The Washington School Improvement Framework (WSIF) for the 2018-19 school year reflects a shift for Washington that increases flexibility for the Marysville School District and increases the focus on outcomes for specific student groups.
All schools are in the business of continuous improvement, regardless of identification status, and every student should have the opportunity to succeed in our schools.
The goal of the new framework is to pursue equity through closing achievement and opportunity gaps and continually improving all schools across Washington state. The Washington School Improvement Framework puts less emphasis on assessments, with the addition of three School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) measures:
Schools are identified for support to improve student learning – they are not identified as failing. Schools’ differing needs may require different supports, and lasting change takes time.
The Marysville School District and our schools plan to work closely with OSPI on student improvement strategies that work best for our schools and communities. The Marysville School District will provide updates to families as information and strategies are known and implemented.
The Washington School Improvement Framework identifies schools for supports under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). In the WSIF, schools are measured along nine indicators. Six of the indicators are academic, including:
The other three indicators included in the WSIF are new to school accountability. They are designed to give an understanding of a students’ opportunity to learn, and they include:
The Framework’s broader view of school success is reflected in the new data dashboard provided to families and schools. The information provides date not only for schools as a whole, but also for individual student groups, like:
The deeper dive into data by student group is designed to show where opportunity gaps persist, so our schools can make the changes necessary to improve success for each and every student.
In the WSIF, schools are identified as either a Comprehensive or Targeted School. Schools are identified for support to improve student learning – they are not identified as failing. Schools’ differing needs may require different supports, and lasting change takes time.
The Marysville School District and our schools plan to work closely with OSPI on student improvement strategies that work best for our schools and communities. The Marysville School District will provide updates to families as information and strategies are known and implemented.
Comprehensive Schools are schools that score below the comprehensive improvement threshold score (2.3), or have less than a 67 percent graduation rate.
Comprehensive Schools:
Targeted Schools have one or more student groups whose score falls below the “all students” score.
Targeted Schools:
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on December 10, 2015. It is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
Under the previous law, schools that were identified for support were required to implement specific improvement methods. Under ESSA, schools will partner with OSPI to develop programs to improve student performance that will work best for their local schools and communities.
