California Analysis for
Learning and
Engagement (CALE)
ABOUT CALE
Building upon the success of WestEd’s Measure to Learn & Improve initiative, California Analysis for Learning and Engagement (CALE) is a WestEd, multi-year, critical needs sensing, research-to-policy initiative, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
CALE will serve as a critical knowledge hub for timely research, analysis, and insights into pressing California policy priorities—particularly curriculum and instructional systems and teacher workforce issues—in order to advance strategic policymaking capacity.
CALE KNOWLEDGE BRIEFS
Expanding California Districts’ Curriculum-Focused Professional Learning
What California Teachers Are Saying About Their Instructional Materials for English Learner Students
Improving California’s Teacher Data System to Better Inform Decisions
Voices From the Field: County Office of Education Leaders Discuss COVID-19’s Impact on California Education
COVID-19
For resources that address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, in California and beyond, please visit the following dedicated pages:
CALE Team
Elizabeth Burr
Eric Crane
Francesca Delgado-Jones
Ryan Lewis
Reino Makkonen
Patsy Wilkes
Clay Willis
CALE Survey Data Sources
We report on findings from teachers in spring 2019 through the American Instructional Resources Survey (AIRS), administered by the RAND Corporation. This survey focused on materials used and supported in K–12 English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science classrooms across the United States, with materials defined as textbooks, lesson plans and units, and other instructional materials provided by a school or district. The survey included items about subject-matter materials in general, along with items about the cultural relevance and linguistic appropriateness of the materials, digital materials, and teachers’ modification of materials for EL students.
