Stanford University, PACE to release Getting Down To Facts II Report on California PreK-12 Education

DESCRIPTION:

Teleconference with Web Conference Slide Presentation and Q&A Session

WHAT:

Stanford University and national researcher consortium to release in-depth status report on California's K-12 education system

Beneficial advances in standards and funding models noted but improvement still needed to close gaps on several fronts, fact-finding effort reveals

WHEN:

Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, 9:30 a.m. PDT

PLEASE DIAL IN 10 MIN BEFORE.

WHERE:

View slides and participate on online Q&A session

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/792476608

Or Telephone: Dial: +1 650 724 9799 (US, Canada, Caribbean Toll) or +1 833 302 1536 (US, Canada, Caribbean Toll Free), Meeting ID: 792 476 608

WHO:

Dr. Susanna Loeb, Principal Investigator, Getting Down to Facts, 2007 and 2018

Dr. Heather Hough, Executive Director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), Data & Continuous Improvement 

Dr. Christopher Edley, Jr., Opportunity Institute and University of California, Berkeley, Equity 

Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute, Workforce

Dr. Jennifer Imazeki, San Diego State University, Finance

Dr. Deborah Stipek, Stanford University, Early Childhood Education

Dr. Lucrecia Santibanez, Claremont Graduate University, English Learners

Dr. Cory Koedel, University of Missouri, Pensions

Dr. Julie Marsh, University of Southern California, California's Local Control Funding Formula/Standards

MORE:

Leading researchers will reveal findings contained in a report comprising 35 studies on the effects of reforms adopted over the past decade in California's K-12 education system. Entitled Getting Down to Facts II, the report serves as a sequel to the 2007 Getting Down to Facts report whose findings compelled sweeping changes to the state's K-12 system.

More than 100 researchers from across the nation examined a variety of reforms including the state's revamped academic standards, transformed models for education funding and accountability, localized flexibility in finance and overall student success. Researchers from top universities will be available to media to provide detailed information regarding their respective research findings. Researchers in various areas of expertise were tasked to identify what is working well in the system and where adjustments and investments are still needed in order to best serve California students and close achievement gaps.

Findings from GDTF II are intended to provide data and analysis to inform policy experts and lawmakers as they determine how to continue to improve the nation's largest K-12 public education system for 6.2 million children.

VISUALS:

Download full reports and supplementary materials at GDTF II.