Media Coverage

On September 30, 2022 Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1868 (Rivas) into law which means the picture of English learner (EL) performance in California is about to become much clearer. Starting in […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law, that will break down academic achievement data for subgroups of English learners. Assembly Bill 1868 requires the California Department of Education to report […]

California fourth graders trail the nation in reading, and half of its third graders, including two-thirds of Black students and 61% of Latino students, do not read at grade level. Yet, California is not […]

A bill that would give the public more information about academic achievement for subgroups of English learners passed the Legislature and is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Assembly Bill […]

A bill that would have helped school districts open more dual-language immersion programs fizzled in the California State Assembly this month, crushing the hopes of many advocates of bilingual education. […]

California could soon get a deeper understanding of how students at different stages of learning English are doing in school. A bill currently in the Legislature, Assembly Bill 1868, would require […]