School Landscape Analysis

All districts must have a solid diagnostic analysis of the landscape and geography of school effectiveness. Exponent is experienced in connecting data on schools’ enrollment, performance and capacity to drive a regional learning journey or portfolio planning process aimed at expanding access to high-performing schools for students of all backgrounds and in every neighborhood.

A growing body of comparative school effectiveness research over the past decade has made clear that there are significant differences in schools’ ability to raise achievement, both within and across districts, and that school effectiveness can be improved and replicated. Exponent utilizes value-added modeling to estimate the contributions of individual schools to student outcomes, enabling districts to isolate the unique impacts of each school in its system.