Title page
Contents
Summary 3
Why this study? 7
Adoption of the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 9
Enrollment in the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 9
Teacher workload for the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 10
What the study examined 10
What the study found 12
Adoption of the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 12
Enrollment in the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 14
Teacher workload for the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 16
Implications and next steps 18
Implications for California organizations involved with the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 18
Broader relevance 19
Limitations of the study 19
Appendix A. Organization infrastructure and course adoption process for the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 21
Appendix B. The Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum and California State University's new policy eliminating remedial courses 23
Appendix C. Data and methodology 24
Appendix D. Tables with detailed results 29
Appendix E. Additional analysis of class size distributions of the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum 31
Notes 32
References 34
Figure 1. Less than 40 percent of California high schools in rural areas had adopted the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum as of 2016/17 compared with 62 percent in suburban areas 13
Figure 2. Less than 40 percent of California high schools with fewer than 400 students had adopted the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum as of 2016/17 13
Figure 3. California high schools that had adopted the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum had, on average, a higher percentage of Hispanic students, 2016/17 14
Figure 4. California high schools that had adopted the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum had, on average, a higher percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the grade... 15
Figure 5. Among California high schools that reported having students in the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum and students in at least one other grade 12 mainstream college... 16
Figure 6. Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum teachers and teachers of other grade 12 mainstream college preparatory English courses in California high schools taught similar... 17
Figure 7. Higher percentages of Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum classes in California high schools had 31 students or more per class than did the three most common other... 18
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 8
Box 2. Data, sample, and methods 10
Table C1. Grade 12 mainstream college preparatory English courses in California high schools and their statewide code, 2016/17 27
Table D1. Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum adoption rates, by school locale, 2016/17 29
Table D2. Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum adoption rates, by schoolwide enrollment, 2016/17 29
Table D3. Distribution of Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum class sizes, 2016/17 30
Figure E1. The Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum had larger class sizes than the three most common other grade 12 mainstream college preparatory English courses, 2016/17 31