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

May 22, 2018

Latino, African-Americans have less access to math, science classes, new data show

New data from the Office of Civil Rights shows wide gaps in advanced math and science enrollment.

Carolyn Jones

March 14, 2018

Ed-Data offers new ways to look at Smarter Balanced test scores

Website provides flexibility, trend data in looking at state's standardized test results.

EdSource staff

December 7, 2017

Search and compare data from the California School Dashboard

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

November 1, 2017

Suspension, expulsion rates fall sharply in California, but racial and ethnic disparities remain

New state data shows 46 percent drop in school suspensions over the last five years. The suspension rate for African American students in 2016-17 was 9.8 percent, for Latino students 3.7 percent, for white students 3.2 percent, and for Asian students 1.1 percent.

Carolyn Jones

June 5, 2017

California school data? There's an app for that

Search school information in the CA Schools app from the California Department of Education.

Jane Meredith Adams

April 27, 2017

Vaccination Rates by School in California

New data provides the percentage of vaccinated kindergarten students by school in the 2016-17 and 2015-16 school years,

Daniel J. Willis and Justin Allen

October 9, 2016

Strong, locally generated data key to school improvement strategies

Michael Kirst is President of the California State Board of Education and Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University.

Michael Kirst

June 30, 2016

Baseball can teach education a lesson

Arun Ramanathan