REPORTS

San Diego Reports

San Diego County and North County School Districts Graduation and A-G Completion Rates. Chart prepared by the Education Consortium Research Committee, led by the National Latino Research Center at CSU San Marcos.

College Knowledge Survey of Local High School Students. Survey conducted by Education Consortium student volunteers from UCSD.

General Reports

Education Watch - California. By Ed Trust-West (2006). Provides key education facts and figures including achievement, attainment and opportunity information from elementary school through college.

A-G Reports

A-G Courses. Online guides provided by the University of California.

The A-G Curriculum: College-Prep? Work-Prep? Life-Prep. By Ed Trust-West (2004). A guide to learn about the A-G curriculum and why all high school students need it.

Are California High Schools Ready for the 21st Century? By Ed Trust-West (2004). Examines how well high schools are preparing students for the workforce, looking at graduation rates, course completions and student achievements. Includes a "Curriculum Opportunity Index" which measures how much access high schools provide to A-G courses. To see how individual schools and school districts perform, go to the Raising the Roof web link.

In Their Own Words: Why Students and Parents Want and Need Rigorous Coursework in California High Schools. By Ed Trust-West (2006). Targeted at policy makers to persuade them to adopt state legislation that supports A-G curriculum for all.

Implementation of the A-G Initiative in LAUSD 2006-07." By LAUSD (2008). A study of the A-G Initiative in its first year of implementation that describes a baseline of educational conditions for further implementation.

Preparing LAUSD High School Students for the 21st Century Economy: We Have the Way, but Do We Have the Will? By Ed Trust-West. Dispels myths about why the A-G curriculum cannot be implemented for all students in LAUSD.

Multiple Pathway Reports

Why Pathways? A better approach to transforming high school education in California. By ConnectEd (2008). A guide to learning about multiple pathways and how curriculum can better engage students by integrating academic and technical education.

Expanding Pathways. By ConnectEd (2008). A policy guide on how to expand the pathways available to students.