Shown below are several useful tools, websites and texts that provide information, tips, and guidance to assist School Site Councils in the development of effective Single Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA). SPSAs should be designed to address the specific educational needs of students at each school site.
Tools to Develop the SPSA
SPSA Template for Schoolwide Programs
This guide is designed for educators who are learning how to use data in their school planning process. The guide offers some foundational information on types of data, strategies for understanding and analyzing data, and methods for determining how these efforts can influence goals and planning.
The PDSA model is a simple, but effective protocol for teams to use to explore strategies over time.
Root cause analysis addresses the problem, rather than the symptom, eliminates wasted effort, conserves resources, and informs strategy selection.
Educational Results Partnership (ERP) is a national alliance of business and academia dedicated to improving educational productivity: kindergarten through career. Using the nation’s largest database on student achievement, ERP uncovers successful schools, particularly in economically disadvantaged districts, and promotes their best practices. The company’s stated purpose is to change the conversation about American education from pointing out failure to promoting success.
The Quality Schooling Framework (QSF) is the California educator’s destination for timely tools and practices to guide effective planning, policy, expenditure, and instructional decisions at all schools and districts.
What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. Established in 2002, the WWC reviews and assesses research evidence for educational programs, products, practices, and policies. Its goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.
Evidence for ESSA
In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Within the bill are provisions that promote the use of federal dollars on programs with evidence of effectiveness. ESSA encourages the use of strategies with evidence of impact. This website was created to help identify these programs. It provides a free, authoritative, user-centered database to help anyone – school, district, or state leaders, teachers, parents, or concerned citizens – easily find programs and practices that align to the ESSA evidence standards and meet their local needs.
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