Evaluation & Continuous Improvement

Creating Strategy
for the Future

Once systems are in place, developed through community voice and deep listening, creating a process for improvement and evaluation helps to future-proof the strategy.  

Resources for Learning

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Outcomes and Indicators for Community Schools: A Guide for Implementers and Evaluators

Guide that provides examples of specific outcomes and measurable indicators that can be used to monitor short- and medium-term progress toward locally determined goals of community schools.

NYC DOE Continuous Improvement Guide

New York City guide to continuous improvement processes, includes CI templates and processes to help teams implement CI processes at their site.

[Fact Sheet] How Community Schools Improve Outcomes

A fact sheet that summarizes research findings about community schools from a research review and research on major state and district community school initiative in NY, FL, CA, Maryland, New Mexiso and Ohio.
"Community school leaders need action planning, with a specific focus on root-cause analysis and the theory of action. So, before you pull out the best practices, you must have clarity about what you think the actual cause is for the thing that you're trying to shift, and then you need to have a theory of action about why the particular action plan you're putting into place."
Emily Paige
Principal, The Urban Assembly Unison School, Brooklyn, NYC

Community School Voices

Dr. Bethany Groves

Principal, Webster Elementary, St. Augustine, FL

“When I first came, it’s painful to even admit to and speak in the universe, but when I came, only one of ten black students was going to our middle school proficient in reading or math.

And I talked to the staff in the community, and I’m like, ‘Let’s line up 10 kids, and point to the one you think is okay to be that way.'”

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Leveraging Shared Resources in West Kern County

Community Schools in Rural California

A case study from West Kern highlights six rural districts collaborating to adopt the community school strategy, resulting in improved academic outcomes, family engagement, graduation rates, and attendance.

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Our Community School: The Story of P.W. Moore

Documentary

A 30-minute documentary about how P.W. Moore Elementary School experienced unprecedented growth using the community school model. Includes a discussion guide.

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