California
A Stanford-led review reports that the median measurability score across more than 7,000 California LCAP goals was zero, only 7.9% included an explicit numeric target, and more than one-third were duplicated across agencies.
Evidence & impact
Grounded in Research
A synthesis of published research examining the core challenges TriaED is designed to solve.
Published findings
What research shows
National — RAND
In RAND's nationally representative educator panels, 67% of principals and 44% of teachers agreed that their school improvement plan had led to changes in teaching practices.
RAND also found that familiarity mattered: teachers who knew the major points of their SIP were more than 40 percentage points more likely to believe it changed practice and would improve the school. (p. 3)
National — 100-district scan
A 100-district scan found that 75% of strategic plans referenced greater collaboration or transparency with parents, while relatively few proposed a system for achieving it.
National — 100-district scan
The same scan found that 48% of strategic plans used the term equity, with differences between city and rural districts.
From evidence to design
The research points to a connection problem. TriaED is built around the missing links.
Across the findings, the pattern is consistent: schools do not lack goals, data, plans, or committed people. They lack a coherent workflow that connects those elements to action, ownership, collaboration, and measurable follow-through.
Research concern
Information without action
The education system has many accountability tools and data systems, yet the research finds that they are not consistently connected to clear guidance, practitioner support, or action.
TriaED response
Connect each signal to a next step
TriaED brings academic, attendance, behavior, intervention, IEP, and engagement signals into role-appropriate views, then connects an identified need to a support, responsible role, start date, and progress evidence.
Research concern
Goals without measurable direction
Research has found that most district-level goals lacked explicit numeric targets and that many goals were duplicated across agencies, limiting their value as tools for focused improvement.
TriaED response
Make goals usable and measurable
TriaED is designed to connect goals with baseline evidence, defined targets, aligned actions, responsible teams, and scheduled progress checks—so a goal can guide implementation rather than remain only a planning statement.
Research concern
Plans that do not reach practice
Research on school improvement plans found a gap between having a plan and educators experiencing meaningful changes in teaching practice. Familiarity with the plan strongly shaped whether teachers believed it influenced the school.
TriaED response
Carry priorities into everyday work
TriaED links district and site priorities to PLC cycles, standards, lessons, assessments, interventions, and progress evidence—helping educators see how daily decisions connect to the larger improvement plan.
Research concern
Collaboration without a shared system
District plans frequently call for greater collaboration and transparency without defining a system for making them happen. Educator research likewise identifies coordinated schoolwide support as essential, but often inconsistent or dependent on informal communication.
TriaED response
Give collaboration an operational structure
TriaED gives teachers, case carriers, counselors, intervention teams, and leaders shared context with role-based responsibilities, review dates, notes, and an auditable history—so coordination does not depend on one person’s memory or a disconnected email thread.
Bring TriaED to your district
Open the door to a more connected system of student support.
Research shows where traditional systems fall short. TriaED solves these structural disconnects by unifying daily instruction, intervention tracking, and team collaboration into one cohesive platform.
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Districts
Create a clearer line of sight from strategic priorities to implementation, progress, and support across schools.
Schools
Connect improvement goals, PLC work, interventions, IEP processes, and engagement within a shared operating structure.
Educators
Give teams role-appropriate information, clearer next steps, and a coordinated way to act and follow through.
Students
Build more timely, connected, and responsive pathways to the instruction, intervention, and opportunities they need.