Data

December 2, 2021

California data system to help with education planning moves closer to reality

The data system's board met for the first time this week. The system will pull together hundreds of metrics on education, economics and health for the public.

Matt Krupnick

May 14, 2021

Map: California Chromebook distribution during Covid-19

Explore Chromebook distribution during Covid-19 at California school districts with this interactive map.

Yuxuan Xie

May 5, 2021

Tracking learning modes of California students

An interactive project that tracks California students' back-to-school progress using data from the California Department of Public Health.

Yuxuan Xie

April 12, 2021

Database: California's community colleges student head count changes

Most California community colleges show drops in enrollment from fall 2019 to fall 2020

Daniel J. Willis

March 24, 2021

California lags behind most states in offering fully in-person instruction, new data show

Across the country, 32% of 4th-grade students have been offered hybrid instruction and 47% have been offered fully in-person instruction.

Sydney Johnson

February 12, 2021

White students in California more likely to be getting in-person instruction than Black, Latino and Asian students

Across California, nearly half of all districts with elementary schools have reopened them to in-person or hybrid learning. White students more likely to be attending school in-person.

Sydney Johnson And Daniel J. Willis

December 12, 2019

Search and compare data from the California School Dashboard, 2019

Search and compare all California public schools, districts, cities and counties for data from the state's school accountability dashboard.

Justin Allen, Daniel J. Willis, And Yuxuan Xie

October 21, 2019

LA Unified should release data on student academic growth to parents

Political arguments are getting in the way of sensible solutions.

Paige Kowalski and Seth Litt

April 2, 2019

Lack of effective state education data system holds students back

Longitudinal system that connects K-12 and higher ed could help more students complete college.

Michal Kurlaender

March 25, 2019

California needs a better education data system but who will manage it?

A well-constructed higher-education coordinating entity could change the course of California education from opaque and siloed to transparent and coordinated.

Ria Sengupta Bhatt

March 21, 2019

California school districts' rising employee pension costs

Look up per-student pension costs for districts across California with this interactive database, and see how much they've changed since a 2012 state law passed to rescue the state’s two pension systems.

Phillip Reese And Daniel J. Willis

February 6, 2019

Database: California's lowest-performing schools in 2018-19

Under a federal education law that requires states to identify the lowest performing schools, districts with these schools will get some federal aid and are required to figure out how to make the schools better.

Daniel J. Willis

January 17, 2019

California does not have to start from scratch in building new education data system

Data system can connect information from K-12 to college and beyond but must be useful and easy to use.

Brad C. Phillips

December 6, 2018

Search and compare data from the California School Dashboard, 2018

Search and compare all California public schools, districts, cities and counties for data from the state's new school accountability dashboard.

Justin Allen, Daniel J. Willis, And Yuxuan Xie

June 13, 2018

California needs system to track students as they move from school to the workforce, report says

As the state Legislature and the governor allocate more spending on programs designed to improve student outcomes, access to good data is essential to monitoring the progress of those programs, the report said.

Mikhail Zinshteyn