How It All Began

Three years ago, my school began an arduous journey.  Under No Child Left Behind, states were told to  determine which schools under their jurisdiction were the "worst."  California decided to use a growth (or lack of growth) model to find their worst schools.  In this crazy lottery, my school won!  We weren't the lowest performing school in the district, but we hadn't made any gains in our test scores in five years.  Thus began our journey of school transformation.