Career Technical Education
Boochever, A., Reed, S., & Kurlaender, M. (2023, November).
Career Technical Education among California high school
graduates [Infographic]. Policy Analysis for California
Education.
Reed, S., Dougherty, S., Kurlaender, M., & Mathias, J. (2018,
September).
A portrait of career technical education pathway completers
[Report]. Getting Down to Facts II. Policy Analysis for
California Education.
Grosz, M., Kurlaender, M., & Stevens, A. (2018, September).
Capacity and
flexibility in CTE programs: Program offerings and student
success (Working Paper). California Education Lab, Davis,
California.
Grosz, M. (2018, August). Do postsecondary training
programs respond to changes in the labor market? (Working
Paper). California Education Lab, Davis, California.
California’s Public School Students & Schools
Public Schools and the Students They Serve
Luu, J., Wyels, K., Hurtt, A., Reed, S., & Kurlaender, M. (2023,
June).
Exploring alternative schooling in California. Presentation
prepared for the Stuart Foundation. California Education Lab,
Davis, California.
Reed, S., Luu, J., Hurtt, A., Olaffsen-Goldberg, E., &
Kurlaender, M. (2022, August).
A portrait of California’s adolescents and the schools that serve
them. Presentation prepared for the Stuart Foundation.
California Education Lab, Davis, California.
Reed, S. (2021, March). Beyond the white
picket fence: A picture of suburban schools in
California. California Education Lab, Davis, California.
Student Perspectives
Hurtt, A., Kurlaender, M., Sun, C., & Zhou, B. (2024, March).
The
transition to college: Voices from the class of 2023 [Policy
Brief]. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Reed, S., Friedmann, E., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, F., Rury, D.,
Moldoff, J., Fuller, R., & Perry, P. (2021, June).
California college students’ experiences during the
global pandemic [Report]. California Student Aid
Commission, Sacramento, California.
Reed, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., Rury, D., Hernandez
Negrete A., Perry, P., Moldoff, J., & Fuller, R. (2020,
December).
College uncertainties: California high school seniors in spring
2020 [Report]. California Student Aid Commission, Sacramento,
California.
California Student Aid Commission (2020, July). COVID-19 student survey
[Report]. California Student Aid Commission, Sacramento,
California.
Pandemic Response
Hurtt, A., Reed, S., Dykeman, K., & Luu, J. (2023). Ensuring educational
continuity in the midst of crisis: Policy and planning during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Educational Policy. Advance online
publication.
Hurtt, A., Reed, S., Dykeman, K., & Luu, J. (2022, June).
From
policy to plans: Supporting students during COVID-19 [Policy
Brief]. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Reed, S., Hurtt, A., Hibel, J., & Garrett, D. (2022, June).
Serving English learners during the COVID-19 pandemic
[Report]. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Hurtt, A., Cohen, K. & Reed, S. (2021, March).
Early pandemic responses in California: Identifying the
structural and instructional changes in K-12 [Report]. Policy
Analysis for California Education.
Charter Schools
Boochever, A. & Rose, H. (2023).
Student-teacher ethnoracial matching at charter and traditional
public schools. Journal of School Choice, 17(3), 324-351.
Reed, S. & Rose, H. (2020). Serving the
underserved? Student characteristics and staffing patterns in
California charter schools. Journal of School Choice, 14(2),
190-227.
Reed, S., & Rose, H. (2018). Lessons in
charter school accountability: Evidence from California.
Journal of School Choice, 12(3), 355-381.
Reed, S., & Rose, H. (2015). Charter school
spending and saving in California. Journal of School Choice,
9(3), 407-445.
School Quality
Carrell, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., & Naven, M. (2021).
The impact of school quality on postsecondary success: Evidence
in the era of common core (Working Paper). California
Education Lab, University of California, Davis.
Naven, M. (2020). Within-school
heterogeneity in quality: Do schools provide equal value added to
all students? (MPRA Paper 100123). Munich Personal RePEc
Archive.
Naven, M. (2019). Human capital
formation during childhood and adolescence: Evidence from school
quality and postsecondary success in California (MPRA Paper
97716). Munich Personal RePEc Archive.
Other Work
Reed, S. (2019, January).
Special education in California schools: The challenges and
solutions from multiple perspectives. [Practice Brief].
Policy Analysis for California Education.
Coburn, C. Friedmann, E., & Stipek, D. (2018, November).
Fostering
pre-K to elementary alignment and continuity in mathematics in
urban school districts: Challenges and possibilities
[Practice Brief]. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Reed, S. (2018, January).
Community collaboration in teacher recruitment and retention
[Continuous Improvement Brief]. Policy Analysis for California
Education.
Harris, K., Hovis, S., Krausen, K., Chida, B., Reed, S., Wilson,
A., & King, J. (2016, October).
In school + on track 2016: Attorney General’s 2016 report on
California’s elementary school truancy and absenteeism
crisis. Special report produced by California Attorney
General’s Office.
Student Success and Persistence in College: The Role of Faculty
Carrell, S. E., & Kurlaender, M. (2023). My professor cares:
Experimental evidence on the role of faculty engagement.
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 15(4), 113-141.
Reed, S. (2018, January).
Community collaboration in teacher recruitment and retention
[Practice Brief]. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Intersegmental Partnerships and Alignment
Reed, S., Rios-Aguilar, C., Smith Arrillaga, E., Vargas, J. &
Kurlaender, M. (2019, June).
Empowering the intersegmental agenda: Opportunities for research,
policy, and practice. [Policy Brief]. Policy Analysis for
California Education.
Reed, S., Lee, P., Kurlaender, M., & Hernandez, A. (2018, July).
Intersegmental partnerships and data sharing: Promising practices
from the field. [Policy Brief]. Policy Analysis for
California Education.
Lee, P., Reed, S., Hernandez, A. & Kurlaender, M. (2018).
Intersegmental data partnership resource guide [Practice
Resource]. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Friedmann, E. (2017, June).
Building intersegmental partnerships [Policy Brief]. Policy
Analysis for California Education.
Academic Publications
Carrell, S. and Kurlaender, M. (2022). My Professor
Cares: Experimental Evidence on the Role of
Faculty Engagement. Forthcoming, American Economic
Journal: Economic Policy.
Blazar, D., Heller, B., Kane, T. J., Polikoff, M., Staiger, D.
O., Carrell, S., … & Kurlaender, M. (2020). Curriculum
reform in the Common Core era: Evaluating elementary math
textbooks across six US states. Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management, 39(4), 966-1019.
(EJ1268634)
Kurlaender, M., Lusher, L., & Case, M. (2020).
Is Early Start A Better Start? Evaluating California State
University’s Early Start Remediation Policy. Journal of
Policy Analysis and Management, 39(2): 348-375.
Reed, S. & Rose, H. (2020). Serving
the underserved? Student characteristics and staffing patterns in
California charter schools. Journal of School
Choice, 14(2), 190-227.
Carrell, S., & Kurlaender, M. (2019). Estimating the Productivity
of Community Colleges in Paving the Road to Four-Year College
Success. In Hoxby, C. & Stange, K.
(Eds.): Productivity in Higher Education, National
Bureau of Economic Research, The University of Chicago
Press.
Hart, C.M.D., Friedmann, E.A.Z., & Hill, M. (2018). Online
Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community
Colleges. Education Finance and
Policy, 13(1): 42-71.
Kurlaender, M. (2018, September 11).
High expectations demand high support: Strengthening college
readiness at the California state universities.
EducationNext.
https://www.educationnext.org/high-expectations-demand-high-support-strengthening-college-readiness-california-state-universities
Kurlaender, M. & Hibel, J. (2018). Students’
Educational Pathways: Aspirations, Decisions, and Constrained
Choices Along the Education Life course. Sociology of
Education in the 21st Century, Barbara
Schneider and Guan Saw (Eds.).
Kurlaender, M., Reed, S., Cohen, K., & Ballis, B. (2018).
College Readiness in the Era of Common Core.
Getting Down to Facts II. Policy Analysis for
California Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Reed, S., Dougherty, S., Kurlaender, M., & Mathias, J. (2018).
A Portrait of Career Technical Education Pathway
Completers. Getting Down to Facts II.
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University,
Palo Alto, California.
Reed, S. & Rose, H. (2018).
Lessons in charter school accountability: Evidence from
California. Journal of School Choice.
Stevens, A., Kurlaender, M., & Grosz, M. (2018).
Career technical education and labor market outcomes: Evidence
from California community colleges. Journal of Human
Resources, 54(4).
Friedmann, E., Kurlaender, M. & VanOmmeren, A. (2016). Addressing
college readiness gaps at the college door. New
Directions for Community Colleges, 176, 45-52.
Kurlaender, M., Carrell, S., & Jackson, J. (2016).
The promises and pitfalls of measuring community college
quality. The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the
Social Sciences, 2(1): 174-190.
Kurlaender, M., Friedmann, E. & Chang, T. (2015). Access and
diversity at the University of California in the post-affirmative
action era. In U. M. Jayakumar & L. M. Garces (with F.
Fernandez) (Eds.), Affirmative Action and Racial Equity:
Considering the Evidence in Fisher to Forge the Path Ahead.
New York: NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Kurlaender, M., Howell, J., & Jackson, J. (2015) Improving
Collegiate Outcomes at Broad-Access Institutions: Lessons for
Research and Practice. In M. L. Stevens & M. W. Kirst (Eds.),
Remaking
College: The Changing Ecology of Higher Education. Stanford
University Press.
Reed, S., & Rose, H. (2015).
Charter school spending and saving in California. Journal
of School Choice, 9(3), 407-445.
Kurlaender, M., Jackson, J., Howell, J., & Grodsky, E. (2014).
College course scarcity and time to degree. Economics of
Education Review, 41: 24-39.
Jackson, J. & Kurlaender, M. (2014). College
readiness and college completion at broad access four-year
institutions. American Behavioral
Scientist, 58(8): 947-971.
Kurlaender, M. (2014). Assessing
the promise of California’s Early Assessment Program for
community colleges. Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, 655:36-55.
Policy and Research Briefs
A Rising Tide, Appendix of County-level Stats. (2021,
September). Davis, CA: California Education Lab and
Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and
Research, University of California, Davis, and Palo Alto, CA:
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University.
https://education.ucdavis.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/a_rising_tide_county_appendix_final_2_1.pdf
A Rising Tide, a Data Update on California Dual
Enrollment. (2020, December). Davis, CA:
Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and
Research.
https://edpolicyinca.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/ig_wheelhousedec2020.pdf
Kurlaender, M., Reber, S. & Rothstein, J. (April 22, 2020).
UC Regents Should Consider All Evidence and Options in Decision
on Admissions Policy. Commentary. Policy Analysis for California
Education (PACE).
Friedmann, E., Kurlaender, M., Li, A., & Rumberger, R. (January
2020). A Leg Up on College: The Scale
and Distribution of Community College Participation Among
California High School Students. Research Brief, Wheelhouse:
The Center for Community College Leadership and Research.
Kurlaender, M., Reed, S., Hurtt, A. (2019, August). Improving
College Readiness: Leveraging Research to Inform
Practice. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Rios-Aguilar, C., Kurlaender, M., Lyke, A., Martinez, T. (2019,
June). College
Affordability in Every Corner of California: Perspectives from
the 2019 PACE/USC Rossier Poll. Policy Analysis for
California Education.
Reed, S., Rios-Aguilar, C., Smith Arrillaga, E., Vargas, J. &
Kurlaender, M. (2019, June).
Empowering the intersegmental agenda: Opportunities for
research, policy, and practice. PACE Continuous
Improvement Brief. Policy Analysis for California
Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Kurlaender, M., Hurtt, A., & Reed, S. (2019, April).
K-12 content standards, assessment and accountability in
California: A short primer for higher education. Research
Brief. Palo Alto, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education,
Stanford University.
https://edpolicyinca.org/sites/default/files/PACE%20Infographic%20-%20K-12%20Standards%20201904.pdf
Blazar, D., Heller, B., Kane, T., Polikoff, M., Staiger, D.,
Carrell, S., Goldhaber, D., Harris, D., Hitch, R., Holden, K., &
Kurlaender, M. (2019, March).
Learning by the book: Comparing math achievement growth by
textbook in six common core states. Research Brief. Boston,
MA: Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University.
https://cepr.harvard.edu/files/cepr/files/cepr-curriculum-report_learning-by-the-book.pdf
Kurlaender, M., & Cohen, K., (2019, March). Predicting
college success: How do different high school assessments
measure up? Research Brief, Policy Analysis for
California Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto,
California.
Reed, S. (2019, January).
Special education in California schools: The challenges
and solutions from multiple perspectives. PACE
Continuous Improvement Brief. Policy Analysis for
California Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Coburn, C. Friedmann, E., & Stipek, D. (2018, November).
Fostering Pre-K to Elementary Alignment and Continuity in
Mathematics in Urban School Districts: Challenges and
Possibilities. Policy Analysis for California
Education.
Reed, S., Lee, P., Kurlaender, M., & Hernandez, A. (2018,
July). Intersegmental
partnerships and data sharing: Promising practices from the
field. Policy Analysis for California Education.
Friedmann, E. & Martorell, P. (2018, April).
Money left on the table. Wheelhouse Center for Community
College Leadership and Research, 3(3).
Baker, R., Friedmann, E. & Kurlaender, M. (2018, March).
Associate degrees for transfer: A snapshot of progress across
California community colleges. Wheelhouse Center for
Community College Leadership and Research, 3(1).
Kurlaender, M., Carrell, S., & Jackson, J. (2018, March).
College quality: The promises and pitfalls of
measurement. Wheelhouse Center for Community College
Leadership and Research. 3(2).
Kurlaender, M., Kramer, K.A., Jackson, E. (2018,
March). Predicting
college success: How do different high school assessments
measure up? Policy Analysis for California
Education.
Reed, S. (2018, January). Community
collaboration in teacher recruitment and retention. Policy
Analysis for California Education.
Friedmann, E. (2017, June). Building
intersegmental partnerships. Policy Analysis for
California Education.
Harris, K., Hovis, S., Krausen, K., Chida, B., Reed, S., Wilson,
A., & King, J. (2016, October).
In School + On Track 2016: Attorney General’s 2016 report
on California’s elementary school truancy and absenteeism
crisis. Special report produced by California Attorney
General’s Office.
Research Reports
Reed, S. (2021, March). Beyond the White
Picket Fence: A Picture of Suburban Schools in
California.
Hurtt, A., Cohen, K. & Reed, S. (2021, March).
Early Pandemic Responses in California: Identifying the
Structural and Instructional Changes in K-12. Policy
Analysis for California Education, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, California.
Reed, S., Grosz, M., Kurlaender, M. & Cooper, S. (2021,
March). A Portrait of Student
Parents in the California Community Colleges.
Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and
Research, Davis. California.
Reed, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., Rury, D., Hernandez
Negrete A., Perry, P., Moldoff, J., & Fuller, R. (2020,
December).
College Uncertainties: California High School Seniors in
Spring 2020. California Student Aid
Commission, Sacramento, California.
California Student Aid Commission, COVID-19 Student Survey,
July 2020.
Reed, S., Kurlaender, M., & Carrell, S. (2019). Strengthening
the Road to College: California’s College Readiness
Standards and Lessons from District Leaders. Palo Alto,
CA: Policy Analysis for California Education.
Asim, M., Kurlaender, M., & Reed, S. (2019,
August). 12th
Grade Course-taking and the Distribution of Opportunity for
College Readiness in Mathematics. Policy Analysis for
California Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Kurlaender, M., Reed, S., Hurtt, A. (2019, August). Improving
College Readiness: A Research Summary and Implications for
Practice. Policy Analysis for California Education,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Kurlaender, M., Reed, S., Cohen, K., Naven, M., Martorell, P., &
Carrell, S. (2018, December).
Where California high school students attend college. Policy
Analysis for California Education, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, California.
Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., & Reed, S. (2016, June
27). High
school exit exams: A review of the literature, current
state reforms, and analysis of California assessment data (CAHSEE
& SBAC). Report submitted to California Department of
Education.
Kurlaender, M., Wahleithner, J. M., & Krausen, K.
(2016). Literacy development and school reform at Kit
Carson middle school: Final evaluation
report. California Academic Partnership Program,
California State University: Long Beach, CA.
Reed, S., Kurlaender, M., & Hurtt, A. (2016, September
7). Are
A-G requirements an indicator of college readiness?
Memo submitted to California Department of Education.
Presentations
Kurlaender, M. (June 2019).
Symposium, Bakke at 40: Diversity, Difference and Doctrine,
U.C. Davis Law Review, 52(5): 2249-2253.
Kurlaender, M. (May 14, 2019). Testimony to the Assembly
Committee on the Judiciary, California Legislature.
Reed, S. (2019, September 18). 12th Grade Course-taking and
the Distribution of Opportunity for College Readiness in
Mathematics. Invited Presentation, State Board of Education,
Sacramento, CA.
Baker, R., Friedmann, E. & Kurlaender, M. (2020,
March). The
Effect of California’s Associate Degrees for Transfer on BA
Receipt and Efficiency. Association of Education
Finance and Policy.
Kurlaender, M., & Cohen, K., (2019, February 26). Predicting
College Success: How Do Different High School Assessments Measure
Up? Invited Presentation, Board of Admissions and
Relations with Schools at University of California, Oakland, CA.
Grosz, M., Kurlaender, M., & Stevens, A. (2019, March). Capacity and flexibility in
CTE programs: Program offerings and student
success. American Education Finance & Policy
Conference, March 2019, Kansas City, KS.
Carrell, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., & Naven, M. (2018,
December 14). The Impact of
School Quality on Postsecondary Success: Evidence in the
Era of Common Core. Hawaii Applied Microeconomics
Conference 2018.
Reed, S., Lee, P., & Hernandez, A. (2018, November 13).
Partnerships in
College and Career Readiness. Keynote
Address. California Educational Research Association
Annual Conference 2018.
Kurlaender, M., Reed, S., Isler, J., Hurtt, A., Asim, M., &
Mathias, J. (2018, November 13). Academic Rigor in
12th Grade Course Enrollment. Breakout
Session. California Educational Research Association Annual
Conference 2018.
Naven, M. (2018, November 9). Human Capital Formation
During Childhood and Adolescence: Evidence from School
Quality and Postsecondary Success in California.
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management 2018 Fall
Research Conference.
Asim, M., & Kurlaender, M. (2018, November 5).
Mathematics Course Taking Among California 12th Grade
Students. Invited Presentation, Just Equations
Conference—The Mathematics of Opportunity, Oakland, CA.
Kurlaender, M. (2018, October 15). College
Readiness in the Era of Common Core. Getting Down to
Facts II Conference. Sacramento, CA.
Reed, S. (2018, October 15). A
Portrait of Career Technical Education Pathway
Completers. Getting Down to Facts II Conference.
Sacramento, CA.
Carrell, S. Kurlaender, M., Martorell, F., & Naven, M. (2018,
March 15). School Quality in
California Under Common Core Standards. American
Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual
Conference. Portland, OR.
Kurlaender, M., Jackson, E. & Kramer, K. A. (2018, January
24).
Predicting College Performance – SBAC and SAT. Invited
presentation to California Department of Education. Sacramento,
CA.
Kurlaender, M. & Reed, S. (2017, December 18). College & career
readiness: California’s CORE Districts. Invited
presentation on at CORE Districts Data Team Convening.
Hurtt, A., Reed, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., & Naven, M.
(2017, April). Reinvestigating the
achievement gap: An analysis of student performance on the SBAC
and CAHSEE. Paper presented at the American Educational
Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Carrell, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., Naven, M. (2017,
March 16). School
Quality in California Under Common Core Standards.
Presentation at American Association for Education Finance and
Policy Annual Conference. Washington, DC.
Kurlaender, M. & Martorell, P. (May 17, 2016).
High School Graduation Requirements: A Nationwide Scan & A
Closer Look at CAHSEE & SBAC. Invited presentation at
Pathways to Graduation Advisory Panel. Sacramento,
CA.
Kurlaender, M. & Martorell, P. (February 23,
2016).
High School Exit Exams: What do We Know? Invited
presentation at Pathways to Graduation Advisory
Panel. Los Angeles, CA.
Working Papers
Asim, M., Ballis, B., Carrell, S., Kurlaender, M., & Martorell,
P. (2022). How do students respond to signals of college
readiness? Evidence from California’s Early Assessment
Program. (Working Paper). Davis, CA: California Education
Lab, University of California, Davis.
Grosz, M., Kurlaender, M., & Stevens, A. (2018). Capacity
and flexibility in CTE programs: Program offerings and student
success. Working Paper. Davis, CA:
California Education Lab, University of California, Davis.
Carrell, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., & Naven, M. (2021).
The impact of school quality on postsecondary success:
Evidence in the era of common core. (Working
Paper). Davis, CA: California Education Lab, University
of California, Davis.
https://education.ucdavis.edu/sites/main/files/carrell_kurlaender_martorell_naven_-_valueadded.pdf
Carrell, S., Kurlaender, M., Martorell, P., & Naven, M. (2018).
The
impacts of high school quality on postsecondary outcomes:
Evidence in the era of Common Core. Working
Paper. Davis, CA: California Education Lab,
University of California, Davis.
Dykeman, K. (2020, January). Predicting short term
college outcomes. Dissertation Chapter. Davis, CA:
California Education Lab, University of California, Davis.
Grosz, M. (2018). Do postsecondary training
programs respond to changes in the labor
market? Working Paper. Davis, CA:
California Education Lab, University of California, Davis.
Grosz, M. (2017).The returns to a large
community college program: Evidence from admissions
lotteries. Working Paper. Davis, CA:
California Education Lab, University of California, Davis.
Hurtt, A. (2018, April). Academic rigor and English
course-taking: A descriptive analysis of differential enrollment
patterns. Paper presented at the American Educational
Research Association, New York, NY.
Kurlaender, M., Reber, S., Smith, E., & Ugo, I. (forthcoming).
Understanding gender gaps in college enrollment. (Working Paper).
Davis, CA: California Education Lab, University of California,
Davis.
Li, A. (2023). Remedial
education reform in California and community college student
outcomes. (Working Paper). Davis, CA: California
Education Lab, University of California, Davis.
Naven, M. (2019). Human capital
formation during childhood and adolescence: Evidence from school
quality and postsecondary success in
California (MPRA Paper 97716). Munich Personal
RePEc Archive. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/286141526.pdf
Naven, M. (2020). Within-school
heterogeneity in quality: Do schools provide equal value added to
all students? (MPRA Paper 100123). Munich Personal
RePEc Archive. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/322884139.pdf
