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.

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Recent Publications
The Role of Schools in Math Course-Taking

This brief examines how schools shape math course-taking among California high school students. It finds that 12th-grade math enrollment has declined in about two thirds of high schools in recent...

Shifts in High School Math Course-Taking
This report examines trends in high school math course-taking among California students over the past decade. It finds that after increasing prior to 2020, 12th-grade math enrollment has declined to...
This brief examines how changes in foster youth classification status relate to student absenteeism and discipline in four California CORE districts. Drawing on longitudinal data, it finds that...