WHY DOES NAZ EXIST?

Jaquan faces these odds

• 37% high school graduation rate

• 25% homeless or high mobility

• 16% college readiness

• 13% graduate from college on time

• $18,000 household income

• 63% unemployment

ENDING MULTIGENERATIONAL POVERTY

• Formed out of a collaborative started in 2008

• NAZ is now the “backbone” organization for a collective impact collaborative

• Made up of 9 schools, 30+ partners, and over 680 families

AN ORGANIZATION & COMMUNITY OF CHANGE

ENDING MULTIGENERATIONAL POVERTY

Two generation approach

• Stronger parenting

• Academic and whole-family supports

• Parents no longer perennial recipients of social services, but leading change

• Parents and scholars committed to college graduation

Build a culture of achievement

NAZ GEOGRAPHIC ZONE

Entire ZonePopulation that NAZ is accountable for improvement of outcomes

REACHING POPULATION-LEVEL RESULTS

NAZ-enrolledGroup of scholars NAZ is implementing solutions with and accountable for performance.

REACHING POPULATION-LEVEL RESULTS

Performance with NAZ-enrolled scholars drives Zone-wide results.

REACHING POPULATION-LEVEL RESULTS

LONG-TERM OUTCOME PROJECTIONS

Kindergarten Readiness

3rd Grade reading performance

8th Grade math performance

Graduation rates

28%

80%51%

80%

16%

70%

29%

70%

NAZ ENROLLMENT

Goal: 1,000 Families & 2,500 Scholars

FAMILIES ENROLLED SCHOLARS ENROLLED

2012

2013

2012

2014

2013

2014

584217

548 1390

1740740

DEMOGRAPHICSDemographics Income

UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION

COLLABORATION TO GENERATE BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS

• Public/private partnership

• Multi-sector and cross agency alignment for first time on Northside

• Data driven

NAZ ECOSYSTEM

“TEAM JAQUAN”

• Goal for all families, partners and schools: college readiness!

• Family Achievement Plan

• Data and progress monitoring system: NAZ Connect

• Evidence-based practice: NAZ Seal of Effectiveness Solution Plans

• Team of NAZ staff located across partners

DATA DRIVEN

DATA SYSTEM

Achievement planning and data collection system

• Drives Achievement

• Supports coordination across partners

• Tracks individual, program ad longitudinal data

Collective learning and performance accountability

• Monthly convening

• Includes senior NAZ staff, Board members, Parent Advisory Board members, and rotation of partner leaders

• Analysis to find technical and adaptive solutions

• Building culture of accountability: partners are accountable to each other and to families

RESULTS NAZROUNDTABLE ANALYSIS OF DATA

EARLYOUTCOMES

MCA SCORES RISE WITH ENROLLMENT LENGTH

Longer enrollment in NAZ is associated with higher academic proficiency on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment for children in grades 3-5 for the 2013-2014 school year.

KINDERDARTEN READINESS

Based on the results of the 2013-2014 Beginning Kindergarten Assessment, NAZ-enrolled scholars are more likely to be kindergarten ready than non-enrolled children in our Zone. Kindergarten readiness exceeded target (42%) in 2013-2014. The difference in percentage from previous reports is due to more representative sampling.

3RD GRADE MCA READING PROFICIENCY

NAZ exceeded the 3rd grade reading target (15%) for 2013-14.