California Governor Gavin Newsom proposes $10 million to develop a statewide longitudinal data system to track student outcomes and align the education system with workforce needs. The lack of a coherent education database in California is a barrier to fulfilling continuous improvement policy goals. Experts discussed essential questions at a PACE conference in February 2019 to guide the development of a coordinated data system.

This study explores ten "outlier schools" in California's CORE districts that have strong social-emotional learning outcomes. The brief and infographic summarize the various practices found in these schools and the common implementation challenges faced. The findings offer lessons that can help other schools and districts implement social-emotional learning at scale.

California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) requires districts to report student performance measures and use state and local data to monitor progress towards preparing students for college, career, and citizenship. Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) utilized principles of Improvement Science and a data dashboard to increase college access for students, in partnership with the University of California, Merced.