Demonstrating growth
QEIA School Accomplishments
Teacher-led reforms implemented in CTA's QEIA program are making marked improvements for the state's most at-risk students, helping to close the achievement gap. For the 2009-2010 year, QEIA schools, now numbering 501, made 50 percent higher gains on California’s API than did their non-QEIA counterparts. Read more | 2009-10 accomplishments | Two years of API growth
Professional Development Provider Directory
Our Provider Directory details information about professional development programs and services offered throughout the state.
Site Contact Support
CTA Site Contacts have a dedicated support website with additional QEIA resources. If you are a CTA QEIA Site Contact or a CTA member at a QEIA school and need access to the QEIA Site Contact website, please contact Liz Tokar.
Strategies for Success with Priority Schools
Issues & Action
Quality Education Investment Act
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New Data Show At-Risk QEIA Schools Continue to Excel - About 85% Exceed 3-Year API Growth Targets
About 85 percent of the nearly 500 at-risk Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) schools exceeded three-year Academic Performance Index (API) growth targets, one of the requirements for staying in the program, which is the largest school reform effort of its kind in the nation.
Under the 2006 QEIA law - which stemmed from a CTA school funding lawsuit victory - these schools get nearly $3 billion in extra resources over eight years for proven reforms like smaller class sizes and more counselors.
QEIA reforms show success for LAUSD students
QEIA uses proven reforms to help at-risk students. United Teachers of Los Angeles worked closely with CTA on implementation of QEIA reforms at Los Angeles area schools. Read UTLA news release.
CTA Profiles 6 QEIA School Success Stories
FlickR Photo Albums of Featured QEIA Schools
At-Risk Students Excel With CTA’s QEIA Reforms
Research shows the nearly 500 lower-performing schools receiving about $3 billion over eight years for proven interventions like smaller class sizes are making sustained progress. For the 2009-10 school year, QEIA-enriched schools, on average, experienced nearly 50 percent higher growth on the California API than similar, non-QEIA schools. Hispanic, African-American, socioeconomically disadvantaged and English Learner students also made higher API gains than similar students not enjoying QEIA assistance. The good news was unveiled at CTA’s QEIA symposium in Sacramento last year with nearly 200 teachers, education experts and lawmakers’ staff. 
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QEIA Achievements
Statistics
QEIA data from January
A January 2010 report shows that 351 of the 499 QEIA schools of greatest need in the program in 2008-09 met schoolwide targets set by California's API student accountability system.Research Brief
Findings from March report
Report outlines implementation and student academic results from California's QEIA schools following first year of program implementation.QEIA Schools Shine
Accomplishments
Bringing Hope, Resources, Results to Lower-Performing Schools in California.
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The Role of CTA in QEIA
CTA engaged in a variety of QEIA activities
Involvement in a reform such as QEIA breaks new ground for the association, involving new activities and roles.How Does QEIA Work?
An EdSource Policy Brief
QEIA sets benchmarks for performance and a variety of resource measures that schools must meet in ways that work best for them.Data Show Early Success
Lower-performing schools make significant gains
Schools targeted with extra resources because of the Quality Education Investment Act are making significant academic gains.Spotlight on John Muir Elementary
Transforming a struggling school
John Muir Elementary School: Once the lowest performing elementary school in its district, now one of the highest.Schools meet requirements for 2008-2009
Monitoring
Schools that participate in the QEIA are monitored by their Co. Supt. of Schools to determine if they are fully implementing program requirements.
