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.
Recent Publications
A Governance Case Study in Accountability, Balance, and Capacity
This brief examines the first phase of California’s Community Schools Partnership Program. It finds that unclear roles, limited statewide guidance, and a lack of shared measures made it difficult to...
This report examines the fiscal pressures facing California’s K–12 education system despite substantial funding growth. It explains how volatile state revenues, declining enrollment, rising costs, and...
A Cross-District Study of Principal Pipelines
This report examines how five California CORE member districts built principal pipelines to develop effective school leaders. The study, a collaborative effort between CORE-PACE and university...