Did you know you can copy diagnostics from a past year to use as a starting point when working on this year’s tasks? The following diagnostics currently are available and able to be copied in the AdvancED Adaptive System of School Improvement Support Tools (ASSIST™):

• Career and College-Ready Implementation Status
  
• Single Building District Resource Allocation Diagnostic
  
• District Resource Allocation Diagnostic
  
• School Systems Review for Schools
  
• Interim Self Assessment for Districts
  
• AdvancED Executive Summary for Districts
  
• AdvancED Improvement Plan Stakeholder Involvement
  
• District Additional Requirements Diagnostic
  
• AdvancED Executive Summary for Schools
  
• School Data Analysis
  
• Title I Schoolwide Diagnostic
  
• School Additional Requirements Diagnostic
  
• Title I Targeted Assistance Diagnostic
  
• AdvancED Student Performance Diagnostic for Schools
  
• AdvancED Stakeholder Feedback Diagnostic for Schools

Evaluation of strategies, programs and initiatives to accelerate achievement and close achievement gaps is a key step in the continuous school improvement process. In addition, all federal programs (Title I Part A, C, and D; Title II, and Title III) require an annual evaluation. More importantly, evaluation represents good practice and will likely improve outcomes. The Program Evaluation Tool can be used both for planning, during implementation to make mid-course corrections, and following implementation to identify why results turned out as they did and how to improve implementation that will lead to increased student achievement.

Join the Michigan Department of Education for the annual fall conference. This year the producers of First Generation will be joining the conference to further the discussion of addressing effective practices educators can use to support our theme, The Faces of School Improvement. Conference attendees are encouraged to watch the film prior to the conference. Stream it for free now. 

The conference also will feature breakouts on topics such as Parent Engagement; Personal Curriculum, Assessment, Special Education, Title 1 and Educator Effectiveness. The full list of breakout sessions with descriptions is available! View them now.