Rockman et al and WestEd were contracted by the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing to conduct a study of cultural competency training provided to teachers and administrators in ten culturally diverse California school districts reflecting the demography and geography of California. The study was called for in Assembly Bill (AB) 54 which required the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to contract with an independent evaluator to conduct a study of the availability and effectiveness of cultural competency training for teachers and administrators. The intent of the study was to explore training programs for teachers that address their need to be culturally competent - to go beyond competence in addressing students' English language learning needs alone. REA and WestEd conducted site visits to the ten sampled schools in California and supplemented the visits with a teacher survey and a set of telephone interviews with service providers across the state.

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