This project helped guide the implementation of the State’s multi-billion effort to equitably expand Universal Prekindergarten in California.
Background
In July 2021, California passed a budget to expand Transitional Kindergarten to serve all four year-old children in the State.
To guide the implementation of this multi-billion dollar effort, alongside other elements of a new Universal Prekindergarten (UPK), California’s leaders embarked on a new results-focused agenda to monitor success and direct resources and policy.
Research Project
To support the California Department of Education (CDE) in monitoring UPK implementation, the California Policy Lab, with support from the Heisings-Simons Foundation, supported the development of (1) a data governance infrastructure that integrates data across programs and (2) CDE’s internal capacity to draw on data analysis to guide UPK implementation.
Research Team
This work was conducted by Dr. Austin Land from December 2022 through December 2024.