Intellectual Development
Academic skills and knowledge — critical thinking, problem solving, curiosity, and a drive to learn, defined in California by the Common Core State Standards.
District Framework Guide
Ten elements of a quality school
The California Quality Schooling Framework gives our schools a shared roadmap to plan, implement, and evaluate the practices that help every student learn and thrive.
One Shared Standard
All students leave our schools having met rigorous expectations — no matter their zip code or circumstance.
Continuous Improvement
The framework is a cycle: plan, implement, evaluate, refine — grounded in evidence-based practice.
The Whole Child
Success means intellectual, social and emotional, and civic development together.
The Framework
Ten essential elements
Each element stands on its own and strengthens the others. Select any card for the what, the why, and the how.
Foundational Principle
Students learning and thriving
We seek the day when all children — regardless of where they live, the color of their skin, or their economic circumstances — receive the start in life that comes with a world-class education.
Social and Emotional Development
Respect for others, ethical concern, teamwork, motivation, self-discipline, empathy, confidence, and independence — all linked to academic performance and health.
Civic Development
Preparing students to participate in the rich cultural and civic life of the state, a central historical purpose of public schooling.
Visual Model
The assessment triangle
Effective assessment connects three dimensions. Strength in all three lets educators make sound decisions about what students truly know and can do.
Cognition
Beliefs about how humans represent information and develop competence in an academic domain.
Observation
Assessment tasks designed to elicit illuminating responses from students.
Interpretation
Methods and analytic tools used to reason from the evidence assessments produce.
Start with One Element
Build a shared language for school quality
Use these pages in staff meetings, board presentations, and family nights — the same commitments that anchor our roadmap from stabilization through sustainability.