Critical Area Outline: School Improvement Supports
This document summarizes CCSSO’s supports for state leaders in providing guidance and support to districts to improve low-performing schools.
Critical Area Outline: School Improvement Supports
Title: Critical Area Outline: School Improvement Supports
Description: This document summarizes CCSSO’s supports for state leaders in providing guidance and support to districts to improve low-performing schools. It aligns to the following questions are included in the State Strategic Vision Guide that CCSSO provided to chief state school officers to consider.
- What is your vision for a statewide school improvement and supports system?
- What has worked and what has not worked in previous state efforts to turnaround low-performing schools, and what lessons can be applied to a new school improvement and support system?
- How will the SEA support and work with districts in this process?
- How is your teacher and leader development strategy as an agency focused on improving and supporting schools in their targeted areas of need?
- How will you communicate a sense of urgency for change?
- How are you building local capacity to sustain the improvements?
Publish Date: March 2016
Critical Area Outline: School Improvement Supports
- District Perspectives on Engaging Stakeholders in Financial Transparency
- Report Cards Community of Practice Summary
- Foster Care Community of Practice Summary
- Cultivating and Supporting Effective Rural School Leaders Community of Practice (CoP) Summary
- English Language Proficiency Community of Practice Summary
- National School Transportation Association Transportation Cost Analysis Tool
- Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Community of Practice (CoP) Summary
- ESSA Consolidated State Plan Development Community Summary
- Financial Transparency and Reporting Readiness Assessment Tool
- Webinar Series: Using Evidence to Strengthen Investments & Achieve Student Outcomes
- Using Evidence in State Education Agencies to Strengthen Education Investments and Achieve Student Outcomes
- Using Evidence as a Local Educational Agency - Webinar Two
- Using Evidence as a Local Educational Agency - Webinar One
- State Support Network Releases Technical Assistance Progress Report
- New Resources: English Learner Accountability and Evidence-Based Practices
- School Transportation Cost Analysis Tool Posted to Resource Library
- Competitive Grants for State Assessments Competition: Key Information and Dates
- Message from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs
- SEA Staff: Let us Know Your Technical Assistance Needs
- State Support Network Launches Two Communities of Practice
- Terms of Use
- State Support Network: ESSA Implementation P2P Needs Sensing Activity
- State Support Network: ESSA Implementation Peer to Peer (P2P) Exchange Needs Sensing Activity
- Network Tools and Resources, by Topic
- Data Quality Component 1: Data Collection
- State and Local Educational Agency (LEA) Report Card Checklist
- Resources to Support EBP Step 2: Select Relevant EBPs
- Root Cause Analysis In Action
- Module 2A: State’s System of Annual Meaningful Differentiation (AMD)
- Module 2B, Section 2. Stakeholder Perceptions of Rationale for Combining Indicators
- Community Space Content Types
- Building State Capacity and Productivity Center Financial Transparency Resources
- CCSSO Federal Funding Streams Resources
- CCSSO Federal Funding Streams Resources
- Destination Known: Valuing College AND Career Readiness in State Accountability Systems
- Key Issues in Aggregating Indicators for Accountability Determinations under ESSA
- Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Support State Visions for College and Career Readiness
- Learning Cycle 1 - final agenda
- Pre Work Activity
- State and Local Report Card Resource Library
- Building Strategic Partnerships: State and District Collaboration Mapping Process
- New Community of Practice Resource Summaries
- New English Learners Guidebook
- Evaluating State Accountability Systems Under the ESEA
- State Support Network Releases Title III Modules
- Rural Problems of Practice Toolkit
- Differentiated Systems of Support for Rural Agencies Community of Practice Resources
- Reshaping rural schools in the Northwest Region: Lessons from federal School Improvement Grant implementation
- Evidence-Based Interventions: A Guide for States
- Assessment, Accountability, and Instructional Policies and Practices for Improving Outcomes for English Learner Peer-to-Peer Exchange Series Summary
- State Systems for Developing an Evidence Base Community of Practice
- School and District Improvement Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Exchange Series Summary
- Networked Improvement Implementation Community of Practice Resources
- School Mental Health Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Exchange Series Summary
- Equitable Services Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Exchange Series Summary
- Resource Allocation Reviews Community of Practice Summary
- Data for Improvement, Data for Accountability
- Reference List for Causes and Correlates of Chronic Absenteeism
- Evidence-Based Practices in School Improvement: Resource Links
- Foster Care Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Exchange Series Summary
- Principal Talent Management
- Designing Leadership Academies for Principal Professional Learning
- Root Cause Analysis Community of Practice Summary
- ESEA State Ombudsman Hub Summary
- ESEA State Ombudsman Community of Practice Summary
- Financial Transparency Community of Practice (CoP) Summary
- State Support for School Identification and Improvement Community of Practice Resources
- School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) Indicators Community Summary
- State Report Card Community of Practice (CoP) Summary
- Data Systems Community of Practice Resources
- Evidence-Based Practices Community of Practice Resources
- Implementing Needs Assessment Community of Practice Resources
- Scaling Needs Assessment Community of Practice Resources
- State policies for intervening in chronically low-performing schools: A 50-state scan
- Redesigning Teacher Evaluation: Lessons from a Pilot Implementation
- Pathways to New Accountability Through the Every Student Succeeds Act
- Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act Toward a Coherent, Aligned Assessment System
- Making the Grade: A 50-State Analysis of School Accountability Systems
- Individualized Technical Assistance
- Network Tools and Resources, by Focus Area
- Data Quality Component 6: Stakeholder Connections and Communication
- Data Quality Component 5: Subgroup Analysis and Reporting
- Data Quality Component 4: Data Coherence
- Data Quality Component 3: Internal Data Control and Governance
- Data Quality Component 2: Data Quality
- State Support Network Releases Needs Assessment Guidebook
- Peer-to-Peer Exchanges
- Privacy Policy
- Selecting Evidence-Based Practices for Tiers 1, 2, and 3: Navigating Clearinghouses and Databases
- Topics of Peer to Peer Exchanges
- Resources to Support EBP Step 1: Identify Local Needs
- Resources to Support EBP Step 3: Plan for Implementation
- Resources to Support EBP Step 4: Implement
- Results First Clearinghouse Database Tiers
- School Improvement: Needs Assessment
- School Improvement: Strategy Selection
- School Improvement: Grant Fund Distribution
- ESSA Implementation Planning Tool
- Plans That Work: Tools for Supporting School Improvement Planning
- Needs Assessment Guidebook
- For Each and Every Child: A Strategy for Education Equity and Excellence
- State Educational Agency Sustainability Rubric
- Evidence-Based Practices Resource Synthesis
- Criteria for Procuring and Evaluating High-Quality Assessments
- Newly Completed Community of Practice Summaries
- School Improvement: Progress Monitoring
- Evaluating State Accountability Systems Under the ESEA
- Guidebook on State Approaches to Incorporating English Learners Into Title I Accountability Systems
- Using Root Cause Analysis as Part of the Continuous Improvement Process in Education
- Data Quality Community of Practice Summary
- Purposes of Root Cause Analysis in School Improvement Planning
- Approaches to Root Cause Analysis
- The State and District Role in Root Cause Analysis
- Alpha Elementary School
- School Profile B: Bravo Middle School
- School Profile C: Charlie High School
- Evaluating State Accountability Systems Under ESEA: Module 1: Theory of Action
- Section 1: Articulate the Theory of Action of the State’s Accountability System
- Section 2: Assess Confidence in the Accountability Theory of Action
- Module 2A, Section 1: Articulate the Rationale Behind the State’s System of AMD
- Module 2A, Section 2: Consider Stakeholder Perceptions of the State’s System of AMD Rationale
- Module 2A, Section 3: Confidence in the Operations and Results of the State’s System of AMD
- Module 2B: Indicator Interaction in the State’s System of Annual Meaningful Differentiation (AMD)
- Module 2B, Section 1. Articulate the Rationale for How Indicators Are Combined
- Module 2B, Section 3. Confidence in the Operations and Results of Combining Indicators
- English Learner State Accountability Resource (ELSTAR)
- Strategies for Equitable Family Engagement
- Leveraging Education Data Systems for Continuous Improvement
- Using Evidence as a Local Educational Agency - Webinar Three
- Summary of research on the association between state interventions in chronically low-performing schools and student achievement
- State Educational Agency Communications and Engagement Assessment Rubric
- Local Educational Agency Sustainability Rubric
- Comprehensive Statewide Assessment Systems: SEA Framework
- English Learner Toolkit for State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs)
- State Support Network Releases Two New Resources
- Webinar Series Non-Regulatory Guidance Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Selecting Evidence-Based Practices for Tier 4: Gathering Evidence Over Time
- Modules 3A–3E: Indicators
- Module 4: Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) Schools
- Module 5: Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) and Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) Schools
- Module 6: Reporting
- Module 7: State Support System for Identified Schools
- Evidence-Based Practices in School Improvement: Five Profiles of Promising Practices
- Strategies to Improve Low-Performing Schools Under the Every Student Succeeds Act: How 3 Districts Found Success Using Evidence-based Practices
- Performance Management Capacity Building Brief Series
- Letter to Chief State School Officers from Secretary DeVos
- Getting the Most out of Your Community Space
- State-level Private School Working Group Example
- Tools for Engaging Stakeholders Online
- Orientation Webinar Recording: ESEA State Ombudsmen Community of Practice
- Webinar Recording: Facilitating Stakeholders Online
- Webinar Recording: Planning Virtual Stakeholder Engagement
- ESSA State Collaboration Convening Invitation and Registration
- About the Convening Resources
- Comprehensive Needs Assessment 2017-2018 District Report, Georgia Department of Education
- Maine's Approach to Education: An Overview of Maine’s State Plan for the Every Student Succeeds (ESSA) Act
- An Overview of Maine’s State Plan for the Every Student Succeeds (ESSA) Act
- Evidence-Based Improvement: A Guide for States to Strengthen Their Frameworks and Supports Aligned to the Evidence Requirements of ESSA
- The National Implementation Research Network's Active Implementation Hub
- Understanding Federally Required Education Policy Needs Assessments and Maximizing Their Impact
- Using Needs Assessment to Drive School and District Improvement
- Casting a Statewide Strategic Performance Net: Interlaced Data and Responsive Supports
- New Jersey Department of Education School Improvement Plan
- Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework
- Critical Area Outline: School Improvement Supports
- CCSSO Principles of Effective School Improvement Systems
- Equitable Access Supports Implementation Playbook
- Consolidated State Plan: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- A Guide to State Educational Agency Oversight Responsibilities under ESSA: The Role of the State in the Local Implementation of ESSA Programs
- Using the “Additional Indicator” Under ESSA to Drive College and Career Readiness: Prioritizing Multiple Pathways and Employability Skills
- Predictors of Postsecondary Success
- ESSA Supports: Center on Great Teachers and Leaders
- Teacher Shortage Resources: Center on Great Teachers and Leaders
- Listening to Great Teachers: A Teacher-Driven Research Project
- Including English Learners in Your State Title I Accountability Plan
- Incorporating English Learner Progress into State Accountability Systems
- Innovative Solutions for Including Recently Arrived English Learners in State Accountability Systems: A Guide for States
- Texas Private School Equitable Services Workgroup - Video (3:11 min)
- Texas Private Nonprofit Consultation - Video (5:39 min)
- Transfer Questions for ED (5-25-2018)
- Initial Contact Letter and Intent to Participate
- Equitable Services Consultation Checklist
- Final Equitable Services Plan (model template) and Written Affirmation
- Recording: Learning Cycle Virtual Meeting One
- Michigan resources
- Kentucky resources
- LC1 Post-Work Assignment: Brainstorm
- States Leading for Equity: Promising Practices Advancing the Equity Commitments
- *New* Implementation Path handout _ March 2018
- Collaborative Technical Assistance Directory
- Brainstorm
- Leveraging Evidence-Based Practices for Local School Improvement
- Cultivating and Supporting Effective Rural School Leaders
- Needs Assessment Development Modules
- Title III Modules
