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State Spotlight: Delaware
Infrastructure Development
The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) aligned their State Systemic Improvement Plan and State Personnel Development Grant initiatives with the goal of creating an effective MTSS...
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State Spotlight
State Spotlight: How Texas Used Coaching to Impact Outcomes
Evaluation > Provider/Teacher Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching
This state spotlight focuses on Texas’s implementation effort to improve teacher practice and student outcomes, by embedding and sustaining an effective coaching framework across the state. Of...
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State Spotlight
State Data Use Spotlight Update: Florida
Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity
This updated state spotlight highlights how the Florida Department of Education is sustaining local data use capacity and continuing to improve graduation outcomes for students with disabilities.
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State Spotlight
State Data Use Strategies: Rhode Island
Data > Data Collection, Data > Progress Measures, Evaluation > Academic Outcomes
This NCSI state spotlight presents strategies the Rhode Island Department of Education is using to collect and summarize screening and progress-monitoring data from local education agencies that...
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State Spotlight
Louisiana creates opportunities for schools to improve instructional decisions
Data
The Louisiana Department of Education sought a measurement approach that resulted in accurate and reliable information on student progress and outcomes, yet respected local control over the choice...
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State Spotlight
West Virginia increases graduation rates for students with disabilities
Data
The West Virginia Department of Education recognized the importance of closing the graduation gap for students with disabilities. This state spotlight presents strategies to increase access to and...
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State Spotlight
Alabama Systems Change Spotlight
Improvement and Implementation Science > Scale-up
The Alabama State Department of Education aims to increase the number of students with disabilities who achieve positive post-school outcomes and engage in higher education or competitive...
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State Spotlight
State Data Use Strategies: Tennessee
Data > Data Collection, Data > Progress Measures, Evaluation > Academic Outcomes
The Tennessee Department of Education faced significant challenges in evaluating and reporting the effects of its first year of State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) implementation when its state...
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State Spotlight
State Knowledge Utilization Spotlight: Maryland
Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity
Selecting and implementing evidence-based practices in mathematics is a critical step toward improving outcomes for students with disabilities. In order to increase the proficiency of students with...
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State Spotlight
State Knowledge Utilization Strategies: Washington
Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-based Interventions, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy > RDA
The ability to significantly increase and sustain gains in early literacy for students with disabilities and a desire to bridge the gap between compliance and results-driven accountability (RDA)...
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State Spotlight
Using MTSS Data to Improve Graduation Rates
Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-Based Frameworks > Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity
To facilitate problem solving within an MTSS, SEAs and LEAs need efficient systems and processes for analyzing and integrating data across initiatives. Creating the infrastructure to support...
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State Spotlight
North Carolina Uses Data to Target Improvement Strategies
Evaluation > Data
North Carolina Uses a Self-Assessment to Target Professional Learning and Impact Read the latest data-use spotlight to learn how North Carolina created and used a local education agency...
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State Spotlight