To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

National Center for Urban School Transformation

May 8, 2008

SYSTEMIC SCHOOL REFORM

The Long Beach Way

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

Why LBUSD Is a Broad Prize Finalist

LBUSD vs. Other California Districts Serving Students with Similar Income Levels (2007)

Elementary Middle High

Reading Outperform Outperform Outperform

Mathematics Outperform Outperform Outperform

LBUSD’s low-income, African American, and Hispanic students outperformed their peers in similar districts in reading and math at all grade levels.

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

LBUSD vs. Other California Districts Serving Students with Similar Income Levels (2004-07)

Elementary Middle High

Reading +Greater

ImprovementGreater

Improvement

MathematicsGreater

ImprovementGreater

ImprovementGreater

Improvement

LBUSD’s low-income, African American, and Hispanic high school students showed greater improvement than their peers in similar districts in reading and math.

Why LBUSD Is a Broad Prize Finalist

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

LBUSD vs. State: Increase in Percentage of Students at Proficiency or Above (2004-07)

Elementary Middle High

Reading + Faster Growth Faster Growth

Mathematics Faster Growth Faster Growth Faster Growth

Why LBUSD Is a Broad Prize Finalist

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

LBUSD vs. State: Narrowing the Achievement Gap between Hispanics and Whites (2004-07)

Elementary Level

Reading Faster than the State

Mathematics Faster than the State

EXTRA FACTSAT and Advanced Placement exam participation rates for African American

and Hispanic students increased, as did their average SAT scores.

Why LBUSD Is a Broad Prize Finalist

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

The Long Beach Way

KEYS TO SUCCESS

• Aligned Instruction and Professional Development

• Pilots• “Feedback Loops”• Walkthroughs• Comprehensive Interventions

“Regardless of whether the Long Beach Unified School District wins the Broad Prize for Urban Education … it has already set a standard for others to follow.”

Lynn Olson, “Inside the Long Beach Way,” Education Week, September 2007

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

The Long Beach Way

KEYS TO SUCCESS

• “Education Trumps Politics”• High Standards• Focus on Achievement Gaps• New Teacher Support• Leadership Pipeline Development• “Truly Ended Social Promotion”

“Improving on its past performance in a way that should be an inspiration for urban school districts everywhere….”

“The Long Beach Way,” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2007

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

The Long Beach Way

KEYS TO SUCCESS Advanced Placement Expansion Retention Policy Stakeholder Involvement Professional Development

– “Comprehensive and Highly Focused”– “Ongoing and Embedded”

Baldrige / Continuous Improvement

“The instruction in Long Beach’s classrooms is some of the best I’ve ever seen.”

Megan Tupa, SchoolWorksQuoted in “Hometown Success,” District Administration, April 2008

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

The Long Beach Way

KEYS TO SUCCESS

Continuous Learning Systems Pilot New Strategies Academic and Career Success Initiative Long Beach College Promise Partnership with Fresno Unified Sharing Best Practices

“Our state policymakers can learn some things from Long Beach Unified … a national model for success urban

district management.”

Jack O’Connell, “State of Education Address,” January 2008

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

Targets for Academic Success Initiative

Category Metric Current Figure 2013 Target

Leading Indicator

5th Grade ELA Proficiency 44% 70%

5th Grade Math Proficiency 56% 70%

8th Grade ELA Proficiency 38% 55%

Gen. Math Proficiency in 8th Grade 25% 50%

8th Grade Algebra I Enrollment 30% 60%

8th Grade Algebra I Proficiency 68% 75%

CAHSEE in 10th Grade 74% 85%

Graduation Rate 80% 90%

Postsecondary Eligibility

A-G Completion Rate 38% 60%

Performance on SAT and ACT

Collect More Data

Monitor for Growth

Determine Targets LaterCollege/Career Readiness

AVID Participation (MS and HS)

AP Enrollment and Passage

Early Assessment Program

College Admissions

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

Long Beach College Promise

Inform students and parents of the A-G Requirements and college and career preparation beginning in sixth grade.

Collaborate with LBCC and CSULB to consider the establishment of student benchmarks for guaranteed college admission.

Align higher education initiatives with substantive career technical education programs.

BOARD POLICY(September 2007)

LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE

Goal and Key Players “We promise the opportunity of a college education to

every student in the Long Beach Unified School District.” Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach City

College, and California State University, Long Beach.

Key Features Gateway to Greatness: LBCC commits to providing a

tuition-free semester to every LBUSD student (by 2011). Offer of Admission: CSULB commits to accepting all

students who complete minimum college preparatory or transfer requirements.

Multiple Pathways: Supports many different postsecondary plans that may interest students.

Seamless Education: Builds upon a longstanding partnership between LBUSD, LBCC, and CSULB.

“A standard of K-12 / college collaboration that will serve as a model for many other districts nationwide.”

-- The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

ACCOMPLISHMENT(March 2008)

To support the personal and intellectual success of every student, every day.

Summary

“Despite all the distractions, the district continued to move ahead, and achievement continued to rise.”

Center for Reform of School Systems, “School Reform: The Long Beach Way,” February 2008

“This is a tremendous recognition that the dedicated teachers and administrators of Long Beach have

earned … [in a] demanding and complex time.”

Jack O’Connell, April 2, 2008