**Talbert, J. E., & David, J. L. (2019). Sanger Unified School District: Positive outliers case study. Learning Policy Institute. Available on Dropbox.
Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) has a long history of having teachers ground and initiate continuous improvement efforts. This report shares a brief history of how SUSD has used their professional learning community structure to implement district-wide initiatives that organize and focus their work. Additionally, the report shares SUSD’s values, beliefs, goals, and vision behind any effort to implement a new change in the district.
For the purposes of this meeting, we recommend reading the Introduction of this report (pp. 1–7 of the report).
California Collaborative on District Reform. (2024). Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) student enrollment & demographics [Collection of student demographic data prepared by Collaborative staff for the May 1–2, 2024 meeting of the California Collaborative on District Reform]. Available on Dropbox.
This document contains demographic information about SUSD and California student enrollment from 2022–23 across key demographic categories. In addition to students’ ethnicity/race and the overall “unduplicated count” of Local Control Funding Formula-targeted students, the data also indicate the specific percentages of students who have been identified as English learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, foster youth, and special education students.
EdSource. (2023). Sanger Unified [district-level results on California Smarter Balanced assessment]. https://caaspp.edsource.org/sbac/sanger-unified-10624140000000
To provide context on SUSD’s student performance, we are including a set of charts and tables that display the district’s state assessment results from 2015 through 2023. This compilation includes both district-wide results and results by student demographic groups. Not included are 2020 test results and 2021 test results for some student populations due to the pandemic.
Shifts in Sanger USD Grading Practices
**California Education Partners. (2023, July 25). Sanger Unified: On track [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/lUh66XvvA-g?si=rKZZ7M6a4bEv8fSG
This short video captures the voices of a select few SUSD teachers and students from last year’s grading exhibition. The teachers and students reflect on the new grading practices in the district and share how their classroom experiences have changed as part of the shift.
**Sanger Unified School District. (n.d.). SUSD grading overview. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10NqYUweqPpdN_mrq7UUsWj92yV_UcsTZXnUw-HTmf5s/edit?usp=sharing
This document provides a brief timeline of how SUSD has implemented new grading practices in the district and worked with external partners since the 2020-21 school year.
**Sanger Unified School District. (n.d.). Grading pillars: Stronger together. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10l8h36I4_jewZ9VraWXixLh0JNJaRYxF/view
This document summarizes some of the key principles behind the new grading practices in SUSD (for example, that grades should reflect students’ mastery of content and that students should be given multiple ways of demonstrating that mastery).
**This document is a priority reading.