California on Monday joined 31 states and the District of Columbia in approving new common learning standards in math and English language arts for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Math and English Language Arts and literacy standards remain strong in California and 23 other states that have reviewed and revised them since adopting the Common Core standards, according to a ...

California’s previous state standards in English language arts stressed more fiction than the Common Core standards, which require students to analyze and compare nonfiction texts to prepare them for ...

Critics ask why California schools, which received ... CDE’s latest report has 47% of students reaching state standards for English Language Arts (up from 46% the year prior), 35.6% in math ...

Countywide, students still passed standards at a rate behind state averages by more than 11 percent in ELA and close to 13 percent in math. "Monterey County students are keeping pace with or ...

2022 California test scores show 84% of Black students and 79% of Latino and low-income students did not meet state math ... and 30% met standards on English language arts, compared with 33% in 2019.

As I noted this morning, a California commission yesterday voted to recommend that the state board of education approve the common standards. I’ve since had a chance to learn some new details ...

The Common Core State Standards have faced strong opposition in many states, but in California, more than three out of five registered voters support them, according to a poll commissioned by the ...

Less than 50% of California students were found to be proficient in math and English Language Arts (ELA) during the 2021-22 academic year. Math proficiency fell by seven percentage points from ...