Sean Reardon

August 18, 2023

California Ed Department backs down on punishing education researchers who testify against it

Facing withering criticism, the California Department of Education eliminated a clause in research agreements that banned researchers from testifying in lawsuits against it, as a condition to getting access to non-public data.

John Fensterwald

October 28, 2022

Stanford-Harvard 'scorecard' translates California's test scores into months of missed learning

'Education Recovery Scorecard' shows vast disparities among districts by converting results on NAEP and state tests into a common measure: how much learning declined during the pandemic.

John Fensterwald

September 23, 2019

Poverty levels in schools key determinant of achievement gaps, not racial or ethnic composition, study finds

Researchers say the concentrations of black and Hispanic students in high-poverty schools should still be a focus of education reform.

Louis Freedberg

September 17, 2018

Multifaceted reforms needed to reach California’s education goals, research project finds

Getting Down to Facts II finds strong support for education reforms but also obstacles to student achievement and a need for more funding.

John Fensterwald

December 22, 2015

Closing the achievement gap: Will California’s reforms make a difference?

EdSource conducted a series of interviews with leading educators and scholars about the persistence of these achievement gaps and the prospects for the current set of reforms in California to help close them.

Louis Freedberg

September 23, 2015

Reardon: 'Both schools and larger social inequities play role in achievement gap'

Louis Freedberg

July 29, 2014

Bilingual education could make a comeback

After nearly two decades, bilingual education in California could be about to stage a resurgence. Since the passage of Proposition 227 in 1998, it has been illegal to teach public school children in a language other than English without express permission from their parents, among other requirements. That could be about to change.

Lillian Mongeau