The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - 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 the greatest impacts being among the lowest ‑performing schools where coaching was implemented for a number of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - This  is an increase of 9.8  percent over the 2010 ‑11 level (the low point during the Great Recession). Coupled with the effects of statewide declining student enrollment, the statewide student ‑to ‑teacher ratio, in turn, has dropped every year since its peak in 2010 ‑11  when it was 23:1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - This is an increase of 9. 8  p ercent over the 2010 ‑ 11 l evel (the low point during the Great Recession). Coupled with the effects of declining student enrollment, the statewide student ‑to ‑teacher ratio, in turn, has dropped every year since its peak in 2010 ‑11 (23:1).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

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

Feb 15, 2022 - A 2010 study from the RAND Corporation examined the impact of state ‑funded literacy coaches placed in Florida middle schools on student reading test scores between 2002 and 2006. The study found positive impacts for two student cohorts analyzed, whereas the other two cohorts showed essentially no impact on student reading.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, an estimated  172 million trees have died in California’s forests since 2010 due to multiple years of low moisture and drought conditions, high temperatures, and resulting bark beetle infestations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Computer Science Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - California adopted the Common Core State Standards for math and English in 2010. Statewide assessments aligned to the new standards were first administered to students in 2014 ‑15. In the first year of testing, 33  percent of students met or exceeded standards in math, while 44  percent met or exceeded standards in English.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4198