Resources by Priority

Basic services means ensuring all students have access to teachers who are fully credentialed in their subject areas, instructional materials aligned with state standards, and safe, properly maintained school facilities.

Resources to support California school districts with addressing basic services include but are not limited to:

California Local Indicators

• LCFF Resources: Priority 1 Basic Services - Transforming Schools: Superindent's Inititatives (CA Department of Education)
• Priority 1 Self-Reflection Tools

Teachers

• GREATNESS BY DESIGN - Supporting Outstanding Teaching to Sustain a Golden State
• Professional Learning System Review: A Companion Tool for the Quality Professional Learning Standards
• Quality Professional Learning Standards

Facilities

• FIT Tool

Instructional Materials

• Williams Case and Instructional Materials Adoption Resources
  • Instructional Materials Survey Forms
  • Instructional Materials Adoptions

Additional Tools

• Priority 1 Summary including Quick Guide in English and Spanish (Source: CA State PTA)
• LCAP Metrics Development Tool, 2025-26

Implementation of academic content and performance standards adopted by the state board for all pupils, including English learners (Source: California Department of Education).

Resources to support California school districts with implementation of state standards include but are not limited to:

California Local Indicators

• LCFF Resources: Priority 2 State Standards - Transforming Schools: Superintendent’s Initiatives (CA Department of Education)
• Priority 2 Self-Reflection Tools

Instructional Frameworks

• Career Technical Education Framework
• English Language Arts / English Language Development Framework
• English Language Arts / English Language Development Framework: Executive Summary
• Health Education Framework
• History / Social Science Framework
• Model Library Framework
• Next Generation Science Framework
• Physical Education Framework
• Arts Education Framework

 Content Standards

• Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards
• CCSS for English Language Arts
• English Language Development Standards
• Health Education Content Standards
• History / Social Science Content Standards
• CCSS Mathematics
• Model School Library Standards
• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
• Physical Education Model Content Standards
• Arts Education Standards
• World Languages Standards

Professional Development

• California Department of Education

Implementation Tools and Resources

• Formative Assessment: An Enabler of Learning
• CDE Common Core State Standards Implementation
• Implementation of State Standards (Source: CA State PTA)
• Priority 2 Summary

Efforts to seek parent input in decision making, promotion of parent participation in programs for unduplicated pupils and special need subgroups (Source: CDE).

Resources to support Califonria school districts with parental involvement include but are not limited to:

California Local Indicators

• LCFF Resources: Priority 3 Family Involvement - Transforming Schools: Superintendent’s Initiatives (CA Department of Education)
• Priority 3 Self-Reflection Tools

Resources

• Family Engagement Framework (Source: CDE)
• PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships Assessment Guide (Source: National PTA)
• Priority 3 Summary

Research

• Handbook on Family and Community Engagement: A Survey of the Best Research and Practice on Family Engagement (Source: Academic Development Institute/Center on Innovation and Improvement)
• The Power of Parents (Source: EdSource)
• National Network of Partnership Schools Research and Evaluation (Source: Johns Hopkins University)
• Harvard Family Research Project (Source: Harvard Graduate School of Education)

Performance on standardized tests, score on Academic Performance Index, share of pupils that are college and career ready, share of English learners that become English proficient, English learner reclassification rate, share of pupils that pass Advanced Placement exams with 3 or higher, share of pupils determined prepared for college by the Early Assessment Program (Source: CDE).

Resources to support California school districts with student achievement include but are not limited to:

California Local Indicators

• LCFF Resources: Priority 4 Student Achievement - Transforming Schools: Superintendent’s Initiatives (CA Department of Education)
• Priority 4 Summary

Statewide Assessments

• California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System
• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
• Testing & Accountability (CA Department of Education)

 A-G

• An Early College Initiative in an Urban, High Poverty High School
• Courses Required for California Public University - High School (CA Department of Education)

Career Technical Education (CTE)

• Career Technical Education Talking Points: CTE and the Skills Gap
• Opportunities to Create Next-Generation High Schools: A Toolkit for Education Leaders on Career Readiness and Career and Technical Education Programs
• The Value and Promise of Career Technical Education: Results from a National Survey of Parents and Students

College Preparedness / Career Readiness (EAP)

• Creating a P-20 Continuum of Actionable Academic Indicators of Student Readiness
• Predictors of Post-Secondary Success
• Recognizing College and Career Readiness in California School Accountability System
• The Power of the Pygmalion Effect: Teacher Expectations Strongly Predict College Completion
• The Secret Behind College Completion: Girls, Boys, and the Power Behind Eighth Grade Grades
• Early Assessment Program - High School (CA Department of Education)
• CCI Measures of College Readiness - CA School Dashboard (CA Department of Education)

English Learner Progress / Reclassification

• 15 Tips for Identifying Gifted EL Students
  
• The Language of Reform: English Learners in California’s Changing Landscape
• Identifying and Supporting Gifted ELLs | Edutopia
• Improving Education for Multilingual and English Learner Students: Research to Practice
• CA Education for a Global Economy Initiative - Resources (CA Department of Education)
• English Learner Roadmap - English Learners (CA Department of Education)

Advanced Placement

• UCR Tutoring for AP
• Advanced Placement - Postsecondary (CA Department of Education)
• Advanced Placement (AP) | CSU (calstate.edu)
• AP Credits | UC Admissions (universityofcalifornia.edu)

Additional Resources

• Priority 4 Summary

Providing students with engaging programs and course work that keeps them in school, as measured in part by attendance rates, dropout rates and graduation rates (Source: CA PTA).

Resources to support California school districts with student engagement include but are not limited to:

Attendance/Chronic Absenteeism (Contact Elizabeth Bartholomew in RCOE’s Child Welfare and Attendance Unit for additional resources.)

• Absences Add Up: How School Attendance Influences Student Success
• Chronic Elementary Absenteeism: A Problem Hidden in Plain Sight
• Every School Day Counts: The Forum Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data
• Fifteen Effective Strategies for Improving Student Attendance and Truancy Prevention (National Dropout Prevention Center)
• Chronic Absenteeism Reduction | Riverside County Office of Education (rcoe.us)
• Attendance Improvement - Learning Support (CA Department of Education)
• Child Welfare & Attendance - Attendance Improvement (CA Department of Education)

Dropout / Graduation

• Dropout Prevention – Practice Guide
• Getting Students on Track for Graduation: Impacts of the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System After One Year
• Predictors of Post-Secondary Success
• Preventable Failure: Preventable Outcomes When High Schools Focused on the Ninth Grade Year
• The Secret Behind College Completion: Girls, Boys, and the Power Behind Eighth Grade Grades
• The Predictive Power of Ninth-Grade GPA by UChicago Consortium on School Research (Sept 2017)
• Dropout Prevention - Attendance Improvement (CA Department of Education)
• State Minimum High School Graduation Requirements - High School (CA Department of Education)
• High School Graduation Frequently Asked Questions - High School (CA Department of Education)

 Additional Resources

• Priority 5 Summary

Factors both inside and outside the classroom that impact student success such as health, safety, student discipline and school connectedness, as measured in part by suspension and expulsion rates, and surveys of students, teachers and parents. (Source: CA PTA).

Resources to support California school districts with school climate include but are not limited to:

California Local Indicators

• LCFF Resources: Priority 6 School Climate - Transforming Schools: Superintendent’s Initiatives (CA Department of Education)
• Priority 6 Self-Reflection Tools

Research and Resources

• School Climate and Academic Performance Across California High Schools
• Positive School Climate: A Hallmark of Academically Successful Schools
• Building and Sustaining Talent: Creating Conditions in High-Poverty Schools That Support Effective Teaching and Learning
• A Climate for Academic Success: How School Climate Differentiates Schools That Are Beating the Achievement Odds
• Foundations for Young Adult Success: A Developmental Framework
• The Missing Piece: A National Teacher Survey on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Empower Children and Transform Schools
• Positive School Climate - School Environment (CA Department of Education)
• California Center for School Climate (CCSC) – California Safe and Supportive Schools (wested.org)
• Social and Emotional Learning - Teaching & Learning (CA Department of Education)
• California Transformative SEL Competencies - Social and Emotional Learning (CA Department of Education)
• Behavioral Intervention Strategies and Supports - School Environment (CA Department of Education)

 Additional Resources

• Priority 6 Summary

Pupil enrollment in a broad course of study that includes all of the subject areas described in Education Code section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Section 51220, as applicable (Source: CDE). Ensuring all students have access to a broad course of study in all required subject areas, including math, social science, science, visual and performing arts, health, physical education, career and technical education and others, that prepares them for college and careers, regardless of what school they attend or where they live (Source: CA PTA).

Resources to support California school districts with course access include but are not limited to:

California Local Indicators

• LCFF Resources: Priority 7 Course Access - Transforming Schools: Superintendent’s Initiatives (CA Dept of Education)
• Priority 7 Self-Reflection Tools

Research

• Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment: Reaching Underachieving and Underrepresented Students with Career-Focused Programs
• CCASN Master Schedule Guide
• Middle Grades Success (CDE)
• Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) (CDE)
• Supporting Inclusive Practices (CDE)

Additional Resources

• Priority 7 Summary

Pupil outcomes in the subject areas described in Education Code section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Education Code section 51220, as applicable (Source: CDE).

Resources to support California school districts with other student outcomes include but are not limited to:

California Local Indicators

• LCFF Resources: Priority 8 Student Outcomes - Transforming Schools: Superintendent’s Initiatives (CA Department of Education)

Research

• Exploring the Foundations of the Future STEM Workforce: K-12 Indicators of Postsecondary STEM Success
• Recognizing College and Career Readiness in California School Accountability System
• Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment: Reaching Underachieving and Underrepresented Students with Career-Focused Programs
• Dual Enrollment Strategies - High School (CA Department of Education)

 Additional Resources

• Priority 8 Summary