CDE Advisory List of Providers

CDE's 2023-2024 School & District Support Advisory List of Providers

Overview

CDE has concluded its 2023-2024 RFI review, and the providers who were successful in that process are now included on our Advisory List. Schools and districts with low-performing schools are encouraged to consider the providers on the list across the six categories below:

District-level supports

District-level Strategic Planning (holistic or targeted at one or more key district systems)
District Improvement Implementation Support
District Managers

School-level supports

School Holistic Diagnostic Reviews and Improvement Planning
School Improvement Implementation Support
School Managers

Note: School Turnaround Leadership Development (STLD) program providers have the option of applying under District Improvement Implementation Support, School Improvement Implementation Support or both in order to become a qualified STLD provider. Additional information about this program and currently identified providers can be found here.

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Review and Approval Process

CDE reviewed all application materials using our published rubrics and a “body of evidence” approach that included review of application forms and narrative, authentic work samples, evidence of prior impact, and references. Based on this review, all approved providers met CDE’s quality criteria and provided concrete evidence of their ability to improve outcomes for students in low-performing schools. In addition, some providers met the quality standards at the highest level. These providers are noted as “approved with distinction”.

Approved providers also had the opportunity to participate in an optional and supplemental process to identify up to three field-validated expertise areas. Expertise areas were field-validated using feedback from educators and partners who work directly with each participating provider. The field-validated expertise areas include: ELA Rigor and Instruction; Math Instruction; English Learner/Multilingual Learner Models; High School Design and Evidence-Based Improvement Strategies; Rural School Improvement; SEL, School Culture and Climate; Special Education Models and Effective Service Design; Whole School Redesign; Strategies for Closing Opportunity Gaps; Strategies for Improving Quality and Rigor of Instruction; and Talent Management and Strategic Staffing Structures. Providers noted with “exceptional expertise” are those that the field indicated exceptional knowledge and impact in the respective expertise area.

Click here to access the full Advisory List, including links to each provider's RFI submission.

Resources for District RFP Processes

CDE recommends that districts at least consider using a Request for Proposal (RFP) process when hiring an external partner. The following RFP Template is provided as an example only. Districts should consult their legal counsel and procurement policies before releasing an RFP. In addition, CDE is providing a provider contact list that districts are encouraged to use to publicize district RFPs for school improvement services.

Click here to access the RFP template

Contacts

If you have questions about the Advisory List or RFI process, please contact Lindsay Cox, School Transformation Grant Manager.

If you need this information in an alternate format, please contact Nate Goss, Accountability Project Manager.

Advisory List of Providers

CDE found that the following respondents sufficiently addressed all questions listed in the RFI and provided concrete evidence of their ability to improve outcomes for students in low-performing schools.

_Provider	_{Provider Overview}	_{Supporting Work Documents}	_{District-level Strategic Planning}	_{School Holistic Review and Improvement Planning}	_{District Implementation Support}	_{School Implementation Support}	_{District Management Provider}	_{School Management Provider}	_{School Turnaround Leadership Development (STLD)}
_{2Partner Mathematics}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder			_Approved	_Approved
_{Accelerate Institute}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_{Approved with Distinction}			_Approved
_{Achievement Network}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved
_{Attuned Education Partners}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_{Approved with Distinction}	_Approved	_Approved	_{Approved with Distinction}
_{AVID Center}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_{Approved with Distinction}
_{BES (build. excel. sustain.)}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_Approved		_Approved			_Approved
_{Center for High School Success}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Coaction Collective}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder			_Approved
_{Cognia, Inc.}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Colorado Education Initiative}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}		_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Colorado League of Charter Schools}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Ed Direction}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_Approved		_Approved
_{Education Resource Strategies Inc}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_{Approved with Distinction}		_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Empower Schools}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Generation Schools Network}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved
_{Growing Minds, LLC}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_Approved
_{Kristy Khoury Consulting}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_Approved
_{LiberatED Way powered by AUSL}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}			_Approved
_Lit	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved		_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Mass Insight Education & Research, Inc.}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}
_{McREL International}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_{Approved with Distinction}		_{Approved with Distinction}			_Approved
_{Momentum Strategy & Research}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_{Approved with Distinction}
_{National Institute for Excellence in Teaching}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder			_Approved	_{Approved with Distinction}			_Approved
_{New Teacher Center}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder			_{Approved with Distinction}
_{NewSummit LLC}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved	_Approved
_{ONWARD Education Consulting}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_{Approved with Distinction}		_Approved
_PEBC	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_Approved
_{Precision School Improvement}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_Approved		_Approved
_{Relay Graduate School of Education}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder			_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}		_Approved	_Approved
_{RMC Research Corporation}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_Approved
_SchoolWorks	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_Approved		_{Approved with Distinction}
_{Talent Development Secondary at The Tides Center}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_Approved
_{Teaching Lab}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_Approved
_{The Center for Model Schools, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_Approved	_{Approved with Distinction}	_Approved			_Approved
_{The Impact Team}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_Approved
_{TNTP, Inc}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}	_Approved	_{Approved with Distinction}	_Approved
_{Transcend Inc}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_Approved
_{University of Denver- Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS)}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder			_Approved	_Approved			_Approved
_{University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder			_{Approved with Distinction}	_{Approved with Distinction}			_Approved
_{Visionary Educational Consultancy (VEC)}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder	_Approved	_Approved		_Approved
_{Waterfall Learning}	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder				_Approved
_WestEd	_{Provider Overview}	_Folder		_Approved		_{Approved with Distinction}			_Approved

_{Expertise Area}	_Providers
ELA Rigor and Instruction	Attuned Education Partners Lit (Exceptional) Teaching Lab (Exceptional)
English Learner (EL) / Multilingual Learner (ML) Models	Ed Direction
High School Design and Evidence-Based Improvement Strategies	Colorado Education Initiative Momentum Strategy & Research Talent Development Secondary at The Tides Center (Exceptional)
Math Instruction	2Partner Mathematics Consulting (Exceptional) Achievement Network (Exceptional) New Teacher Center Teaching Lab
Rural School Improvement	Colorado Education Initiative Empower Schools Onward Education Consulting Transcend, Inc. (Exceptional) Waterfall Learning
SEL, School Culture and Climate, and Behavioral Supports	Colorado Education Initiative Onward Education Consulting Transcend, Inc
Special Education Models and Effective Service Design	Onward Education Consulting Relay Graduate School of Education
Strategies for Closing Opportunity Gaps	Accelerate Institute Center for High School Success Empower Schools Talent Development Secondary at The Tides Center The Impact Team University of Denver, Design Improvement Program
Strategies for Improving Quality and Rigor of Instruction	2Partner Mathematics Consulting AVID Center Cognia, Inc. McREL International National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) New Teacher Center Relay Graduate School of Education Teaching Lab The Impact Team
Talent Management and Strategic Staffing Structures	No providers at this time
Whole School Redesign	Transcend, Inc.

Note: Participation in the field-validated expertise area process was optional for providers. This information serves only as supplemental information to the RFI process and should not be treated as a comprehensive list of the expertises of approved providers.