Continued achievement with Success for All relies on regular review, refocusing, and celebration. Our easy-to-use data collection and analysis tools allow teachers and school leaders to develop a plan for improvement and easily monitor progress toward achievement goals.

To help schools reach their desired student goals, SFAF helps create a school achievement plan. The achievement plan is owned by the leadership team in partnership with the SFAF coach. Through representation on the leadership team, everyone in the school contributes to the data review and discernment about areas of concern, targets, root causes, and interventions. 
 

Customized achievement plans are designed to promote change and student growth by providing the school with a clear focus. SFAF works with schools to review their achievement plans each grading period to increase the likelihood that positive outcomes are realized. SFAF guides schools through the following steps to help create an achievement plan, monitor progress, and celebrate accomplishments throughout the year.

 

Identify and/or determine the goals that are of the most significance to the school. This goal is usually related to adequate yearly progress, annual measurable objectives, and high-stakes state assessments.
 

Identify areas of concern with student achievement, along with strengths, during analysis of state, school, and classroom data. As achievement trends over time are identified, concerns are verified and prioritized so the school can address whatever most impedes student learning, thus preventing the school from accomplishing its most significant goals.
 

Measurable, student-focused, and time-specific targets are written to allow the school to accomplish its overall goal. Targets should immediately address the school's major area of concern.
 

Careful consideration of root causes results in determining the primary reason(s) why the school is not currently successful with the target.

Select interventions.

Identifying a leverage point that is based on related actions that address the root causes allows for the selection of interventions that have the best possibility of addressing the root cause immediately and successfully.

Create a new or revised achievement plan.

The goal, areas of concern, target, root causes, and interventions are all recorded on the achievement plan. The final step is to assign responsibilities, set a timeline, and establish monitoring and assessment that will test the effectiveness of the target and intervention.
 

At a specific point in time, usually the end of the grading period, the achievement plan is reviewed to see whether it was effective in accomplishing its targets. The results are used to determine the next steps in supporting the school.

A school Snapshot provides a concise framework for your Success for All implementation. Regular and end-of-grading-period team meetings help identify leverage points and actions to undertake. Your SFAF coach will work with you to develop a customized achievement plan that will be revisited throughout the school year. The plan includes school and districtwide achievement goals, along with targeted interventions that address the root causes preventing student success.

Ongoing data analysis and regular celebration of achievement are essential components of the continuous-improvement model. Recognition of successes and refocusing of goals lay the path for moving forward. An essential tool for this process is the Grade Summary Form. This tool provides a clear view of reading-proficiency levels by grade, and it is used to help predict student-proficiency targets in relation to state expectation and to inform student placement.