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P-16 Council Papers & Policy Briefs

Title Author
The Achievement Gap in California - Policy Brief Baker, E. et al
The Achievement Gap in California: Context, Status, and Approaches for Improvement Baker, E. et al
Partnering With Communities - Policy Brief Erbstein, N. & Miller, E.
Partnering With Communities to Promote Student Success Erbstein, N. & Miller, E.
Narrowing The Multiple Achievement Gaps in California: Ten Goals For the Long Haul Grubb, N.W.
Accessing High-Quality Instructional Strategies Hamann, E. & Reeves, J.
Accessing High-Quality Instructional Strategies - Policy Brief Hamann, E. & Reeves, J.
Teaching All of California's Children Well: Teachers and Teaching to Close the Achievement Gap Maxwell-Jolly, J. & Gándara, P.
Teaching All of California's Children Well - Policy Brief Maxwell-Jolly, J. & Gándara, P.
Organizational Strategies - Policy Brief Mitchell, D. et al
Organizational Strategies for Addressing California's Educational Achievement Gap Mitchell, D. et al
Accelerating the Agenda: Actions to Improve America's High Schools NGA, NCSL, CCSSO and NASBE
State Policies for Closing the Achievement Gap, Policy Brief Plank, D. N. et al
State Policies for Closing the Achievement Gap Plank, D. N. et al
High School to Community College: New Efforts to Build Shared Expectations Rosin, M., Wilson, K.
Improving High Schools as a Strategy for Closing California's Achievement Gap Rumberger, R.
Improving High Schools - Policy Brief Rumberger, R.
A False Dilemma- Policy Brief Timar, T. & Roza, M.
School Climate and Student Achievement Yonezawa, S. et al
School Climate and Student Achievement - Policy Brief Yonezawa, S. et al

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  • Empowering Effective Teachers
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    This first (of three) brief focuses on the identification of site readiness to determine how to use measures of teacher effectiveness —the conditions that support effective implementation.
  • Gauging the Gaps
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    Using state-level NAEP data, this brief illustrates the pitfalls in one-dimensional appraisals of achievement gaps. Analyzing the gaps from four perspectives is essential to gain a comprehensive, accurate picture of equity.
  • Fighting for Quality and Equality, Too
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    Highly effective teachers strongly and positively influence how well their students learn, and ineffective teachers have a devastating impact on student achievement. This publication details ten steps state policymakers and school district leaders can take now that hold the promise to make a difference in teacher quality and equity.
  • Boundary Crossing for Diversity, Equity and Achievement
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    School district boundaries shape children’s educational opportunities in countless ways. Living on one side of a district boundary line or the other can dictate whether a student has access to challenging curriculum, well-prepared teachers, decent facilities, high expectations, non-poor peers, and a wealth of other tangible and intangible factors that influence learning. This comprehensive study of the nation’s eight remaining inter-district school desegregation programs has found a closing of achievement gaps for participating students.
  • Educating English Language Learners at the High School Level: A Coherent Approach to District- and School-Level Support
    Recent Addition
    Conclusions from a 5-year evaluation of the educational environment for ELLs in California .