Explain the activities in which your school will participate to increase your overall rating. Include specific details.

As evidenced in the SES Band Data, which content area(s) will be the focus for improving student achievement and why was this area chosen?

Reading is the focus for improving school achievement because we ranked 88 out of 137 schools in our SES band.

What specific BEST Practice(s) will be implemented or scaled-up to improve teaching and learning in order to increase performance within the SES Band?

• Tier I curriculum will be scaled up to improve teaching and learning in order to increase performance in reading.

Describe in detail how the BEST Practice(s) will be scaled-up.

• Reading Coach will provide modeling of Guided Reading to ensure that teachers are adequately delivering lessons. 
• Bi-monthly PLCs on Reading strategies
• Small group instruction is closely monitored by administration to ensure fidelity
• Suppport Staff provide push-in/pull-out support for bubble students and students in the lowest quartile.

What specific school-level progress monitoring data is collected and how often?

The following data is collected:

• Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) for ELA
• I-Ready Diagnostic Checkpoints for ELA & Math 
• Bi-weekly Schoolcity Assessments for Reading, Math and Science

How does the school ensure the fidelity of students not progressing towards school and district goals?

To ensure the fidelity of tsudents progressing towards schoo, and district goals, we will do the following:

• Monitor students attendance
• Implement Tier II RTI strategies as needed
• Provide differentiation of reading instruction

How does the school ensure that all classroom instruction is accessible to the full range of learners using Universal Designs for Learning (UDL) for effective instructional design (planning) and delivery (teaching)?

The school ensures that all classroom instruction is accessible to the full range of learners using UDL for effective instructional planning and delivery by doing the following:

• Balanced Literacy components are modeled by the Literacy Coach.
• Teachers attend district held Balanced Literacy training.
• PLC on effective components of Balanced Literacy Instruction.

How does the school ensure Tier 1 Standards-Based classroom instruction is being implemented properly and effectively?

The schools ensures Tier I Standards-based classroom instruction is implemented properly and effectively by conducting walkthroughs and observations during the reading boack to observe Balanced Literacy.

Describe texts used for core, supplemental, and intervention programs at each grade level. How does the school ensure students have access to a balance of literary and informational text in a variety of mediums?

Journeys (core)
I-Ready (supplemental program)
LLI, Phonics for Reading for intervention

Please complete this section based on 2018-2019 end-of-year results.
Instructional Implications: Discuss the success of specific strategies/activities and provide a rationale as to why those academic improvements occurred as a result of those strategies.

Bi-weekly PLC meetings addressed literacy topics to include but not limited to Thinking Maps, progress monitoring tools and strategies, and student engagement strategies. As a result of of biweekly meeting dates, PLC members attended the meetings regularly and implemented strategies as observed by administration as evidenced by sign in sheets and observation data. Due to the implementation of these strategies our annual  ELA learning gains increased from 49% to 56%, as measured by FSA ELA.

Students received academic assistance via Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions. In the event that students did not demonstrate progress, as measured by iReady Diagnostic and Benchmark Assessment System, were referred to the RtI and CPST committee. As a result, our lowest quartile ELA learning gains increased from 54% to 55% as measured by FSA ELA.

Although our FSA ELA results demonstrated increases, we did not achieve our established overall proficiency target of 57%.