Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - Other Achievement Gaps Several Other Student Groups Also Have Relatively Low Test Scores. In spring 2018, average standardized test scores of low ‑income students were at the 39th percentile of all test takers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

The 2018-19 Budget: Commission on Teacher Credentialing—Administrator Performance Assessment

Apr 12, 2018 - The administration indicates that another year of field testing is justified because: (1)  field tests conducted thus far are inadequate to develop accurate passing scores for the APA, and (2)  credential programs are insufficiently prepared to implement the APA in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3809

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The 2018-19 Budget 2018 ‑19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The federal government recently released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that the state provides to certain school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - Under the revised 2016-17 estimates, Test 3 remains operative, with the state creating a new maintenance factor obligation of $ 838 million (slightly more than the $746 million assumed in the June budget package). 2015-16 Spending Reduced Primarily by Scoring Some One-Time Payments to 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Research Suggests Literacy Coaches Could Improve Student Reading … Various studies suggest that literacy coaches can improve student reading test scores if experienced coaches are placed in the lowest performing schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2019-20 Budget: Special Education Teaching Performance Assessment

Apr 30, 2019 - The ongoing cost of administering and scoring the assessment would be covered by fees paid by test takers. The CTC intends the special education TPA fee to be comparable to the existing TPA fee, which is currently $300 per test taker.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4022

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Various studies suggest that math and literacy coaches can improve student test scores if experienced coaches are placed in the lowest ‑performing schools. For example, a 2010  study from the RAND Corporation found that literacy coaches placed in Florida middle schools improved student reading test scores for some students, with
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 7, 2018 - To measure performance, the state currently looks at student test scores, English learner progress, graduation rates, and suspension rates. Beginning next year, the state also will look at chronic absenteeism and the rate of high school graduates prepared for college/career.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3741

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - These other reimbursable costs include ongoing monitoring of computing devices and Internet speeds to ensure they meet minimum requirements, scoring and transmitting tests, reporting additional test ‑related information to the state ’s testing contractor or CDE, notifying parents that their children are not required to take the assessments, and reviewing training materials and documents related to administering the exams.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549