Utilizing hard-hitting reports and data presentations, the Education Trust-West shines a spotlight on achievement and opportunity gaps and how these gaps can be closed.
|
Data Tools & Web Resources
|
Featured Reports & Presentations |
|
Making California Data Work: A Parent & Community Guide to Finding the Truth in Data Click Here |
Achievement in California 2008 - August 14, 2008 Click Here to view the press release. Click Here to view the full report
|
|
Raise the Roof on public school houses in California Click Here
|
The 2005 Education Trust-West Series on Hidden Teacher Spending Gaps in California Click Here |
|
ETW webtool that uncovers the truth about California's Graduation Rates
Click Here
|
"A-G for All...Bringing the LA Movement to Your Backyard"
Click Here
|
|
ETW quick reference guide to the California High School Exit Exam
Click Here |
|
WHAT’S NEW IN THE NEWS
Supporters of the algebra policy expressed disappointment. "It's incomprehensible that we have to argue about teaching kids more," said Russlynn Ali, executive director of Oakland-based Education Trust-West, a nonprofit advocacy and research group.
Report urges database on state's students
The Sacramento Bee
12/19/08
"We spend $60 billion annually on public education, and we know from No Child Left Behind that our schools are not doing well, especially in serving children of color," said Russlynn Ali, executive director for Education Trust West, a national educational policy organization that supports the report. "We know the outcome data, but very little about how to fix these problems … we can't do schools better unless we do data better."
The Education Trust-West Response to McKinsey Report released on 12/18/08
Click Here to read the press statement
SF Schools Chief Wants Higher Bar for Grads
San Francisco Chronicle
11/20/08
San Jose Unified is the only urban district to currently require it. There, starting with the class of 2003, students have had to pass the A-G courses to get a diploma, and 66 percent have met the UC and CSU requirement of a C or better in each class. "Every myth that we hear about increasing high school expectations - that kids will drop out - that is debunked," said Russlynn Ali, executive director of the Education Trust-West, an Oakland nonprofit focused on closing the achievement gap. "When you give kids the right support, when you give teachers the right support, graduation rates will rise."
Growth Data for Teachers Under Review
Education Week
10/20/08 - Russlynn Ali, the executive director of Education Trust-West, which lobbies for better education for poor children, said her Oakland, Calif., organization challenges that interpretation of the law. “We are going to need a judicial opinion to decide this, because there is too much confusion and too much vitriol,” said Ms. Ali, whose organization supports the use of value-added data to identify excellent teachers. Experts also are concerned about the potential for such laws to hinder research.
News... Grier Eyes a Tiered System of Diplomas to Curb Dropouts
Voice of San Diego
10/21/08 - Remington Gladney spent almost two years out of school before Garfield High School offered him an unexpected path to his diploma. He could graduate at the alternative Garfield school with far fewer credits than at San Diego High, the school he was "kicked out of," if he took a class at the community college and met the minimum graduation requirements set by California.