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 critical-needs sensing, research-to-policy initiative.
CALE serves as a 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 VOICES FROM THE FIELD
CALE KNOWLEDGE BRIEFS
Strong Professional Learning Systems for Math Instruction in California: What Do We Know Today?
Voices From the Field: County Office of Education Leaders Discuss COVID-19’s Impact on California Education
Improving California’s Teacher Data System to Better Inform Decisions
What California Teachers Are Saying About Their Instructional Materials for English Learner Students
Expanding California Districts’ Curriculum-Focused Professional Learning
CALE Team
Elizabeth Burr
Eric Crane
Ryan Lewis
Reino Makkonen
Patsy Wilkes
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.
