CDE Advisory List of Providers

CDE's 2024-2025 School & District Support Advisory List of Providers

Overview

CDE has concluded its 2024-2025 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 five categories below:

Diagnose & Plan Partners

District Strategic Planning (holistic or targeted at one or more key district systems)
School Holistic Reviews and Improvement Planning

Implementation Partners

Improvement Implementation Support (school and district levels)
- School Turnaround Leadership Development (STLD)
Accountability Pathways Partners (formerly Management Partners)

Note: School Turnaround Leadership Development (STLD) program providers must also apply under Improvement Implementation Support 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 instruction (rigor, engagement), ELL/MLL models (especially in rural/small districts), Family School Community Partnerships, High school design and evidence based improvement strategies for high schools, Math instruction (conceptual understanding, rigor, engagement), Rural school improvement, SEL/school culture/behavioral supports, Special education models and effective service design, Strategies for closing opportunity gaps (students of color, students qualifying for FRL, students with special needs), Strategies for Improving Quality and Rigor of Instruction, Student Engagement, Whole school redesign (people, time, money, curriculum, school model). 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 Strategic Planning	School Holistic Review and Improvement Planning	Improvement Implementation Support	School Turnaround Leadership Development (STLD)	Accountability Pathways Partners
2Partner Mathematics Consulting	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved - District Approved - School
Accelerate Institute	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved with Distinction - School	Approved
Achievement Network	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved	Approved - District Approved - School		Approved
Attuned Education Partners	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction	Approved	Approved - District Approved with Distinction - School
AVID Center	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved with Distinction - School
Baiza and Associates Consulting LLC	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved
BES (build. excel. sustain.)	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved - School	Approved
Center for High School Success	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved with Distinction - School
Center for Resilience + Well-Being at University of Colorado Boulder	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved
Coaction Collective	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved - District
Cognia, Inc.	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved with Distinction
Colorado Education Initiative	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction - School
Colorado League of Charter Schools	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved with Distinction
Ed Direction **	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved	Approved - School
Education Resource Strategies, Inc.	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction		Approved with Distinction - District
Empower Schools	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction				Approved
Generation Schools Network	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved	Approved - District Approved - School	Approved	Approved - District Approved - School
Huron Studer Education	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved
iLearn Collaborative	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved
Instruction Partners	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction		Approved
Instructional Empowerment, Inc.	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved
JS Education Partners	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved
KL Consulting	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved
Kristy Khoury Consulting	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved
LiberatED Way	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction - District Approved with Distinction - School	Approved
Lit	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved		Approved with Distinction - District
Marzano Academies	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved
Mass Insight Education & Research, Inc.	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction - District Approved with Distinction - School
McREL International	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction - School	Approved
Momentum Strategy & Research	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved with Distinction
New Teacher Center	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved with Distinction - District
ONWARD Education Consulting	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved with Distinction	Approved - School
PEBC	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved - School
Precision P3 School Improvement	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved - School
Relay Graduate School of Education	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved with Distinction - District Approved with Distinction - School	Approved	Approved - School
SchoolWorks	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved	Approved with Distinction - School
Special Education Leader Fellowship	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved
STRIVE Inc	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved with Distinction	Approved
Talent Development Secondary at Tides Center	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved - School
Teaching Lab	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved - School
The Center for Model Schools, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved	Approved with Distinction - District Approved - School	Approved
The Impact Team	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved
TNTP, Inc.	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction	Approved with Distinction - District Approved with Distinction - School	Approved	Approved - District Approved with Distinction - School
Transcend Inc.	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved - School
Transformation Leaders Network	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved
University of Chicago Network for College Success	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved
University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved with Distinction - District Approved with Distinction - School	Approved
Visionary Educational Consultancy	Provider Overview	Folder	Approved	Approved	Approved - School
Waterfall Learning LLC	Provider Overview	Folder			Approved - School
WestEd	Provider Overview	Folder		Approved	Approved with Distinction - School	Approved

** Note: Ed Direction has merged with MGT. Ed Direction is an approved provider for 2024-25, but MGT's materials, work products, and references have not been vetted by CDE. Districts are encouraged to request additional information, as needed, directly from MGT ([email protected]).

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.

Field Validated Expertise Areas
Expertise Area	Expert Providers
ELA instruction (rigor, engagement)	Achievement Network (Exceptional) Attuned Education Partners JS Education Partners Lit (Exceptional) STRIVE Inc Teaching Lab (Exceptional)
ELL/MLL models (especially in rural/small districts)	Ed Direction
Family School Community Partnerships	Coaction Collective (Exceptional)
High school design and evidence based improvement strategies for high schools	Colorado Education Initiative Momentum Strategy & Research Talent Development Secondary at Tides Center (Exceptional) STRIVE Inc
Math instruction (conceptual understanding, rigor, engagement)	2Partner Mathematics Consulting (Exceptional) Achievement Network (Exceptional) Instruction Partners (Exceptional) KL Consulting New Teacher Center Teaching Lab
Rural school improvement	Colorado Education Initiative Empower Schools ONWARD Education Consulting Transcend Inc. (Exceptional) Waterfall Learning LLC
SEL/school culture/behavioral supports	ONWARD Education Consulting Transcend Inc. Colorado Education Initiative
Special education models and effective service design	Relay Graduate School of Education ONWARD Education Consulting
Strategies for closing opportunity gaps (students of color, students qualifying for FRL, students with special needs)	Accelerate Institute Center for High School Success Empower Schools Instructional Empowerment, Inc. Talent Development Secondary at Tides Center The Impact Team
Strategies for Improving Quality and Rigor of Instruction	AVID Center Cognia, Inc. McREL International Transformation Leaders Network (Exceptional) 2Partner Mathematics Consulting Marzano Academies New Teacher Center Relay Graduate School of Education The Impact Team Teaching Lab
Student Engagement	Instructional Empowerment, Inc. (Exceptional) Marzano Academies
Whole school redesign (people, time, money, curriculum, school model)	Transcend Inc.