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Lafortune, Julien – Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
This document contains the technical appendices for the report "Targeted K-12 Funding and Student Outcomes: Evaluating the Local Control Funding Formula." Appendices include: (1) Data Sources and Sample Construction; (2) Estimating Effects on Student Outcomes; (3) Estimating Targeting Using School Site Spending Data; and (4) Supplemental…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education
Ward, Stephen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and the Lau v. Nichols Supreme court case (1974) have changed the way school districts prioritize education for English Learners. With the same intention to prioritize education for English Learners alongside foster youth and low income, former Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislature followed suit by…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Funding Formulas, High School Students, School Districts
Hill, Laura; Ugo, Iwunze – Public Policy Institute of California, 2016
The 2014-15 school year was the first in which the Smarter Balanced assessments (referred to here as the SBAC) were administered statewide. While educators and policymakers agree that multiple measures over multiple years are the best way to gauge student, school, and district performance, the first-year SBAC results provide an important baseline…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Educational Assessment, Common Core State Standards, Program Implementation
Chambers, Jay G.; Brodziak, Iliana; Levin, Jesse; Cruz, Lisa – Strategic School Funding for Results, 2011
This Analysis Brief shows how per-pupil spending varies with student poverty (as measured by the percent of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch) across elementary, middle, and high schools in Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD). The authors have carried out separate analyses that make use of the California Standardized Account…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Strategic Planning