Topic: Assessment and Accountability

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Advancing LCFF Equity and Accountability

National Education Policy Center

More than a decade after the Local Control Funding Formula was enacted, this policy memo outlines key changes to strengthen equity and accountability and to address persistent opportunity gaps inside and outside schools.

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The Economic Milestones of Young Californians

Public Policy Institute of California

This report provides new context on how young Californians are progressing along key economic milestones and how these patterns have changed over time.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Often Overlooked but Not Unseen: An Overview of Highly Mobile Youth in the U.S.

University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools

This brief provides a close look at the needs of highly mobile youth, identifies the systematic barriers these students face, and proposes targeted interventions to address their needs.

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California’s Local Control Funding Formula: Next Steps Toward Equity

Learning Policy Institute

This report reviews how California’s Local Control Funding Formula has helped to improve student outcomes, points to challenges in its fiscal design, and highlights opportunities to strengthen it.

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Trump 2.0 Federal Revenue Tool

Education Law Center

An interactive tool that projects revenue losses in each state as the result of potential federal funding cuts to education.

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Funding Student Needs: A Review of State Funding Policies for English Learners and Students From Low-Income Backgrounds

Learning Policy Institute

From an analysis of state legislative and policy documents, this report reviews how states’ school funding programs currently address the needs of English learners and students from low-income families.

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2025 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being

Children Now

An interactive, online report that delivers a comprehensive picture of children’s health, education, and welfare in each of California’s 58 counties.

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The Costs of Conflict: The Fiscal Impact of Culturally Divisive Conflict on Public Schools in the United States

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

A survey of school superintendents provides estimates of the fiscal and other costs of culturally divisive conflicts that are disrupting school districts, schools, and classrooms.

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Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

All4Ed

A report describing four types of school credit transfer policies that policymakers should consider to ensure that students and taxpayers reap the full benefit of dual enrollment.

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School Funding Effectiveness: Evidence From California’s Local Control Funding Formula

Learning Policy Institute

A study investigating the impacts of LCFF-induced increases in per-pupil spending on student achievement and behavioral outcomes.

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Addressing Inequities in College Preparatory Course-Taking

University of California Davis, School of Education

A report examining the variation in statewide participation in college-prepatory courses, including A-G courses, college-credit coursework, and the level of math courses that students take their senior year.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Equitable School Funding

Californians for Justice

A webpage about the fight for equitable school funding and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in California.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

2023 California Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being

Children Now

An interactive online report that presents a comprehensive picture of children's health, education, and welfare in California's 58 counties for 2023.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

The 2023 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda

Children Now

A comprehensive state-level policy roadmap to ensure that all California children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential.

Policy Brief/Proposal

Equity Alert: Black Students Need More from California’s Equity Multiplier

Education Trust, Inc.

This resource offers four recommendations to support Black student success, with a focus on the funding, Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs), and System of Support components of the California governor's 2023 budget proposal.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2023

Education Trust, Inc.

Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2023, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators.

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Golden State Pathways

Linked Learning Alliance

A resource about a grant program to improve college and career readiness in California high schools.

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Local Control and Accountability Plan Resources

Los Angeles Unified School District

A collection of public engagement resources to support adoption of the Local Control and Accountability Plan.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

COYN 2023 Policy Agenda

New Ways to Work

A overview of the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN)'s 2023 policy agenda, describing six issues and the actions that COYN will take to advance them.

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Community Schools Story Map

Partnership for the Future of Learning

An interactive map of stories about community schools and the impact they're having across the United States.

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