Julie A. Marsh

Julie Marsh
Julie A. Marsh
Executive Faculty Director, Policy Analysis for California Education and Professor of Education Policy, Rossier School of Education,
University of Southern California

Julie A. Marsh is the executive faculty director at Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and professor of education policy in the USC Rossier School of Education and the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. She is also codirector of the USC Center on Education Policy, Equity, and Governance. Marsh specializes in research on K–12 policy and governance, blending perspectives in education, sociology, and political science. Her work focuses on accountability and instructional policy, with particular attention to the process and politics of adoption and implementation, and to the ways in which policies shape practice in urban settings. A second major strand of her research examines educational governance and efforts to decentralize and democratize decision-making. She is outgoing coeditor of the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Marsh received her PhD in education administration and policy analysis from Stanford University.

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Publications by Julie A. Marsh
California's LCFF is a significant change in education finance and governance that sends funds to districts based on student need and eliminates most categorical funding. The LCFF requires districts to engage with stakeholders and develop a Local…
Changing Mindsets and Empowering Stakeholders to Meaningfully Manage Accountability and Improvement
The shift towards multiple-measure dashboard accountability has potential for promoting more meaningful learning, but also comes with challenges. Lessons learned from research on CORE Districts show that a shift to flexibility and capacity building…
Insights From California’s CORE Waiver Districts
California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) aims to improve educational equity by providing additional funds to districts with disadvantaged students. Districts are required to engage with their communities and develop Local Control…
The Local Control Funding Formula in Year 3
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) gives districts funding authority and requires input from stakeholders to create Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) for equitable resource allocation and improved student outcomes. This report…