California State University Center to Close the Achievement Gap

California State UniversityCenter to Close the Achievement Gap

2010/2011 School Year Kick-OffChula Vista Elementary School District

By the year 2025, California will be one million bachelors degrees short

of meeting our workforce needs.

Academic Performance Index

Multiple Pathways to Success

Textbook Adoption

Narrowing of the Curriculum

“These kids don’t all start at the same point.”

“It is developmentally inappropriate to have those expectations for these kids.”

Quality Education Investment Act

Immediate Intervention in Underperforming Schools

District Assistance and Intervention Team

School Assistance and Intervention Team

Adequate Yearly Progress

High Priority Schools Grant Program

High School Exit Exam

Norm Referenced

Teach to the Test

Career and Technical Education

Year 5 Program Improvement

Turnaround Failing Schools

Project Based Learning

Multiple Measures

Status Bar

Growth ModelAlternative Assessments

Portfolio AssessmentsFailing Schools

Firing TeachersBudget CutsToo Much Testing

Growth Targets

Declining Enrollment

Closing Schools

A through G

Reconstituting Schools

Title I

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Drop Outs

Categorical Reform

Inquiry-drive Learning

Student Data SystemWhole-system ReformLaw Suits

Merit PayNational Content Standards

StateTakeover

FICMAT

State ReceivershipPovertyHopelessness

Breaking Throughthe Clutter

Center to Close the Achievement Gap

PartnershipsTeachers and AdministratorsBest Practices

Partnerships

Best Practices

AYP Min. Proficiency AYP Min. Proficiency

Best Practices

Creating a System of High Performance

Creating a System of High Performance

Chula Vista ESD

Creating a System of High Performance

Lessons Learned from CVESD

High expectations for students

Dispositions that lead to effective instruction

Demonstration of the collaborative nature of teaching

Effective differentiation of instruction

Effective use of data to monitor and adjust instruction

Deep knowledge and understanding of content and pedagogy

Teachers and Administrators

An effective teacher is the most important factor in raising student achievement.

The California State University prepares two-thirds of California’s teachers and nearly 15 percent nationwide.

College Ready and Proficiency

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College Ready and Proficiency

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Not College Ready and Proficiency

Math CST Proficiency for Students NOT College Ready on the EAP

Proficiency Bands CVLCC

Teachers and Administrators

Questions?

What’s On the Horizon?

NCLB / ESEA Re-Authorization

Common Core Standards

Summative/Formative Assessments

How do we Continue as a Catalyst for Change and Break Through the Clutter?

Closing the achievement gap would add $2.4 trillion to U.S. GDP.