Define Academic Objectives Setting the Bar for High Performance

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Raising Student Achievement and Closing
Achievement Gaps Bringing Improvement to Scale
at All Grade Levels
Sacramento Area Town Hall
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Getting the job done for our public schools
means accepting the challenge to get all students
to grade level proficiency. This will ensure
they are ready for college and/or ready for the
workforce.
Getting the Job Done
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Why is This a Critical Issue?
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Business Champions for Education

• 25 Business Champions in 5 regions of California
  
• This is the culminating Town Hall of 5 across the
  state

San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Central
Valley Sacramento

• Unifying the message of Closing the Achievement
  Gap
• Connect low performing with high performing
  look-a-like schools
• Best practice focus groups and public opinion
  research

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Focus Groups

• Five focus groups throughout the state
• Three with Honor Roll principals
• Two with Honor Roll teachers

Key Findings

• High expectations and shared accountability
• Frequent assessment data drives improvement
• High quality teachers with a laser focus on
  achievement
• Low performers should learn from high performers
• Success with todays resources

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Polling Research

• Public Opinion Poll
• 1,000 registered California voters
• Focus on important education issues
• Findings reinforce CBEE Foundation plan

GREENBERG QUINLAN ROSNER RESEARCH
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Call to Action

• Leverage the publics will to raise student
  achievement and close achievement gaps
• Use data to find and implement best practices
• Organize the 569 Honor Roll schools
• Connect them to low performing schools
• Organize business leaders to serve a critical role

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Recommendations

• Vigorously defend the content standards
• Recalibrate high expectations at all levels
• Define teacher quality as their ability to raise
  student academic achievement
• Focus on the CSU Early Assessment Program for
  college and work readiness
• Increase the rigor for the CAHSEE
• Define the Achievement Gap in terms of economic
  productivity
• Focus interventions on what works
• Provide incentives for real improvement and real
  consequences for chronic low performance

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We can now find and recognize schools in every
corner of the state that are getting the job done
with todays resources.
Honor Roll
Critical Elements for the Cycle of Improvement
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Recognizes public schools that are consistently
raising achievement and closing achievement gaps
CBEE/JFTK-CA Honor Roll
Provides these schools a voice to share their
Best Practice so others can replicate what works
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What if the practices in Californias schools
should remain the same as they are today and the
rate of improvement in our schools should not
improve?
Status Quo Model
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The answer is
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But, what if the rest of the schools in the
state adopted the Honor Roll best
practices?And, what would happen if all schools
in the state experienced the same rate of
improvement as the Honor Roll Schools?
Best Practice Replication Model
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The answer is
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Thank You
Raising Student Achievement and Closing
Achievement Gaps Bringing Improvement to Scale
at All Grade Levels
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