February 21, 2025, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—In a year of bleak NAEP outcomes nationwide, the latest data on schools using Opportunity Culture® teaching teams provides hope for scaling up student learning results nationwide.
Title I schools that had Multi-Classroom Leader® teaching teams for at least four years and were reaching all students in core subjects in 2023–24 were 83 percent more likely to make high growth schoolwide than Title I schools without these Opportunity Culture teams.*
Title I schools using these teams for at least one year and reaching all students schoolwide in 2023–24 were 61 percent more likely to make high growth schoolwide than Title I schools without the teams.**
Ninety-three percent of schools using Opportunity Culture models qualified for federal Title I funding.
Both experience with Multi-Classroom Leader teams and the percentage of students reached by them affected schoolwide outcomes.
Title I schools that had several years of experience with these teams, which can include new educator roles, and reached students schoolwide showed the best growth results—boosting their odds of high-growth learning schoolwide by 83 percent over schools without the roles.
Reaching students mattered more than just gaining years of experience with the roles. Including all students increased the odds of high-growth learning schoolwide by 61 percent, while just gaining experience for four or more years boosted the odds of high growth by 26 percent.