This report documents how Community-Based Learning (CBL) was enacted at the UCLA Community School (UCLA-CS) through MISA—Multilingual, Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Social Action, a comprehensive learning system co-designed by teachers and a UCLA researcher. Together, the report’s findings demonstrate how locally designed CBL systems can align with statewide priorities under the CCSPP. The UCLA-CS experience illustrates how integrating community knowledge,multilingual practice, performance-based assessment, and professional inquiry can support equity-centered coherence—suggesting pathways for districts and counties seeking to sustain rigorous, multilingual, and community-rooted learning environments.

Suggested Citation

Cerda, J., Salcedo-Fierro, W., Chow, J., De Leon, P., Jimenez, R., Keating, C., McNaughton, I. (2026). “How Community-Based Learning Shapes Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Multilingual Development Through Social Action. UCLA Center for Community Schooling.” https://communityschooling.gseis.ucla.edu/how-community-based-learning-shapes-curriculum-instruction-assessment-and-multilingual-development-through-social-action