Starts a no-cost WestEd study of the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum in grades 6 to 8
WestEd will study how the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum is used in grades 6 to 8 and how well it works. A separate data-sharing agreement sets the rules for sharing student data with WestEd and for protecting it. Both run from August 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 at no cost to the district. The board is approving them after they began.
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- Vendor / partner
- WestEd · San Francisco, CA
- Action
- MOU or data sharing
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- Partnerships & data sharing
- Term
- Aug 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2026
- Funding
- No Fiscal Impact
- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
24-3078· agendaL.-57- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 8, 2025
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a No Cost Services Agreement (SA) and Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) by and between the District and WestEd, San Francisco, CA, for the latter through the SA to conduct a study to understand implementation variation and assess the efficacy of the Illustrative Mathematics (“IM®”) curriculum in grades 6-8, and concurrently, A DSA defining the terms and conditions of District's transmission of or sharing of pupil data under the SA with WestEd and the protection by WestEd of such data, as enumerated therein, each Agreement, for the term August 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, at no cost to the District, via the Research, Assessment and Data (RAD) Department.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report