California school classes fall despite the increase in costs

As academic researchers continue to explore what happened to public education during and after the Covid19 pandemic, they confirm the harsh reality of decline in such basic skills as reading and mathematics.

California schools are no exception as the most recent data from Main Card for Education RecoveryA joint project is opened at Harvard University and Stanford University.

Combining the results of national and state academic tests, studies have found that the average achievement of students in California remains 31% of the equivalent of assessment behind the levels of 2019 in mathematics and 40% of the equivalent of reading assessment.

However, some school systems in California have distorted trends. Compton Unified serving one of the most overwhelming communities in southern California was Excluded because of its progress Both reading and mathematics.

“Between 2022 and 2024 Compton Unified, there is a stable rise in the performance of students in standardized mathematics tests, and their reading results are observed by a pandema after a pandemic – an improvement that does not surprise District Chief Darin Browli, who runs The Read The theme of the region of 2012, “the Edsource, a website dedicated to the problems of education in California, reports.

“Brawley attributes the growth of the area of ​​current diagnostic evaluations in both the arts in English and in mathematics, allocating resources based on the presentation of students and bringing in line with the district standards to the state dashboard.”

“The achievements of Unified Unified Compton are really inspiring,” Los Angeles Durasso County Chief Daurdo told EdScource. “Their impressive degree of completion, combined with significant academic growth and a strong focus on the willingness for college and career … demonstrates a deep commitment to the success of students.”

Compton was not alone to go against the grain. Researchers reported that 31% of California students attend areas evaluating levels in 2019 in mathematics, with 12% of students in areas estimated above 2019 in reading and 10% in areas in areas that were being read They restored both. “

Compton and other bright spots tell us that the California public education system with nearly 6 million students is not necessarily doomed. Although the education institution insists that California should spend more – much more – to increase achievements, the fact that some school districts can do it at the current level of finance shows that there is more than the equation than money.

One way to look at the connection of academic achievements and money is what the private sector calls “return on investment”. By chance, another educational research project does just that.

The Edunomics Laboratory at George Washington University calculated how well the school systems provide academic results in connection with how much money they spent since 2013.

California, unfortunately, not doing well against other countries. Edunomics says that while California has increased the cost of students by 102% since 2013, understanding of reading remains flat, while mathematical skills have dropped on the basis of federal academic tests.

California is not alone, as most states observe academic downturns during the period, but the lack of return on investment stands out, as a 102% increase in students’ costs is almost double as large as the national increase of 56% and almost three times by -big from the percentage of inflation.

Brian Brennan, CEO of 21st Century AllianceA California organization that encourages the management reform and released Edunomics data said: “Anyone who advocates more dollars for education in California should be right with the public: will they provide new investments better than those of the latter A decade? Or do we just do more of the same and hope for a different result? “

Brennan cites the defeat of the legislation, which would require the science of reading – in essence, Phoninic – to teach reading in California as an example of official neglect. The Powerful Association of Teachers in California has led to the opposition of legislation, Bill 2222 of the Assemblywho died in the Assembly Education Committee a year ago without a vote.