Additional Resources: Websites
Strategies for Closing the Gap --http://education.ky.gov/school/stratclsgap/Pages/default.aspx
This page summarizes and provides resources for the six identified strategies of the Gap Delivery Plan. These six strategies are: Best Practices and Sustainability, Improvement Planning and Consolidated Monitoring, Individual Learning Plan Addendum (ILPA), Digital Learning, Professional Learning for Closing Gaps, and Progress Monitoring.
KSI (Kentucky System of Interventions )/RTI (Response to Intervention Resources--http://education.ky.gov/educational/int/Pages/ksiHB69Resources.aspx
This page was created to pull together intervention resources needed to address House Bill 69 (2012) and focuses on resources for elementary schools, though it does have a few resources for middle and high schools.
Guidelines for Closing the Gap— http://education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/adv/Documents/CRACGC%20Guidelines%20for%20standard%20printer.pdf
This document, which came from the Commissioner’s Raising Achievement Closing Gaps Council (CRACGC), provides 4 expectations for closing the achievement gaps in Kentucky, multiple goals that apply to each, and sample evidence that shows how a school can meet these goals. According to Terry Holliday’s introduction, “This document provides a guideline for the primary actions addressed by the Commissioner’s Raising Achievement Closing Gaps Council.”
The 4 expectations, and their related goals, are:
This page summarizes and provides resources for the six identified strategies of the Gap Delivery Plan. These six strategies are: Best Practices and Sustainability, Improvement Planning and Consolidated Monitoring, Individual Learning Plan Addendum (ILPA), Digital Learning, Professional Learning for Closing Gaps, and Progress Monitoring.
KSI (Kentucky System of Interventions )/RTI (Response to Intervention Resources--http://education.ky.gov/educational/int/Pages/ksiHB69Resources.aspx
This page was created to pull together intervention resources needed to address House Bill 69 (2012) and focuses on resources for elementary schools, though it does have a few resources for middle and high schools.
Guidelines for Closing the Gap— http://education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/adv/Documents/CRACGC%20Guidelines%20for%20standard%20printer.pdf
This document, which came from the Commissioner’s Raising Achievement Closing Gaps Council (CRACGC), provides 4 expectations for closing the achievement gaps in Kentucky, multiple goals that apply to each, and sample evidence that shows how a school can meet these goals. According to Terry Holliday’s introduction, “This document provides a guideline for the primary actions addressed by the Commissioner’s Raising Achievement Closing Gaps Council.”
The 4 expectations, and their related goals, are:
- Provide
information about the overall academic and social status of Kentucky schools
and districts in a format that is useful and accessible to the public.
- Utilize
information from school and district report cards when developing focus points
for District and School Improvement Plans
- Develop District and School Improvement Plans in such
a way that they provide necessary details to encourage student, parent and
community participation in student and school improvement efforts
- Develop
appropriate response to information provided on report card
- Ensure that all students,
regardless of race, gender, ethnic background, disability or socioeconomic
status, have access to a rigorous curriculum and get the support necessary to
be successful in a rigorous curriculum.
- All
schools and districts will foster the development of environments that result
in respect of all socio-cultural differences
- Engage
in collaboration with parents and community members to address the academic and
social (environmental) needs of the school and its students.
- Create an environment of high
expectations, with administrators, teachers and staff taking ownership for
meeting the needs of all students.
- Utilize
available Interventions Research provided by the KDE or other agencies.
- Reinforce
the implementation of professional development at all levels.
- Administrators
and teachers should be intentional about changes to help students in the
classroom.
- Create open, honest
communication about the work of the Kentucky Department of Education, individual
districts and schools with all stakeholders.
- Provide
open communication with all stakeholders on the details of the new reporting
system
- Collaborate
with the media outlets to educate the public on the new process and its purpose