Overview

Use the assessments, checklists, and problem solvers in this action tool to address school-level factors that are having the most impact on student achievement.

Choose from more than 20 tools to examine critical school improvement issues, such as

• Are teachers focusing on the content of your curriculum that is essential?
• Are assessments challenging students and providing timely and effective feedback?
• Do parents have convenient and effective vehicles and opportunities to communicate with the school?
• Are there clear rules and procedures that keep the school environment safe and orderly?
• Do staff development programs and school governance structures engage teachers and foster professionalism?

Use these tools to define the problems your school is encountering, create effective improvement goals, and implement research-based strategies that increase achievement.

(ASCD Action Tool, 2004) Three-ring binder, 301 pages.

Also part of the Making School Improvement Happen with What Works in Schools: An ASCD Action Tool Set!

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