PACE

July 15, 2021

The road to recovery: What last year’s data can tell us about next year’s plans

We must continue to invest in understanding how students are doing as they return to school after the pandemic.

Libby Pier

July 8, 2021

California voters give schools and teachers top grades in year-end survey

Were voters "grading on a curve" in recognition of hard work amid a pandemic? Polling also found growing tensions on race and politics.

John Fensterwald

April 30, 2021

Pandemic puts school accountability in limbo

This week: School districts are getting billions in federal and state Covid aid. How will the public know if it will be spent effectively?

EdSource staff

May 29, 2020

The tension between local control and state authority in a pandemic

This week: Two views of local control during COVID-19 – Palos Verdes Supt. Alex Cherniss: fewer safety restrictions; Heather Hough of PACE : stronger state expectations for learning.

EdSource staff

February 18, 2020

Special education in California in need of overhaul, researchers say  

Better training for teachers and improved screening of children are among the report’s recommendations.

Carolyn Jones

February 11, 2020

College costs, teacher shortage still top concerns in poll of California voters

Annual PACE/USC Rossier poll also finds support for increasing teacher pay, requiring ethnic studies and taking action to prevent gun violence.

John Fensterwald

November 14, 2019

Pension costs feed resistance to higher school taxes in California county, study finds

An increase in mandated costs has frustrated voters in Marin County, where passing school parcel taxes had been a safe bet until 2016.

John Fensterwald

June 5, 2019

There’s value but also limitations to students’ grading their own interpersonal skills, study finds

California districts should use insights from surveys of students' habits of mind but not rate schools by the results, a PACE research project concludes.

John Fensterwald

April 3, 2019

California schools find success building student confidence and campus culture

School officials are increasingly focused on students’ social and emotional learning.

Julie Patel Liss

February 4, 2019

Gun violence in schools and college affordability highest priorities for California voters, poll finds

Voters polled view early childhood programs as important but don't rank them as top priorities and are lukewarm about spending more for them.

John Fensterwald

February 5, 2018

​Contrary to critics, parents tell pollster they find California’s school dashboard useful

Depending how the question is framed, they also favor rating schools on multiple factors, not issuing a single grade.

John Fensterwald

October 10, 2016

California poll shows strong support for Common Core standards

Results of other surveys indicate that wording of the questions matters.

John Fensterwald

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

August 24, 2016

CORE Districts can inform state's new accountability system

Christopher Steinhauser

August 1, 2016

Proposed federal, state accountability systems could again clash

A new analysis says federal system would discount California's school climate, college and career indicators.

John Fensterwald