Unpacking NAEP Data to Inform Instruction for English Learners (EL)/Multilingual Learners (ML)
This infographic walks through the steps for accessing NAEP data to understand how student groups of interest are doing nationally and/or locally.
Impact Story: Relighting the Fires for Standards Implementation in South Dakota
Have you ever wanted to accomplish a task but couldn’t find much guidance on how to successfully achieve it? This was the problem many schools and educators were experiencing in South Dakota. Five years ago, the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards (OSEUS) were approved by the State Board of Education based on legislation passed
Impact Story: Improving School Attendance in a Rural North Dakota Community
When a school district in North Dakota began having hard conversations about its struggling status, a simple, yet crucial, contributor to academic success became abundantly clear: “We’re never going to make academic improvements unless the kids are here to learn,” the Parshall School District elementary school principal recalled. That conversation laid the groundwork for a
Foster Psychological Safety & Double-Loop Learning to Drive Meaningful Change
By Kirsten Naomi Rogers Chapman and Ben Cronkright After three months as the school improvement team lead for South Lake High School, Louisa has hit a brick wall. Her team is meeting consistently, collecting and analyzing data on student progress, implementing changes to classroom practice, and generally getting along, but Louisa feels like they’re going
Three Key Ingredients for Building Effective School Support Partnerships
One of our primary roles at the Region 11 Comprehensive Center (managed by McREL) is to support statewide education improvement efforts involving partnerships among state departments of education, regional service agencies, local districts, and even individual schools.