Framework/Guide
Linked Learning Gold Certification Standards
Linked Learning Alliance
A set of standards for assessing college and career preparation programs.
Tag: College and Career Pathways
Tool / Toolkit
A Toolbox for Increasing Access to Financial Aid
Education Trust, Inc.
An online toolbox that outlines the “components of success” for increasing access to financial aid and provides tangible resources to implement these practices in your own school and/or district.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
College and Career Readiness Promising Practice – Celebrating Student Efforts
Education Trust, Inc.
A peek into schools and districts across California that have taken intentional steps to celebrate student efforts in order to increase opportunities and supports for underrepresented students of color, low-income students, and English learner students to graduate high school prepared for college and career.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
College and Career Readiness Promising Practice – Making A-G the Default Curriculum
Education Trust, Inc.
A peek into schools and districts across California that have taken intentional steps to make A-g the default curriculum in order to increase opportunities and supports for underrepresented students of color, low-income students, and English learner students to graduate high school prepared for college and career.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
College and Career Readiness Promising Practice – Meaningful External Partnerships
Education Trust, Inc.
A peek into schools and districts across California that have taken intentional steps to build powerful external partnerships in order to increase opportunities and supports for underrepresented students of color, low-income students, and English learner students to graduate high school prepared for college and career.
Framework/Guide
Hidden Figures: A Framework to Increase Access to Financial Aid
Education Trust, Inc.
A framework identifying five components of success–insights from diverse, cutting-edge districts and schools about best practices and strategies that are helping to close equity gaps.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Promising Practice in Action: Building a College Going Culture and Celebrating Students’ Financial Aid Application Efforts
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief profile describing how three California schools are cultivating college-going and career-readiness school cultures by supporting students as they think through their postsecondary plans.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Promising Practice in Action: Developing Meaningful Partnerships with Community Based Organizations, Colleges/Universities, and Local Industry Partners
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief profile describing how California school districts are building deep partnerships with local community-based organizations, college and universities, and local industry partners.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Promising Practice in Action: Establish District-Wide Data Systems to Monitor Students’ Academic Progress
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief profile describing how Whittier Union High School District has harnessed the power of data to support student interventions and success.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Promising Practice in Action: Invest In and Retain Teachers and Leaders to Create a Culture of Learning and Support
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief profile describing how Whittier Union High School District creates an environment where teachers and school leaders feel valued and supported.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Promising Practice in Action: Making A-G the Default Curriculum
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief profile describing how five California schools and districts are successfully using a-g as the default curriculum by considering how pre-existing systemic barriers prevent students from accessing and succeeding in the course sequence.
Research/Report
Student Achievement Analysis: Results of the 2018-19 Smarter Balanced Assessments
Education Trust, Inc.
An analysis and summary of key data points from the 2018-19 California Department of Education's college- and career-readiness aligned assessments, the California Assessment of Student Performance Progress (CAASPP).
Research/Report
Compassionate Systems: Monterey Program Progress Report
National Center for Youth Law
A report sharing the National Center for Youth Law's program model for supporting students experiencing homelessness in Monterey County, California to graduate from high school with the widest array of possibilities for their future.
Research/Report
FosterEd, Antelope Valley Progress Report Year One
National Center for Youth Law
An analysis of the educational data from the 2018-2019 school year of the Center for Youth Law's work in Los Angeles County in partnership with Palmdale School District to support the individual needs of children in foster care and systems change at a district level.
Research/Report
JusticeEd: Year One Progress Report
National Center for Youth Law
An analysis of the educational data from the first year of the Center for Youth Law's community-based work in Santa Clara County to support systems-impacted young people.
Research/Report
Giving Learning and Graduation New Meaning: One Student at a Time
University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools
A case study summarizing how California's school funding law, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), is being implemented in San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD).
Policy Brief/Proposal
Leveraging LCFF for Equity and Coherence
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief examining how San Jose Unified School District utilized funds made available through the Local Control Funding Formula.
Policy Brief/Proposal
First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2019-20 May Revision
California Budget & Policy Center
A report outlining key pieces of the California governor's May 2019-20 Revision and exploring progress and missed opportunities.
Research/Report
California’s Positive Outliers
Learning Policy Institute
A report summarizing the results of a quantitative analysis that identifies districts in which students of color, as well as their White peers, have demonstrated extraordinary levels of academic achievement.
Policy Brief/Proposal
California’s Positive Outliers Brief
Learning Policy Institute
An brief identifying positive outlier districts in which students of color, as well as White students, consistently achieve at higher levels than students from similar racial/ethnic backgrounds and from families of similar income and education levels in most other districts.