DOCUMENT RESUME ED 373 438 EA 026 048 AUTHOR Connor, Kim; Melendez, Melinda TITLE Education Reform Briefing Book. VolumeII, First Edition. Excerpts from Selected CaliforniaEducation Studies and Reports, 1983-Present. INSTITUTION California State Legislature, Sacramento.Senate Office of Research. PUB DATE Jul 94 NOTE 252p.; For Volume I, see EA 026 047. AVAILABLE FROM --;te Publications, 1020 N Street, Room B-53, Sacramento, CA 95814 (Stock No. 773-X; $8plus 7.75 percent sales tax; checks payable to SenateRules Committee). PUB TYPE Information Analyses (070)-- Reports Research/Technical (143) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; Diversity (Institutional); Educational Economics; Educational Facilities; *Educational Improvement; *EducationalQuality; Elementary Secondary Education; *Excellencein Education; High Risk Students; LimitedEnglish Speaking; Productivity; *SchoolRestructuring; Teacher Shortage ABSTRACT This is the second ofa two-volume briefing book that examines education issues in California from 1983 to the present. It includes summaries, findings, andrecommendations from selected California education studies andreports published since 1983. The material is presented verbatim.Topics include: asummary of California's Education Summit;school-to-work transitions in high school career programs; developmentof the link between education and training to jobs; support forlimited-English-speaking students; reform of categorical educationprograms; the school facilities crisis; language diversity; costsof K-12 education; school restructuring; the education of minoritystudents; programs for students with learning disabilities;programs for low-achieving schools; school readiness; middle-schoolreform; and educational excellence. (LMI) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************** EDUCATION REFORM BRIEFING BOOK Volume II, First Edition Excerpts from Selected California Education Studies and Reports, 1983-Present U 8. DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION OrbCe or EMAcalonat Flmemn and imporoverneni EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Vriusdocument has been reproduced received Irom the person or onginelmg Organization 0 Minot changes have been reproduction (malty mad* to .mprove Points -*or opinions Slated ,nlIsis docu- ment necessarily moresen: °Motel OE RI ,don or policy -PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC).- California Senate Office of Research July 1994 2 773-X BEST COPY AVAILABLE EDUCATION REFORM BRIEFING BOOK Volume II, First Edition Excerpts from SelectedCalifornia Education Studies and Reports,1983-Present Prepared by Kim Connor andMelinda Melendez California Senate Office ofResearch Elisabeth Kersten, Director Edited by Rebecca LaVally Formatted by Ginny Daley and Debra Smith July 1994 3 Education Reform Briefing Book PREFACE This is the second volume ofa two-volume Education Reform Briefing Book that looks at education issues from1983 to the present. This volume includes summaries, findings andrecom- mendations from selected California education studies andreports published since 1983. The material is presented verbatim, with permission,to assist the reader in understanding California educationissues from a variety of perspectives. The first volume of this briefing bookcontains a modern history of education reforms in California anda look at emerging issues for 1995. TABLE OF CONTENTS California Education Summit: Summary and Conclusions, Willie L. Brown, Jr., Speaker, California State Assembly, Sacramento, California, May 1994 3 Rediscovering Education: Creating Schools for the 21st Century, A Program Developed by the Teachers of California, California Teacher's Association, Sacramento, California, February 1994.... 14 School-to-Work Transition, Improving High School Career Programs, Legislative Analyst's Office, Sacramento, California, February 1994. 18 Mobilizing for Competitiveness, Linking Education and Training to Jobs, A Call for Action from the California Business Roundtable, BW Associates, January, 1994. 39 The Unfinished Journey: Restructuring Schools in a Diverse Society, California Tomorrow, San Francisco, California, 1994 47 A Chance to Succeed: Providing English Learners with Supportive Education, Little Hoover Commission, Sacramento, California, July, 1993 61. Reform of Categorical Education Programs: Principles and Recommendations, Legislative Analyst's Office, Sacramento, California, April 1993 69. California's Jobs and Future, Council on California Competitiveness, (Ueberroth Report), California, April, 1992.* 76 No Room for Johnny, A New Approach to the School Facilities Crisis, Little Hoover Commission, Sacramento, California, June 1992 94 It's Elementary! Elementary Grades Task Force Report, California Department of Education, Sacramento, California, 1992.* 97 Meeting the Challenge of Language Diversity, An Evaluation of Programs for Pupils with Limited Proficiency in English, Berman, Weiler Associates, Berkeley, California, February 1992.* 100 Second to Nene: A Vision of the New California High School, California High School Task Force, California Department of Education, Sacramento, California, 1992.* 103 Costs and Casualties of K-12 Education in California, Little Hoover Commission, Sacramento, California, June 1991. 106 "A PACE Plan for California's Schools," Conditions of Education in California 1990, Policy Analysis for California Education, Berkeley, California, April 1991 110. School Restructuring in California, The 1991-92 Budget: Perspectives and Issues, Office of the Legislative Analyst, Sacramento, California, February 1991. 113 Remedying the Shortage of Teachers for Limited-English- Proficient Students, Report to the Superintendent from the Task Force on Selected LEP Issues, California Department of Education, Sacramento, California, 1991. 115 1 California's Workforce for the Year 2000: ImprovingProductivity by Expanding Opportunities for the Education and Training of UnderservedYouth and Adults, Report of the California Workforce Literacy Task Force, Sacramento,California, November 1990.* 118 Educating Minority Students in California, DescriptiveAnalysis and Policy Implications, California Assembly Office of Research, Sacramento,California, April 1990 126 California Education Summit: Meeting the Challenge, TheSchools Respond, California Department of Education, Sacramento, California, February 1990.* 129 K-12 Education in California: A Look at Some PolicyIssues, Little Hoover Commission, Sacramento, California, February 1990 134 Alternative Programs and Strategies for Serving Studentswith Learning Disabilities and Other Learning Problems, SRI International, Menlo Park,California, March 1989.* 139 A Plan to Improve California's Lowest PerformiLgSchools, Report of the Task Force on Schools with UnderachievingStudents, Senate Committee on Education, Sacramento, California, June 1988.* 153 Report to the Governor, California Commission on EducationalQuality, Sacramento, California, June 1988.* 161 Here They Come: Ready or Not, Report of the SchoolReadiness Task Fore, California Department of Education, Sacramento, California, 1988.* 169 Return to Greatness: Strategies for Powerful Improvementsin Our Schools, Recommendations from the Commission on Public School Administration andLeadership, Association of California School Administrators, Sacramento, California, October 1988 177 Restructuring California Education, A Dt, ..,11 for PublicEducation for the Twenty-First Century, Recommendations to the California BusinessRoundtable, Berman, Weiler Associates, Berkeley, California, 1988.* 183 Caught In the Middle: Educational Reform for YounAdolescents in California Public Schools, California State Department of Education, Sacramento,California, 1987 *. 209 Report and Recommendations of the California Commission onSchool Governance and Management, Commission on School Governance and Management,Sacramento, California, May 1985.* 213 Who Will Teach Our Children? A Strategy i.or ImprovingCalifornia's Schools, The Report of the California Commission on the Teaching Profession, Sacramento,California, November 1985.* 222 Excellence for Whom?, A Report from the Planning Committeefor The Achievement Council, Oakland, California, 1984. 225 * Indicates commissioned or legislatively requested report orstudy. 2 6 February 15-16, 1994 San Francisco Summary andConclusions Willie L Brown, Jr. Speaker, Califcmia StateAssembly 7 3 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A MESSAGE FROM ASSEMBLY SPEAKER WILLIE L BROWN, JR. TheCalifornia Education Summit was a unique 2) California must be committed to a quality event. It provided educators, parents, policy education for all of its children. makers, business leaders, community leaders, and the public the opportunity to learn about 3) There are no "magic bullets" that will both the successes and the problems of immediately transform public education: it will California's public schools. take time, hard work, sacrifice, and money. But those two days in San Francisco did more 4) Public schools exist first and foremost to than simply provide information. The remarks serve the interests of students. The interests of of the presenters and panelists, as well as the adults associated with the school system be many reports and recommendations from they employees, parents, policy makers, or organizations