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Cottingham Jeannie Myung  \nJune 2025  \nImproving the Instructional Core at Scale  \nBenjamin W. Cottingham and Jeannie Myung Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)  \nAcknowledgements  \nWe thank Superintendent Norm Enfield and Deputy Superintendent Grace Park for their leadership and engagement throughout this study. Their focus on continuous improvement and willingness to share insights helped shape the direction of our work. We also appreciate the time and insights offered by district and school teams across Chino Valley Unified School District, which informed our understanding of the district’s approach to supporting teaching and learning. 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  \nCottingham, B. W. , & Myung, J. (2025, June) . Improving the instructional core at scale [Report] . Policy Analysis for California [Education. edpolicyinca.org/publications/improving-instructional-core-scale](Education. edpolicyinca.org/publications/improving-instructional-core-scale)  \nPolicy Analysis for California  \nEducation  \n[edpolicyinca.org](edpolicyinca.org)  \nContents  \nExecutive Summary 2  \nIntroduction 3  \nFramework for Getting to Scale With Good Practice 3  \nCVUSD’s Journey to Scaling Instructional Improvement 6  \nEstablish a Coherent Framework of Effective Teaching and Learning Practices ................ 10  \nHave an Explicit Scaling Strategy From the Start ................................. 16  \nDevelop Systems That Intensify and Focus Motivation to Engage in Improving Practice ........... 19  \nPromote Opportunities and Incentives for Continuous Improvement Systemwide .............. 25  \nTakeaways 29  \nConclusion 33  \nReferences 34  \nAppendix 35  \nAuthor Biographies 37  \n1 Improving the Instructional Core at Scale  \nExecutive Summary  \nThis case study examines how one school district in California scaled a structured, data-driven approach to teacher collaboration to improve instruction and student outcomes districtwide. Over the last 8 years, Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) has implemented the Professional Learning Community (PLC) at Work model across all schools in the district, strengthening teacher leadership, deepening teachers’ use of student data to inform instruction, and fostering sustained collaboration among educators—all of which have contributed to notable gains in student achievement. The district’s ability to scale the model was anchored by district leadership and their partnership with the teachers’ union, which helped launch and sustain the district’s focus on improving teaching and learning, despite disruptions due to COVID closuresand contentious local school board politics. CVUSD applied Richard Elmore’s framework for scaling good educational practice, which identifies four key district-level strategies for systemwide instructional improvement: (a) establishing a coherent framework of effective practice,(b) launching with an explicit scaling strategy, (c) strengthening organizational focus on improving teaching and learning, and (d) building opportunities and incentives for continuous improvement.  \nThe district:  \n1. Articulated a shared vision of effective practice anchored in the three key norms for effective PLCs at Work: (a) a focus on student learning,(b) a culture of collaboration, and (c) a results-oriented approach. Educators routinely met in collaborative teams to establish goals for student learning, design assessments, analyze data, and adjust instruction.  \n2. Designed systems to scale improvements in student learning districtwide, focusing on creating coherent infrastructure. 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