ROUND1ASSIGNMENTS,MARCH20 TH 2017
EducationalPlacementCenter
3/21/17
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BACKGROUNDINFORMATION
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3/21/17
Board’sGoalsforStudentAssignment(Policy5101)
IFtheSFUSDhas:
1. Facilitatestudentdiversitywithintheparametersofcurrentlaw.
1. astudentassignmentsystemthatisalignedwithandsupports
otherinitiativeswithinSFUSDthataredesignedtocreateand
supportdiverseenrollmentsandqualityschoolsinevery
neighborhood;
2. Workinalignmentwithotherinitiativesdesignedtoavoidracial
isolationandtheconcentrationofunderservedstudents.
2. ahumancapitalallocationsystemthatensuresqualityteachingand
instructionalleadershipandpromotesdiversityamongthefacultyat
eachschool;
3. strongandeffectiveprogramsthatattractadiversestudentbody
andmeettheneedsofthestudentswithineachschool;
4. professionaldevelopmentfocusedonculturallyandlinguistically
responsiveinstruction andstrategiestosupportintegratedlearning
environmentswithineachschool;and
5. anequitabledistributionofresourcesdesignedtopromoteand
supportdiverseenrollmentsandqualityschoolsinevery
neighborhood;
3. SupportthestrategicuseoflimitedresourcestoprovidePreK-12
programpathwaysandqualityschoolsineveryneighborhood.
4. Provideequitableaccesstotherangeofopportunitiesavailable.
5. Createrobustenrollmentsinallschools.
6. Besimple,easytounderstand,andtransparentateverystage.
7. Offerfamiliesadegreeofpredictability.
8. Minimizethedegreeofeffortfamiliesmustinvest.
9. Permittheefficientuseofschoolfacilitiesandtransportation.
10. Becosteffectivetoimplementandsustainovertime.
THENtheSFUSDcan:
1. reversethetrendofracialisolationandtheconcentrationof
underservedstudentsinthesameschool;
2. provideequitableaccesstotherangeofopportunitiesavailable;
3. providetransparencyateverystageoftheassignmentprocess;
ANDthiswilldramaticallyacceleratetheachievementofthosewhoare
currentlylessacademicallysuccessful,andincreasetheachievementof
alreadyhighperformingstudents.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION’S POLICY GUIDELINES (P5101)
Board’sTheoryofAction(Policy5101)
3/21/17
2.Tie-breakers/Preferences
SFUSD’sstudentassignmentsystemisaschoolchoicesystemthatis
designedtoplacestudentsinschoolswithinSFUSDinadherenceto
BoardofEducationPolicyP5101.
Thesystemusesa
seriesof
preferences,known
astie-breakers,to
placeapplicantsin
schools.
Beforeplacements
arefinalized,the
systemlooksfor
potentialtransfer
sets thatwould
resultinplacements
tohigherranked
requests.
Studentswhodo
notreceivea
requestedschool
areassignedtoa
schoolthrougha
processof
designation which
considers
geographical
distance.
3.CohortSets
• Todeterminetheorderinwhichrequestsaresorted,eachrequestis
assignedtooneormore“cohort”.Acohortisagroupofstudentsor
requeststhatsharedatie-breaker.Forexample,requestssubmittedto
aschoolbystudentswhohaveoldersiblingsattendingtheschoolare
partofthe“sibling”cohort.
• Foreachtype(citywideorattendancearea)andlevel(elementary,
middle,high)ofschoolandprogram,adifferentlistofcohortordersis
used– theseare“CohortSets.”
• Eachschoollooksatalltherequestsitreceived,anditsortsthe
requestsbylookingatthecombinationoftie-breakercohortsinorder
ofpreferencebasedonthecohortset thatmatchesthetypeandlevel
ofschoolandprogramrequested.Forexample,arequestfora
kindergartenattendanceareaschoolhasacombinationofSibling,
AttendanceArea,andCTIP1 tie-breakerswillberankedhigherthana
requestthatonlyhasaSibling tie-breaker.Higherrankedtie-breakers
alwaystrumpcombinationsoflowerrankedtie-breakers.
Studentsareplacedintheirhighestrankedchoiceaslongasthereare
openings.Thestudentassignmentsystemsortsrequestsusingaseries
ofpreferences,knownastie-breakers, toplaceapplicantsinschools.
Thefollowingtie-breakersarerequestleveltie-breakers,whichmeans
theyareappliedtospecificrequestsfromstudents.
• AAP.RequestsfromPrekorTKstudentswholiveintheattendance
areaoftheschoolandarealsoenrolledinanSFUSDpreKorTKinthe
sameattendanceareaoftherequestedschool.
• AA.Requestsfromstudentswholiveintheattendanceareaofthe
schoolrequested.
• Bayview.RequestsforBrownMSfromstudentsenrolledinCarver,
Drew,Harte,orMalcolmX.
• CL.Requestsfromstudentswhoareenrolledinandwishtocontinue
inalanguageprogram.
• CLS.Requestfromstudentswhoareenrolledinandwishtocontinue
inalanguageprogramANDwhoaretheyoungersiblingofastudent
whoisenrolledinandwillbeenrolledinthelanguageprogramatthe
schoolatissue.
• MSF.RequestsfromstudentswhoattendanelementaryK-5whichis
identifiedasaschoolthatfeedsintoaspecificmiddleschool.
• PreK.RequestsfromKindergartenstudentswhoattendanSFUSD
preKorTKprogramatthecity-wideschooltheyareapplyingto.
• Sibling.Requestsfromayoungersiblingofastudentwhoisenrolled
inandwillbeattendingtheschool.
• 94124.RequestsforBrownMSfromstudentswholivein94124.
Thefollowingtie-breakersarestudentleveltie-breakers,whichmeans
theyareappliedtoallrequestssubmittedbyastudentwhomeetsthe
parametersforthetie-breakerinquestion.
• CT1.Studentswholivedinareasofthecitywiththelowestquintileof
averagetestscores.
• RandomNumber. Arandomnumberisaddedtoeveryrequest.
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STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM
1.HowSFUSD’sStudentAssignmentSystemWorks
OUTCOMESOFROUND1,2017-18SCHOOLYEAR
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KeyFindingsAboutNumberofApplications
# Applications
2017-18
#Applications
LastYear
TK
541
469
72
K
4,593
4,744
(151)
6th
3,469
3,549
(80)
9th
4,551
4,416
135
Allother
1,371
1,369
2
Total
14,525
14,547
(22)
Grade
Difference
StudentsReceivingChoiceAssignments
FirstChoice
14%
25%
OtherChoice
13%
18%
• Therewere14,525applicantsinRound1,whichisaboutthe
samenumberaslastyear
o 72moreTKapplicants
o 151fewerkindergartenapplicants
o 80fewer6th gradeapplicants
o 135more9th gradeapplicants
KeyFindingsAboutStudentsReceivingChoiceAssignments
NotaChoice
17%
23%
61%
69%
60%
Kindergarten
6thGrade
9thGrade
• 86%ofkindergartnersgotoneoftheirchoicesthisyear(last
yearitwas88%)
o 61%gottheir1st choice (lastyearitwasalso61%)
• 87%of6th gradersgotoneoftheirchoicesthisyear(lastyear
itwas94%)
o 69%gottheir1st choice(lastyearitwas78%)
• 83%of9th gradersgotoneoftheirchoicesthisyear(lastyear
itwas87%)
o 60%gottheirfirstchoice(lastyearitwas58%)
Moredetailedinformationabouttherequestpatternsandchoice
patternsforKindergarten,6th Grade,and9th Gradeisprovidedon
thenextfewpages.
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ALL GRADES
NumberofApplications
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TKASSIGNMENTS
Thenumberof
applicantshas
grownfrom469
in2016-17to
542in2017-18
(73more
students/16%
growth)
AlvaradoTK
ArgonneTK
CarmichaelTK
CommodoreStocktonTK
DrewTK
FlynnTK
HarteTK
JohnMcLarenTK
JuniperoSerraAnnexTK
NoriegaTK
PresidioTK
ReddingTK
SheridanTK
StevensonTK
TuleElkParkTK
ZaidaTRodriguezTK
GrandTotal
FirstChoiceRequests
93
78
27
18
11
20
2
17
24
132
25
17
12
6
43
17
542
55%of1st
TuleElkParkTK
ZaidaTRodriguezTK
StevensonTK
SheridanTK
ReddingTK
AlvaradoTK
choice
requestsareforone
ofthreeschools:
Noriega(24%),
Alvarado(17%),or
Argonne(14%).
TK
TKREQUESTS
DrewTk
TuleElkParkTk
HarteTk
RodriguezTk
NoriegaTk
JohnMcLarenTk
StocktonTk
SheridanTk
ReddingTk
PresidioTk
FlynnTk
BessieCarmichael/FecTk
ArgonneTk
SerraAnnexTk
AlvaradoTk
StevensonTk
0
PresidioTK
10
20
30
40
50
60
ArgonneTK
NoriegaTK
CarmichaelTK
Commodore
DrewTK StocktonTK
JuniperoSerraAnnex
TK
JohnMcLarenTK
FlynnTK
HarteTK
7
70
80
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KeyFindingsAboutREQUESTS
• Firstchoicerequestsforschoolsvariedgreatly;someschoolsreceived
lotsofrequestswhileothersreceivedveryfew
o 52%offamilieslistedoneof17schoolsasafirstchoice
o Lessthan10%offamilieslistedone23schoolsasafirstchoice
250
#FirstChoices
200
• Thereare70differentelementaryschoolstochoosefrom
o 16%listedjustonechoiceontheirapplication
o 25%listedthreeorfewerchoices
o 1%(53people)listed70ormorechoices
150
100
• Therearetensionsbetweendemandpatternsandtheopportunity
a) forstudentstoreceiveachoiceassignment;and
b) tocreaterobustenrollmentinallourschools
50
0
Schools
Round1ASSIGNMENTOFFERSbySchool
• Thereisatensionbetweenchoiceandcreatingrobustenrollmentin
allourelementaryschools
o 34%ofschoolshavefewer than54incomingkindergartners,
and5oftheseschoolshavefewerthan40
o 29%havemore than88incomingkindergartners,and3%have
morethan100
140
#KindergartnersAssigned
KeyFindingsAboutASSIGNMENTS
120
100
80
• 14%ofstudentsdidnotgetanyoftheirchoices,sotheyreceiveda
designated/non-choiceassignmenttooneof21differentschools
60
40
20
0
Schools
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KINDERGARTEN
FirstChoiceREQUESTSbySchool
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Roosevelt
KeyFindingsAboutREQUESTS
Denman
• 1st choicerequestsforschoolsvariedgreatly;therearefourhighly
requestedschoolsandfourunderrequestedschools
o 53%(1,870)ofallapplicantsrequestedGiannini,Hoover,
Presidio,orAptosas1st choice
o 9%(297)ofallapplicantsrequestedBrown,VisValley,MLKing,
orLickasa1st choice
K8Schools
• 6%ofapplicantsrequestedoneoftheK8schoolsasa1st choice
VisValley
Marina
Aptos
Brown
Presidio
Evere7
Lick
Hoover
Francisco
• Therearetensionsbetweendemandpatternsandtheopportunity
a) forstudentstoreceiveachoiceassignment;and
b) tocreaterobustenrollmentinallourschools
Giannini
MLKing
Round1ASSIGNMENTSbySchool
VisValley
Roosevelt
KeyFindingsAboutASSIGNMENTS
• Assignmentsaredistributedmoreevenlyacrossschoolsthan1st
choicerequests
K8Schools
Aptos
Brown
Denman
Presidio
Evere1
Marina
Francisco
Lick
MLKing
Giannini
Hoover
• ThroughtheMiddleSchoolRedesignInitiative,principalshavebeen
workingtogethertopromoteuniversaleducationalopportunitiesthat
preparemiddleschoolsforthegraduateprofileinVision2025,and
thisyeartheyspenttimearticulatingtheidealprogramsizeacross
middleschools
• EPCandCommunicationsareworkingwithVisValleyandBrownto
helpthempromotetheeducationalopportunitiesavailableto
studentsusingavarietyofstrategies,including:
• WelcomeSchoolNewsletter
• PhoneBank– parents,schoolstaff,andcentralofficestaff
• WelcomePackets
• SchoolWebsiteRedesign
• ElementaryVisits
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6TH GRADE
FirstChoiceREQUESTSbySchool
3/21/17
Marshall
KeyFindingsAboutREQUESTS
AsawaSOTA
• 4,554studentssubmittedanapplicationfor9th grade
AAS@SOTA
Washington
SFInterna=onal
Lowell
Galileo
Wallenberg
Balboa
Mission
Lincoln
Burton
Jordan
O'Connell
Round1ASSIGNMENTSbySchool
AsawaSOTA
AAS@SOTA
Lowell
Mission
SFInterna=onal
Jordan
Galileo
Wallenberg
Blaboa
Lincoln
Burton
• 57%oftheschools(8outof14)receivedjust11%ofall1st choice
requests
KeyFindingsAboutASSIGNMENTS
Marshall
Washington
• 1st choicerequestsforschoolsvariedgreatly;someschoolsreceived
lotsofrequestswhileothersreceivedveryfew
o 34%(1,548)ofallapplicantsrequestedLowellasa1st choice
o 19%(868)requestedLincoln
o 11%(484)requestedBalboa
o 9%(407)requestedGalileo
o 9%(399)requestedWashington
o 8%(358)requestedAsawaSOTA
o 11%(490)requestedoneoftheother8highschools
• Thereisatensionbetweenchoiceandcreatingrobustenrollmentin
allourhighschools
• Assignmentsaredistributedmoreevenlyacrossschoolsthan1st
choicerequests,however,therearestillmassivevariances
o 54%ofstudentsarereceivingoffersto4ofour14highschools:
Lowell18%;Lincoln12%;Burton12%;andWashington11%
o 4%ofstudentsarereceivingoffersto3ofourschools:AAS@
SOTA,Jordan,SFInternational
• 17%didnotgetanyoftheirchoices;theyreceivedadesignated/nonchoiceassignmenttoBurton,Marshall,orO’Connell
O'Connell
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9TH GRADE
FirstChoiceREQUESTSbySchool