Elliot Sanchez, CEO & Founder Elliot@mSchools.org

making communities into classrooms

a program to bring the best of blended learning to students in communities and schools

Elliot Sanchez, CEO § Taught middle school math at Booker T.

Washington Alternative Middle § Managed math programs for 700,000

students in Louisiana § Lead Alternative and CTE Portfolio for

New Orleans’ Recovery School District § 2014 Forbes “30 Under 30” § Teach for America National Social

Innovation Award

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Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

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21st CCLC

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Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

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Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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Ed Pipeline

LSSI

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21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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Goal: Students perform at or above grade level in math by eighth gradeTarget: 68% of 8th graders earn Basic or above on LEAP by 2012

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MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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Goal: Students perform at or above grade level in math by eighth gradeTarget: 68% of 8th graders earn Basic or above on LEAP by 2012

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MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

Q * R = Learning

Q * R = Learning 10 * 1 = 10

Q * R = Learning 10 * 1 = 10

5 * 5 = 25

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Goal: Students perform at or above grade level in math by eighth gradeTarget: 68% of 8th graders earn Basic or above on LEAP by 2012

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MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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Goal: Students perform at or above grade level in math by eighth gradeTarget: 68% of 8th graders earn Basic or above on LEAP by 2012

Baseline

HSRP

MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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Goal: Students perform at or above grade level in math by eighth gradeTarget: 68% of 8th graders earn Basic or above on LEAP by 2012

Baseline

HSRP

MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

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Goal: Students perform at or above grade level in math by eighth gradeTarget: 68% of 8th graders earn Basic or above on LEAP by 2012

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HSRP

MSP

ENFA 8

TAP

HPSI

Ed Pipeline

LSSI

HPHP

21st CCLC

CPMS

Trailblazers

RTI MS

MS JAG

Connections

Gap = 1,700 students in 2012

Current 62%

Grade Level Grouping

One Size Fits All

Slow, Complex

Setup

Grade Level Grouping

One Size Fits All

One Size Fits All

Pilot Student Results

mSchool Scale Score Avg. Effect (26.0)

Observed difference (Scale Score) 26 Standard Deviation 50

Effect size (OD/SD) 0.52

Years of additional gain (0.52/0.27), Nationally normed1 1.9

Student data 2011/12 and 2012/13 Integrated Louisiana Assessment of Educational Progress

State-administered NCLB accountability testing

“The iLEAP tests were scaled so as to appear similar (in appearance) with the LEAP and GEE scaled score system, that is with a median of approximately 300 and a standard deviation of approximately 50. The lowest obtainable scaled score (LOSS) is 100, and the highest obtainable scaled score (HOSS) is 500 for all iLEAP test forms.” LA Dept of Ed

2012 Mathematics (baseline)

2013 Mathematics (after mSchool)

Scale score change

mSchool student average 325.5 333.3 7.8 Control group average 315.4 297.2 -18.2 Observed difference 10.1 36.1 26

Supplemental use saw an average of 2.9 years of learning in 1 year

1- http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20134015/pdf/20134015.pdf

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