curricula impart knowledge, instill values, and shape collective memory. Despite growing public funding for religious schools through U.S. school choice programs, little is known about what they teach. We examine textbooks from public schools, religious private schools, and home schools, applying computational methods -- including the use of…
Descriptors: State Church Separation, Public Schools, Private Schools, Curriculum Evaluation
Kaverman, Ellie – Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2023
In 2022, the Center for the Study of Social Policy and Project SPARC conducted research to better understand the barriers experienced by parenting students participating in CalWORKs, California's cash assistance program for families with children. This brief highlights findings from the research on parenting students' experiences meeting their…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Barriers, Financial Support, Grants
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