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School Improvement Updates May 8, 2018

Stay updated on Oregon's school improvement initiatives, including the Flexibility Waiver and Priority Schools. Learn about the challenges and commitments in improving school performance. Contact Tim Boyd for more information.

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School Improvement Updates May 8, 2018

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  1. School Improvement UpdatesMay 8, 2018

  2. Flexibility Waiver • Priority Schools • Bottom 5% of all Title I schools • Determined by an overall rating (Level 1) • Focus Schools • Essentially the 6% - 15% of Title I Schools

  3. Flexibility Waiver • Some schools “improved” quickly • Non-identified schools continued to struggle • Oregon’s model: build the capacity of a building leader to develop and implement an improvement plan…

  4. Flexibility Waiver • Emphasized accountability data as the driver for improvement efforts • Wrestled with “exit” vs. “improvement”

  5. Shifts under ESSA • Strengthen district systems and capacity to support continuous improvement • Describe supports, not schools

  6. Oregon’s Commitments

  7. School Improvement Indicators used to identify schools: • Chronic Absenteeism • ELA/Math Achievement • ELA/Math Growth • EL Progress/ EL Proficiency • 9th Grade-on-Track • 4-Year Graduation • 5-Year Graduation • 5-Year Completer CSI Schools Bottom 10% (Level 1) for at least half of the indicators for all students TSI Schools Bottom 10% (Level 1) for all indicators for specific student groups

  8. School Improvement Challenges Changing our thinking about School Improvement School performance as a product of district performance

  9. School Improvement Challenges Balancing transparency while safeguarding against “shame and blame” Getting the right supports in the right places

  10. School Improvement

  11. Questions? Tim Boyd [ tim.boyd@state.or.us ]

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