What happens next? Introduction to Diagnosing, Planning and Monitoring for School Transformation

Entering school transformation Identified as a Focus School under the Rhode Island System of Accountability, which takes into account student proficiency rates and distinction rates on standardized tests, progress toward meeting federal targets, closing gaps for subgroups, student growth, and graduation rates. The process 2-5 years of implementation during which the school will remain a Focus School –Eligible for “rising” label after 1 full year, exit after 2 years Exit RIDE will monitor standardized test scores, as well as other indicators, and calculate the school’s accountability score (CIS) as evidence toward possible exit. –Meet 80% of federal targets OR –Sustain a CIS in the “Typical” range (50+) on the RI report card for the most recent 2 years.

The Big Picture Diagnosis, Intervention Selection, and Planning Up to 6 months; complete by Dec Implementation and Quarterly Progress Monitoring First meeting Feb/March Change for students happens when the school, district, and state -share a common understanding of current performance -hold each other accountable -base decisions on a wide range of locally relevant data -make frequent and systematic adjustments to implementation We keep the decision-making as close to the school as possible: you choose your interventions, you choose the ways that you will implement interventions, you choose the data that you will use to track your progress and make changes along the way.

The Big Picture Diagnosis, Intervention Selection, and Planning Up to 6 months; complete by Dec Implementation and Quarterly Progress Monitoring First meeting Feb/March Change for students happens when the school, district, and state -share a common understanding of current performance -hold each other accountable -base decisions on a wide range of locally relevant data -make frequent and systematic adjustments to implementation We keep the decision-making as close to the school as possible: you choose your interventions, you choose the ways that you will implement interventions, you choose the data that you will use to track your progress and make changes along the way.

STAGE A: Diagnose STAGE B: Identify Intervention Selection Worksheet STAGE C: Report Diagnostic Screen

Intervention Selection  Commissioner Approval

RIDE Facilitated School Reform Planning What will this intervention look like at our school? What are the most important, on-going processes that are part of it? How will we know they are working along the way?

Questions? Sarah Anderson Transformation Specialist Andrew Milligan Performance Analyst