LAUSD CCSPP community schools reduced chronic absence by approximately 9% more and improved math proficiency by approximately 10% more than comparable non-CCSPP high-need schools¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participating CCSPP schools reduced chronic absence by approximately 9% more and improved math proficiency rates by approximately 10% more than similar high-need schools without CCSPP grants. → Klevan 2026 q2 i? ELA proficiency also improved in CCSPP schools, though these gains were not statistically significant. → Klevan 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Klevan 2026¶

Klevan, S., Spitzer, N., Hernández, L., Rubinstein, C., & Swain, W. (2026). Community schools in Los Angeles Unified: Transforming teaching and learning. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/677.130

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Quantitative comparison analysis of CCSPP Cohort 1 community schools against matched non-CCSPP LAUSD high-need schools, reported in the report's findings on grant impacts. The comparison schools served nearly identical low-income concentrations (92%), so the report attributes the differential gains to the community schools program.

"Compared to similar high-need schools that did not receive CCSPP grants, participating schools reduced chronic absence by approximately 9% more and improved math proficiency rates by approximately 10% more following grant implementation."

Klevan 2026 (2)¶

Klevan, S., Spitzer, N., Hernández, L., Rubinstein, C., & Swain, W. (2026). Community schools in Los Angeles Unified: Transforming teaching and learning. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/677.130

q2 · i? · causal · r2

The same CCSPP impact analysis found ELA proficiency improvements in CCSPP schools that were not statistically significant; the report prints no effect size for this outcome, so no magnitude is asserted.

"ELA proficiency also improved in CCSPP schools, though these gains were not statistically significant."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Schools with the greatest chronic absence reductions showed the largest achievement gains, with attendance improvement associated with a near doubling of the math effect — related
• CCSPP community schools reduced chronic absence at least 30% more than matched comparison schools in the first implementation year — related
• By 2023–24, CCSPP Cohort 1 community schools' math and ELA scores exceeded their prepandemic achievement levels, an outcome not observed in comparable non-CCSPP schools — related
• Benefits of CCSPP community schools were largest for Black students, English learners, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students — related
• CCSPP community schools reduced suspension rates by roughly 15% (0.5 percentage point) relative to matched comparison schools — related
• Los Padillas Elementary improved reading and math achievement and cut chronic absence by 50% between 2021 and 2024 after adopting community schools — related
• In Lynwood Unified, chronic absence fell from 37.1% to 24.5% and average daily attendance rose from 87.4% to 91.5% during the first two years of districtwide community schools implementation. — related
• After becoming community schools, 11 of 12 Lynwood elementary schools increased the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the ELA proficiency standard, and 10 did so in math. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• CCSPP community schools improved math achievement by 0.06 standard deviations, roughly 43 additional days of learning — related