Education Policy Center

two students in front of a school The Education Policy Center conducts research on education reforms involving accountability, school vouchers, standards, after-school programs, technology, teacher quality, and the new increased flexibility in using federal funds.

CALDER

The National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) informs education policy development through analyses of data on individual students and teachers over time.

By taking advantage of a wealth of new data generated in the wake of increased accountability for schools, CALDER is evaluating real policies in practice and answering the perennial question asked by educators, policymakers, and the public: How do we help students succeed?
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Schools Serving Immigrant Children

Elementary school students with limited English skills are largely concentrated in 10 percent of schools. Add poverty to this educational landscape and meeting the requirements of the No Child Left Behind law gets even tougher.
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Who Graduates in California?

The 71 percent of California’s high school class of 2002 with diplomas don’t adequately reflect the population. Notably fewer come from central city districts and racially segregated communities, where less than two-thirds graduate.
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