Case Study: Los Angeles Unified School District boosts student engagement with Xello Portfolios

How a Linked Learning Classroom is Using Xello to Support their CCR Framework

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employed teacher Alicia Reyes sought to enhance student engagement and provide concrete college and career readiness (CCR) within her Linked Learning framework. Her challenge was to create a self-directed, project-based curriculum that helped middle school students connect their studies to real-world opportunities and future pathways. She turned to the vendor Xello and its Portfolios feature to support this vision.

Xello provided a solution through its interactive Portfolios and MatchMaker quizzes, which enabled students to personalize their learning, explore careers, and develop reflection skills. This implementation resulted in higher student engagement and investment in their projects, with students demonstrating improved self-advocacy and a deeper understanding of their future options. For the educator, Xello made curriculum creation easier by providing resources that directly aligned with her project-based and work-based learning goals, seamlessly integrating into her classroom's independent model.

Los Angeles Unified School District

Alicia Reyes

School Science Teacher