Case Studies
Achieving Academic Excellence with Achievement Teams in Washington Unified School District
Fresno, California
Prior to unifying the school district in 2015, Washington Schools in Fresno, CA grappled with fragmented processes and misalignment across K-12 classrooms. Although the district had implemented a local protocol for data collection and analysis, the lack of a unified approach hindered collaboration, student growth, and instructional improvement efforts. With leadership changes and new principals at various school sites, maintaining momentum and fostering a consistent focus on student data analysis became a critical challenge for the district. In an effort to create greater cohesion in academic programming and the student experience, John Sherron, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, along with the district team, adopted Achievement Teams district-wide as means to cultivate a truly unified academic system that ensured growth for all learners.