Meridian Middle School in Kent Public Schools District is in a suburban area with an increasingly diverse population and has recently become a Title 1 school – 60% of students are on free/reduced lunch, and ethnically, the diversity among the student body has increased significantly over the past five years. Like many schools, this, combined with the fact that there is a much higher migrant and special Ed population, has necessitated a change in the way teachers at Meridian approach their teaching practice in order to match the changing student needs. We hear from building-based Instructional Coach, Carrie Howell, as she takes us through the essential and unique work Class Measures has done with the school to support teachers and significantly move forwards the quality of instruction to address those changing student needs. 

Increasing student growth data by over 20% - Miles' story

Using data and new techniques to create impactful teaching strategies - Carol's story

Creating better supports for students with distracting behaviors - TJ's story

Reinvigorating practice to achieve more differentiation for advanced students, not just intensive students - Annamarie's story

How Clover Park School District addressed school improvement needs across a group of schools each with unique student populations and priority goals.

How one school leveraged their instructional program to develop a whole new team of effective leaders in education resulting in an increase in SBAC student proficiency from just 2% to 20% in English Language Arts, and 6% to 12% in mathematics.

When several of the schools in St Cloud Area School District found themselves amongst the lowest performing schools in the state, district leaders recognized the problem would not be solved by incremental improvement initiatives due to its systemic nature. They took the decision to get to the heart of those schools’ problems by engaging in a ‘deep-dive’ review of their priority and focus schools with the aspiration of implementing sustainable improvement plans for each school.

How Esperanza Charter School developed their capacity to improve and demonstrated progress against the backdrop of a high English Learner and economically disadvantaged learner population

How Meridian Middle School accelerated student learning through a combination of collaborative quality school review, authentic action planning and challenging the beliefs and systems that were inhibiting progress.