Core Districts

THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY FOSTERING HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE, MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION AND LEARNING BETWEEN ITS 8 CALIFORNIA BASED MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IMPROVEMENT NETWORKS:CAPABILITY BUILDING PROGRAMS IS A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATORS TO LEARN AND DEVELOP SKILLS IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO TACKLE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE IN THEIR LOCAL CONTEXTS.BREAKTHROUGH SUCCESS COMMUNITY IS A PROGRAM AIMED AT IMPROVING 9TH GRADERS ON TRACK READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER. THROUGH LEARNING SESSIONS, SITE TEAM MEETINGS, ACTION PERIODS, AND MONTHLY REPORTING, SCHOOLS THAT OPT INTO THE PROGRAM WORK ON IMPROVING 5 CRITICAL AREAS THAT DETERMINE 9TH GRADE STUDENT SUCCESS: SUPPORTIVE 8TH-9TH GRADE TRANSITION; FRESHMAN SUCCESS TEAMING; STRONG STUDENT-ADULT RELATIONSHIPS; MASTER SCHEDULING PRACTICE; AND GRADING PRACTICES.

DATA ANALYTICS:INSIGHTS DASHBOARD IS A PROGRAM DEVELOPED TO REFINE THE CALCULATION AT THE HEART OF CORE'S MULTIPLE MEASURES ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AS WELL AS BUILDING CAPACITY FOR SYSTEMIC SUCCESS.THE ED-FI IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE IS A COMMUNITY OF 7 COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION AND 8 SCHOOL DISTRICTS SEEKING TO SEAMLESSLY AND SECURELY CONNECT THEIR EDUCATIONAL DATA FOR COMMON ANALYTICS. THROUGH USER-CENTERED DESIGN AND INTEROPERABLE METRICS, THE COLLABORATIVE IS SEEKING TO DEVELOP REAL-TIME ANALYTICS GROUNDED IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.SUPPORT INDEX IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT THAT WILL LEVERAGE THE FULL DATA SET IN THE CORE DATA COLLABORATIVE, WHICH INCLUDES OVER TWO MILLION STUDENTS ACROSS 150 LEAS (SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, RURAL, URBAN, SUBURBAN, CHARTER, DISTRICT). THIS EFFORT WILL EXPLORE ADDITIONAL MEASURES OF STUDENTNEED AND/OR ASSETS. THESE INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS ADDRESS-LINKED CENSUS DATA (E.G., CRIME, MEDIAN INCOME, HEALTH) AND LOCALLY AVAILABLE DATA IN OAKLAND (E.G., STUDENT CHOICE DATA). AT ITS HEART, THE APPROACH OF THE STUDENTS NEEDS INDEX IS IMPORTANTLY UNIQUE IN THAT INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WHAT DEFINES NEED, THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUTCOMES OF INTEREST (E.G., STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON STANDARDS TESTS) AND STUDENT AND COMMUNITY FACTORS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.S CONTROL. THIS APPROACH BUILDS ON RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THE AREAS STUDENT GROWTH MODELING AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE PART OF THE EXISTING CORE-EA DATA SYSTEM.