Focusing on Common Problems and Solutions: What We're Seeing in the Networks for School Improvement Work (The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

This blog summarizes trends from Networks for School Improvement (NSI) from the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school year. It highlights high-level points from the recent report, Lessons from Networks for School Improvement: School Year 2020-21, released by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Quick Wins for Financial Aid Completion (CCER)

This document compiles a series of best practices "quick wins" that were implemented during virtual learning to increase the financial aid completion of students. Each 'Quick Win' provides context, clear steps, and a list of additional items for school teams to take into consideration.

Change Idea Menu (Teaching Matters)

This change idea bank from Teaching Matters highlights classroom literacy practices that emphasize student identities.

Financial Aid Completion Markers (CCER)

This set of completion markers, based on 8 years of tracking and 4 years of in-depth work with schools, defines and characterizes individual, team, and whole school effort. This document can be used in tandem with their Financial Aid Quick Wins.

Lessons from Networks for School Improvement: School Year 2020-2021 (The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

Since August 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made grants to 24 organizations that are supporting 38 networks of middle and high schools, called Networks for School Improvement (NSI). These networks aim to improve outcomes for students who are Black, Latino, or experiencing poverty by using data-driven approaches to continually improve their practice. This report captures four trends, based on the work of NSIs during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years.

Elevate Survey (PERTS)

Use this resource to learn more about Elevate, PERTS' student voice survey. Elevate collects formative feedback from students that can be used to address and support academic and social-emotional learning needs for every student.

Practical Measurement for Instructional Improvement (Carnegie Foundation)

This page from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching defines practical measurement for instructional improvement and summarizes how Carnegie has approached this work.

The Developmental Relationships Survey: Actionable Data on Relationships, Equity, & Social Emotional Learning (Search Institute)

This Survey from Search Institute helps leaders to evaluate relationships between students and educators, measure equity, and assess social-emotional learning.

New to CI
9 resources

This collection is to help you introduce the concepts of continuous improvement to new network members.

CI & Equity
7 resources

As you continue to test out new ideas through CI, check out these resources to ensure equity is the core of every idea.

9th Grade On-Track
4 resources

The resources in this collection will help your team explore different approaches used by schools and districts with 9th grade on-track goals. You will be able to access protocols, research, tools, and exemplars that offer evidence-based approaches to improvement in this area.