A series of ten papers and policy briefs prepared through a collaboration between the California Department of Education and the University of California organized by the UC Davis School of Education Center for Applied Policy in Education. Presented on April 18, 2008 at a UC Davis School of Education CAP-Ed Symposium.

P-16 Papers and Authors:

• Narrowing The Multiple Achievement Gaps in California: Ten Goals For the Long Haul – Norton W. Grubb
• State Policies for Closing the Achievement Gap – David N. Plank et al.
• State Policies for Closing the Achievement Gap, Policy Brief – David N. Plank et al.
• A False Dilemma: Should Decisions about Education Resource Use Be Made at the State or Local Level? – Thomas Timar & Marguerite Roza
• A False Dilemma- Policy Brief – Thomas Timar & Margueritte Roza
• The Achievement Gap in California: Context, Status, and Approaches for Improvement – Eva Baker et al.
• The Achievement Gap in California – Policy Brief – Eva Baker et al.
• Teaching All of California’s Children Well: Teachers and Teaching to Close the Achievement Gap – Julie Maxwell-Jolly & Patricia Gándara with Socorro Shiels.
• Teaching All of California’s Children Well – Policy Brief – Julie Maxwell-Jolly & Patricia Gándara
• Accessing High-Quality Instructional Strategies – Edmund Hamann & Janelle Reeves
• Accessing High-Quality Instructional Strategies - Policy Brief – Edmund Hamann & Janelle Reeves
• Organizational Strategies for Addressing California’s Educational Achievement Gap – Douglas Mitchell et al.
• Organizational Strategies – Policy Brief – Douglas Mitchell et al.
• School Climate and Student Achievement – Susan Yonezawa et al.
• School Climate and Student Achievement – Policy Brief – Susan Yonezawa, et al.
• Improving High Schools as a Strategy for Closing California’s Achievement Gap – Russell Rumberger
• Improving High Schools - Policy Brief – Russell Rumberger
• Partnering With Communities to Promote Student Success – Nancy Erbstein & Elizabeth Miller
• Partnering With Communities – Policy Brief – Nancy Erbstein & Elizabeth Miller