Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
What We Do
PACE is an independent, non-partisan research center led by faculty directors at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, the University of California Davis, the University of California Los Angeles, and the University of California Berkeley. Founded in 1983, PACE bridges the gap between research, policy, and practice, working with scholars from California’s leading universities and with state and local decision makers to achieve improvement in performance and more equitable outcomes at all levels of California’s education system, from early childhood to postsecondary education and training.
This report examines how California’s policies and local practices shape the reclassification of students designated as English learners. Drawing on a nine-year research–practice partnership, it...
This infographic examines chronic absence trends in California through 2024–25, nearly five years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Although rates have declined from their 2021–22 peak, nearly one in five...