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Board of Education | September 22, 2026

2026-28 Unified Improvement Plan For Study

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Alignment with the Strategic Plan Alignment to Strategic Plan

Alignment to DAC recommendations 2

Draft Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

Development Timeline

March, 2026 UIP progress monitoring

JAN

2026

FEB

February, 2026 Report on Strategic Plan Implementation

MAR

January, 2026 Report on Attainment of Action Steps and Implementation Milestones

May, 2026 UIP Timeline presented to DAC, high level feedback sought on intent to continue strategic plan strategies generally DAC strategic plan/UIP recommendations

APR

MAY

April, 2026 Principal, teacher and administrator feedback on instructional expectations, assessment calendar

Sept. 22, 2026 Board Presentations (Study)

JUN

JUL

AUG

Jun-Aug 2026 District UIP development, checking new data for continued presence of previously persistent problematic patterns

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

JAN

2027

Oct. 15, 2026 UIP Due Date: October 15

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Draft Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

UIP Structure

Root cause Student performance priority Patterns in data

What adults could be doing differently

Action steps Major improvement strategies What we’ll do differently

Specific details of what we’ll do differently

Implementation milestones How we’ll know we’ve done what we planned

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Draft 2026-28 Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

Grade Level Standards & Instruction Root cause Student performance priority ELA and math achievement and growth gaps

Inconsistent Tier 1 high-quality instruction

Action steps Major improvement strategies Strengthen consistent Tier 1 instructional understanding and practice for teachers and principals

● Teacher PD on implementing Tier 1 High-Quality Instruction ● Principal PD on observing & coaching for Tier 1 High-Quality Instruction ● Inventory current campus observation tools and develop suite of district wide walkthrough and coaching tools

Implementation milestones ● Building leaders participate in collaborative site visits and discuss PD learning with colleagues ● Building leaders observe for Tier 1 High-Quality Instruction and discuss with Schools Team

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Draft 2026-28 Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

Grade Level Standards & Instruction

Root cause Student performance priority ELA and Math achievement and growth gaps

Inconsistent MTSS implementation

Action steps Major improvement strategies System-wide integration of MTSS A/B framework

● Build school capacity for MTSS-B through teacher-leader learning and feedback loops ● Define clear business rules for identifying and tracking students receiving interventions ● Monitor SPED & out-of-school suspension identification rates ● Identify district-supported mental health supports, including high-quality implementation ● Provide central resources to support building leaders with UIP goals aligned to V&I initiative ● Complete district audit of V&I initiatives to clarify system priorities

Implementation milestones ● V&I supports deployed to schools ● Decrease and maintain out-of-school suspension rates <3% for all groups ● Decrease Hispanic/Latino significant learning disability risk ratio <3.6 ● Maintain all SPED risk ratios below CDE thresholds

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Draft 2026-28 Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

Post-secondary Preparation

Root cause Student performance priority Grad+ attainment gaps across focal groups of students

Inequitable structural access to Grad+ opportunities

Action steps Major improvement strategies Adjust systems to increase equity across Grad+ pathways

● Conduct district-wide audit of high school master schedules ● Analyze disaggregated data across four Grad+ pillars to establish baselines ● Increased master schedule alignment and Grad+ pillar proportionality

Implementation milestones ● Identify and address equity gaps in master schedules across all high schools ● Campus-specific plans developed to address equity gaps for all four Grad+ pillars across all high schools

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Draft 2024-26 Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

Strategies, descriptions, actions & DAC recommendations

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ELA/EBRW CMAS, PSAT, SAT Results Summary

Growth:

Achievement:

+_

21 out of 30

Minor changes from

2025 to 2026

groups had a Median Growth Percentile of

due primarily to statistical noise

>50

CMAS:

PSAT/SAT:

CMAS overall MGP:

PSAT/SAT Overall MGP:

96th

99th

54

60

percentile

percentile

84th percentile

94th percentile

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Math CMAS, PSAT, SAT Results Summary

Achievement:

Growth:

Steady patterns across most levels and groups

out of

Middle school showed a statistically significant increase

22 30 1 0

groups had a Median Growth Percentile of

>50

(+2.9% overall) CMAS:

PSAT/SAT:

CMAS overall MGP:

PSAT/SAT Overall MGP:

97th

99th

53.5

57

percentile

percentile

88th percentile

93th percentile

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Proposed UIP Growth Targets ELA

Student Groups

Math

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

Hispanic/Latino

49

50.5

52 (+3)

50

51

52 (+2)

FRL Eligible

49

50.5

52 (+3)

49

50.5

52 (+3)

MLL

53

53

53 (Hold)

54

54

54 (Hold)

Students supported with an IEP

49

50.5

52 (+3)

51

51.5

52 (+1)

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Proposed UIP Achievement Targets ELA

Student Groups

Math

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

Hispanic/Latino

41.4

43.4

45.4 (+4%)

27.7

28.7

29.7 (+2%)

FRL Eligible

41.3

43.3

45.3 (+4%)

25.7

26.7

27.7 (+2%)

MLL

42.3

44.3

46.3 (+4%)

33.8

35.8

37.8 (+4%)

Students supported with an IEP

29.8

30.8

31.8 (+2%)

21.4

22.4

23.4 (+2%)

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Proposed UIP Grad+ Targets Grad+ Overall

Student Groups

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

Hispanic/Latino

77

79

81 (+4%)

FRL Eligible

72

75

78 (+6%)

MLL

78

80

82 (+4)

Students supported with an IEP

66

69.5

73 (+7%)

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Proposed Growth Internal Monitoring ELA

Math

Student Groups

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

All Students Asian Two or More Races White GT Identified

>55

>55

>55

>55

>55

>55

American Indian/Alaska Native

27

>50

>50

54

>50

>50

Black/African American

44

>50

>50

48

>50

>50

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Proposed Achievement Internal Monitoring ELA

Math

Student Groups

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year UIP Target

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year UIP Target

All Students Asian Two or More Races White GT Identified

72-94%

+0.5-1%

+1-2%

58-91%

+0.5-1%

+1-2%

American Indian/Alaska Native

42%

+1%

+2%

29%

+1%

+2%

Black/African American

45%

+1%

+2%

29%

+1%

+2%

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Proposed Grad+ Internal Monitoring Grad+ Overall

Student Groups

Baseline

1-year Target

2-year Target

All Students Asian Two or More Races White GT Identified

87-94%

+0.5-1%

+1-2%

63%

+1%

+2%

Black/African American

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Draft 2026-28 Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

UIP Data-KPI Dashboard Refresh

BVSD UIP

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Draft 2026-28 Unified Improvement Plan | September 22, 2026

UIP Data-KPI Dashboard Refresh

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