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Alix Gallagher Benjamin W. Cottingham Leah Faw  \nFebruary 2025  \nEvaluation of the Breakthrough Success Community  \n2019–20 Through 2022–23  \nH. Alix Gallagher, Benjamin W. Cottingham, and Leah Faw Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)  \nAcknowledgements  \nThe authors would like to thank the CORE Districts for welcoming us to their public events, inviting us to internal planning sessions, and granting us access to their internal documents. We are also grateful for the time and insights that CORE staff and BTSC school team members provided during interviews. We would like to thank Belen Chavez for her technical support of the quantitative analysis and Shawn Bernardo for his steady support of our data collection. This report, like all PACE publications, has been thoroughly reviewed for factual accuracy and research integrity. The authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy of the report’s contents.  \nSuggested Citation  \nGallagher, H. A. , Cottingham, B. W. , & Faw, L. (2025, February) . Evaluation of the Breakthrough Success Community: 2019–20 through 2022–23 [Report] . Policy Analysis for California [Education. edpolicyinca.org/publications/](Education. edpolicyinca.org/publications/)[ ](Education. edpolicyinca.org/publications/)[evaluation-breakthrough-success-community](evaluation-breakthrough-success-community)  \nPolicy Analysis for California  \nEducation  \n[edpolicyinca.org](edpolicyinca.org)  \nContents  \nExecutive Summary 3  \nIntroduction 4  \nMain Influences on CORE’s Approach to BTSC .................................. 5  \nThe COVID-19 Pandemic as Context for Early Years of CORE’s BTSC ...................... 9  \nResearch Approach 11  \nResearch Questions ................................................ 11  \nData and Methodology............................................... 12  \nAnalytic Approaches ................................................ 13  \nFrameworks ..................................................... 14  \nCORE’s Breakthrough Success Community 16  \nOutcome Measures and the BTSC Aim ...................................... 16  \nRecruitment ..................................................... 25  \nContent of the Change Package ......................................... 28  \nHow Do We Know if a Change Is an Improvement?............................... 45  \nSchool Engagement With BTSC 49  \nCORE Struggled to Get Traction.......................................... 51  \nLearning About Building Traction From Positive Outliers ............................ 57  \nStudent Outcomes 69  \nSelecting a Comparison Group and the Resulting Analytic Sample....................... 70  \nDescriptive Statistics on BTSC and Comparison Schools ............................ 73  \nResults of the Regression Analysis......................................... 75  \nSummary and Conclusions 78  \nReferences 82  \nAppendix A 83  \nAuthor Biographies 89  \n1 Evaluation of the Breakthrough Success Community: 2019–20 Through 2022–23  \nPolicy Analysis for California Education [edpolicyinca.org](edpolicyinca.org)  \nFigures  \nFigure 1. Indicators of Ninth-Grade On-Trackness in CORE Districts Before BTSC Launched ......... 5  \nFigure 2. Criteria for BTSC On-Track Lanes, Checklist Method ......................... 18  \nFigure 3. Criteria for BTSC On-Track Lanes, Compensatory Points Method .................. 20  \nFigure 4. BTSC Checklist (1.0) Versus Compensatory Points (2.0) ........................ 21  \nFigure 5. Traction Framework for Reforms Affecting Student Outcomes at Scale ............... 50  \nFigure 6. Sample 1-Page Overview of Key Actions for April–June 2022 .................... 54  \nFigure 7. D/F Rate at Magnolia, 2018–19 Through 2022–23 ........................... 64  \nFigure 8. Average Ninth-Grade On-Track Points at Magnolia, 2018–19 Through 2022–23 .......... 64  \nFigure 9. D/F Rate at Aspen, 2018–19 Through 2022–23 ............................ 67  \nFigure ","cbCaijHl4kS0aGwi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijHl4kS0aGwi","pdf",2603999,92,"English","# Executive Summary\n# Introduction\n# Main Influences on CORE’s Approach to BTSC\n# The COVID-19 Pandemic as Context for Early Years of CORE’s BTSC\n# Research Approach\n## Research Questions\n## Data and Methodology","[{\"question\":\"What was the main goal of the Breakthrough Success Community (BTSC) during 2019–20 through 2022–23?\",\"answer\":\"The report states that the BTSC aimed to improve ninth-grade on-track rates in CORE districts over the evaluation period.\"},{\"question\":\"Which factors shaped CORE’s BTSC approach, according to the report?\",\"answer\":\"The report highlights main influences on CORE’s approach, including the COVID-19 pandemic as context for the early years of BTSC implementation.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the evaluation assess whether BTSC changes led to improvement?\",\"answer\":\"It describes research questions, data and methodology, analytic approaches, outcome measures tied to the BTSC aim, and results using regression analysis with a selected comparison group and analytic sample.\"}]","Evaluation of the Breakthrough Success Community - Report - 2019–20 through 2022–23 | PDF",1792060620,232]