Boulder Valley School District — Policy Analysis 2026
Grand Total
96 / 106
90.6%
Base Score
86 / 96
Extra Credit
10 / 10
Score by Section
| Section | Score | Max | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culturally Responsive Training | 5 | 8 | Notes |
| Clear & Consistent Policies | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Restorative Justice Practices | 7 | 8 | Notes |
| Bias Awareness & Mitigation | 7 | 8 | Notes |
| Culturally Relevant Curriculum | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Community Engagement & Collaboration | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Professional Development on Equity & Inclusion | 6 | 8 | Notes |
| Mental Health & Trauma-Informed Practices | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Data Collection & Analysis | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Student Voice & Leadership | 6 | 8 | Notes |
| Equitable Access to Support Services | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Continuous Evaluation & Improvement | 7 | 8 | Notes |
| Extra Credit | 10 | 10 | Notes |
Suggestions to Improve the Score
Every item below its maximum, worst gap first, with the reviewer's own notes as the rationale.
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- 1.4 [Culturally Responsive Training]: Regular feedback/measurement on training effectiveness — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No public documentation was found of BVSD systematically measuring the effectiveness of cultural competency/equity trainings specifically (as opposed to general PD credit tracking).
- 7.4 [Professional Development on Equity & Inclusion]: Participation in equity-focused conferences — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No public documentation was found confirming BVSD staff participation in external equity-focused conferences as a district practice.
- 10.3 [Student Voice & Leadership]: Students facilitate restorative processes — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). BVSD's restorative practices are described as led by trained adult facilitators; no public documentation was found confirming students formally facilitate restorative justice conferences or circles in BVSD.
- 1.2 [Culturally Responsive Training]: Mentorship programs for culturally diverse staff — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). BVSD supports a 'Radical Wellness for Educators of Color' project focused on justice and wellness for educators of color, and a grow-your-own Pathways2Teaching pipeline, but there is no confirmed formal, district-wide mentorship program specifically for current diverse staff (https://www.colorado.edu/crowninstitute/jovita-schiffer).
- 3.4 [Restorative Justice Practices]: Peer mediation program — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). BVSD's Peacemaker Program trains select 3rd-5th grade students to solve problems and provide peer communication support, but this appears to be an elementary-level, school-by-school offering rather than a confirmed district-wide, formal peer mediation program (https://www.bvsd.org/parents-students/student-help/bvsd-school-supports).
- 4.3 [Bias Awareness & Mitigation]: Cultural competence checks in hiring — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). BVSD job postings require candidates to "create and support a culture of equity and inclusion that values, accepts, and understands diversity and the impact of culturally responsive practices" and identify disproportionate outcome barriers, and the district has run Teacher of Color hiring events, but there's no confirmed uniform, standardized cultural-competence screening rubric applied to all hires (htt…
- 12.3 [Continuous Evaluation & Improvement]: Benchmarking vs. state/national comparators — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). External analyses (Boulder Reporting Lab, Common Sense Institute) compare BVSD's discipline rates to other Colorado districts using state data, but there is no confirmed internal district process of formally benchmarking against state/national comparators (https://commonsenseinstituteus.org/colorado/research/education/discipline-absenteeism-and-achievement-a-data-driven-look-at-colorados-…