Increasing Student Achievement

The clear choice of school improvement planning teams, closing the achievement gap task forces, local school councils, PTAs, and school leadership teams.

Incresing Student Achievement provides a step-by-step guide through the process of conceptualizing strategies within each of the school improvement/student achievement components: Mission, Vision, School Climate and Culture, Curriculum and Content, Instruction, and Assessment.

Contains research data, school-wide assessment tools, guidance on how to establish core teams, and strategies for how to integrate school improvement and student achievement strategies into the school improvement planning framework.

Increasing Student Achievement provides the foundation for the systemic long-term changes needed to increase academic achievement and cultivate a socially and emotionally nurturing place for students.

Learn why no school improvement strategies can be undertaken without clarifying the mission and vision; why gathering and reporting disaggregate data is critical to closing the achievement gap; why core teams must be established or ideas simply become suggestions that get buried on the principal's desk.

Not only are the six components effectively presented in a way that immediately causes readers to say, "Aha!", but the book outlines clear strategies that any school can follow as it works to develop its vision, foster a nurturing climate and culture, engage students in its curriculum, and enhance instructional delivery.