San Joaquin Valley College is a private junior college that provides career education in 21 specialized programs. Founded in 1977 in Visalia, SJVC has grown to serve more than 4,000 students on fifteen campuses in California and through SJVC Online. The College is regionally accredited by ACCJC-WASC. SJVC has been a leader in the vocational education industry for more than 30 years, providing the highest quality curriculum and instruction to a diverse student population that is largely underserved by traditional education.

St. Paul’s School, located in Concord, New Hampshire, is a coeducational boarding school for grades 9 through 12, was founded in 1856. Located 70 miles north of Boston on 2,000 acres of woodlands, fields, and ponds, St. Paul’s is home to 530 students and 100 faculty members, all of whom live on the grounds.

DataWORKS Educational Research was founded in 1997 with the single purpose of using real data to improve student learning, especially for low-performing students. At first, we thought that using real data meant disaggregating student achievement data, and that’s what we did. Through word of mouth, we rapidly expanded from analyzing one district’s state test results to analyzing the data for more than 600 schools. Schools and districts loved our colorful disaggregated data charts and graphs and our interpretations of what the data meant. In 2000, Corwin Press published our book with Joan Ardovino on assessments, Multiple Measures: Accurate Ways to Assess Student Achievement. We then broadly expanded the “data” in DataWORKS to include measurement of classroom teaching practices. We began collecting student work to see WHAT students were being taught and we went ino classrooms alongside educators to see HOW students were being taught. We discovered that when teaching practices improved, student test scores did too. Focus on Classroom Instruction The focus of DataWORKS then became classroom instruction, knowing that we could help improve education by focusing on how students are taught, rather than analyzing test scores. Teaching (student input), rather than testing (student output) is key to student learning and achievement. We did our own classroom investigations so that we really understood educational processes and were able to connect what research was saying to what was — or wasn’t — happening in the classroom. We did this by going into thousands of classrooms to measure and quantify the actual techniques being used, observing how students were, in fact, being taught.

NORTH COUNTY CHRISTIAN BOOSTER CLUB is a civic & social organization company based out of 6225 ATASCADERO MALL, ATASCADERO, California, United States.

Every child deserves a place to grow. One Cool Earth is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit working in San Luis Obispo county since 2001. We've united with communities and schools to create thriving school gardens that grow student health, academics, and well-being.

Taught ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, and tap from the ages of 2 to 18. Tap is my strong suite. Created dances for annual family recital.