CLARO is eligible for purchase using state grant funds
California's 2026-27 budget includes multiple funding streams that districts can use to bring CLARO to every multilingual learner.
Literacy Coaches Grant
Funds literacy coaches, coaching tools, and evidence-based reading programs. CLARO's bilingual dialogue-based coaching model aligns directly with this investment.
Student Support & Academic Enrichment Block Grant
Flexible block grant for student support services including assessment tools, instructional technology, and programs serving multilingual learners.
Special Education & Equity Funding
Supports differentiated instruction and assessment tools for students with diverse learning needs, including English Learners and students with disabilities.
Community Schools Initiative
Funds wraparound services and family engagement tools at community schools — CLARO's home-use capability and family-facing features qualify here.
Need a quote letter for procurement?
We provide a customized quote letter referencing applicable grant codes — ready for your district's purchasing office or curriculum director.
Aligned to California's EL Roadmap & ELA/ELD Framework
CLARO was built from the ground up to reflect the principles of California's guiding frameworks for multilingual learners.
Asset-Based Orientation
CLARO treats bilingualism as a cognitive asset. The Cognitive Flexibility Index (CFI) makes visible the reasoning strengths that multilingual students already possess.
Integrated & Designated ELD
CLARO's dialogue-based sessions function as both integrated and designated ELD — students develop academic language through authentic reasoning conversations.
Intellectual Engagement
The Socratic dialogue model ensures every student — regardless of English proficiency — is engaged in grade-level intellectual discourse, not simplified tasks.
Built for the challenges districts face today
Ghost-Proof Assessment
CLARO measures the reasoning process, not the product. Students can't outsource thinking to a shortcut — Chispa's dialogue requires genuine cognitive engagement in real time.
The Ghost Learning Problem
Students who can recall facts but can't reason with them. CLARO identifies Ghost Learners before they reach high-stakes assessments — and before the gap compounds.
Bilingual Capability
CLARO works in English and Spanish from launch. Measures thinking, not cultural fluency. Removes the linguistic bias that skews traditional assessment data.
Research-Backed ROI
Built on doctoral research (r = .60–.71). The 360° ROI Framework provides measurable value across financial, achievement, equity, and operational dimensions.
Measurable value across every dimension that matters
CLARO is built on the 360° ROI Framework (Dr. Escobar, doctoral research, r = .60–.71)
Financial
- ●Replaces redundant assessment tools
- ●Prevents misallocated intervention spend
- ●Data-driven resource targeting
- ●Reduces assessment administration cost
Achievement
- ●Measures cognitive process, not recall
- ●Leading indicator of genuine learning
- ●Catches Ghost Learning before it compounds
- ●Alchemical progression tracks growth
Equity
- ●Bilingual (EN/ES) from launch
- ●Measures thinking, not cultural fluency
- ●Chispa scaffolds without judging
- ●Removes bias of product-based scoring
Operational
- ●Integrates into existing instruction
- ●Real-time data, no separate test window
- ●Teacher dashboard provides actionable insights
- ●Reduces total assessment burden
"CLARO doesn't just use the 360° ROI Framework. It validates it."
The institutional ecosystem
CLARO is backed by a full ecosystem of consulting, research, and product development
CLAROEdu, Inc.
claroedu.com ↗CLAROEdu, Inc. is the company behind CLARO — building cognitive assessment tools that make student thinking visible for educators and districts.
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The dialogue-based cognitive assessment platform. Per-student annual SaaS pricing. Integrates into existing instruction with no disruption.
Data Privacy & FERPA
- ✓FERPA compliant from day one
- ✓Student data never used for model training
- ✓No third-party data sharing
- ✓District-controlled data retention policies
- ✓SOC 2 Type II certification (in progress)
Pricing Model
Per-Student Annual SaaS
Predictable, scalable pricing that grows with your district
- ✦Volume discounts for large districts
- ✦Pilot program pricing available
- ✦Professional development included
- ✦Dedicated implementation support
ELA Standards Alignment Crosswalk
One-page PDF mapping CLARO's DialogIQ™ observable behaviors to exact standard codes in Common Core ELA (CCSS), Texas TEKS, and Florida B.E.S.T. — ready for your curriculum director or procurement review.
Your multilingual students are already more cognitively flexible.
Conventional assessments can’t see it. CLARO can — and now has the data layer to prove it to your board.
Cognitive Flexibility Index (CFI)
CLARO computes a CFI score for every multilingual student — derived from translanguaging frequency, responsiveness to cognitive challenge, and cross-session reasoning consistency. A high CFI shows a student whose bilingual background is functioning as a cognitive asset in real instructional contexts.
Language Disaggregation Layer
The Multilingual Insights dashboard disaggregates DQ scores and CFI by language profile (English-dominant, Spanish-dominant, bilingual) and EL status. For the first time, districts can see whether their EL students are being assessed on their reasoning — or on their English.
Translanguaging as Evidence
CLARO’s DialogIQ™ engine is language-agnostic by design. A student who code-switches mid-argument is not penalized — they are scored on the quality of the reasoning. Mixed-language turns are tracked separately, giving teachers evidence that translanguaging is a cognitive strategy, not a deficit.
The equity argument your board needs
Districts with large EL and dual-language populations can now show — with CLARO data — that multilingual students are not underperforming. They are being under-assessed. The CFI provides the evidence layer to reframe the narrative from remediation to recognition.