Pasadena Unified: Tier 2 Outcomes After One Year of RAVE-O

After one year of RAVE-O implementation, Pasadena Unified saw 63% of struggling readers in their Tier 2 program exit intervention entirely — a result that prompted the district to expand the program district-wide.

This case study walks through the actual implementation: training timeline, coaching cadence, the specific grade bands involved, and the internal data the district used to make its expansion decision, for other districts considering a similar path.