CAP-Ed provides a broad range of services to both state policy makers and local school and district educators. CAP-Ed helps schools and other education organizations synthesize current research, conduct research, evaluate programs, develop reform and school improvement strategies and implement them.

State Policy Development and Support
District Level Support
Under Development
 
 
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State Policy Development and Support
Papers to Support The P-16 Council Design of a Plan to Close The Achievement Gap
The California Department of Education, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s P-16 Council have asked the University of California (UC) to call upon researchers and experts from throughout the UC system and beyond to produce a set of 10 papers providing research information that can help guide policy for closing the achievement gap. The first paper in this series, Narrowing the Multiple Achievement Gaps in California: Ten Goals for the Long Haul was written by Norton Grubb of UC Berkeley as an overview piece. The remaining papers will be completed in March 2008. View a list of authors and research questions being addressed.

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District Level Support
CAP-Ed provides direct support to both school districts and to education leaders. For example, at the district level, CAP-Ed is assisting the Davis Joint Unified School District with improving its program of English learner (EL) education. The work, funded by the district and UC Davis, began as an in-depth study of EL achievement, services, and instruction, continued with assistance in developing a pilot program based on study recommendations, and continues as a rigorous evaluation of the implementation and results of the pilot.

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Under Development
CAP-Ed has a number of projects under development, including an executive leadership program and PhD fellowships. Stay tuned for updates!