The failure to teach California’s three million low-income students to be effective readers is the ultimate existential threat — it undercuts our goals for our economy, social justice, and democracy ...

California is moving closer to eliminating the unpopular Reading Instruction Competence Assessment for teachers and replacing it with a performance assessment based on a new set of literacy standards ...

I’m proud to unveil the Golden State Plan for Literacy today to give teachers, schools, and students the power to read – and succeed.” The governor’s proposal includes new initiatives such as: ...

California’s budget will include $200 million to fund a comprehensive statewide approach to early literacy, dubbed the Golden ...

The group used state literacy policies and guidance, including the state’s English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework and the California Comprehensive State Literacy Plan, as ...

Five years ago, the president of the California State Board of Education [website], after identifying a crisis in literacy proficiency, published the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Plan “SRCL ...

In 2017, they sued, arguing that state education officials knew of a "crisis" of reading and writing in California public schools, yet failed to muster the money or a plan to address it.

Early-reading advocates in California have raised concerns about a forthcoming state literacy plan, arguing that some of the instructional approaches to be included aren’t sufficiently aligned ...

Newsom noted California’s eighth-grade reading achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress improved more than any other state between 2011 and 2022.

Gov. Gavin Newsom previewed the 2025-26 state budget top lines on Jan. 6, 2025. ©California Governor's Office ...