Under current reform efforts underway in the Commonwealth and, for that matter in the United States, public schools/districts are facing growing expectations to delineate data-based district, school, and individual student plans for enhancing achievement.

During the 2006-2007 school year, the types of strategic planning initiatives will include:

• Action Planning…detailing the various components to be considered and reflected on in order to attain targeted changes in curriculum, instruction, and/or assessment strategies.

• District-Wide Improvement Plans…system-wide foundations on which individual school initiatives will be constructed.

• School-based Improvement Plans… (patterned after the Department of Education’s PIM process) directed at achieving district goals and driven by student achievement data.

• Individual Student Success Plan (ISSP) Development…based on analysis of each learner scoring below the proficient level of achievement on one or more MCAS measures . Each plan is developed within the broader scope of both district and individual school improvement plans.

• Individual Education Plan (IEP) Development…the integration of initiatives directed at increasing the achievement of students with disabilities or other challenges placed within the broader context of both district and school-based improvement plans and derived from the detailed analyses of each learner’s achievement.

• Assistance in the developing of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Audit Reports by providing data-based information to the partnered school/district.

• Annual Yearly Progress (AVP) Reports…the use of student data in targeting specific areas of the curriculum , test taking strategies and/or other variables requiring increased attention in order to continue growth in student achievement.

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