Michigan School Improvement Framework

• School Improvement Framework
  • Supporting Research
  • School Improvement Law
• School Improvement Framework: Establishing Priorities
• School Improvement Framework Strategy Cards
• Leadership Standards Alignment with Michigan School Improvement Framework

School Improvement Planning

• AdvancED Website for Continuous School Improvement
  This website allows Non-NCA members to complete the EdYES! report and Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA), and allows NCA members to complete the Standards Assessment Report and Self Assessment.
• Understanding and Using the Michigan Comprehensive Needs Assessment (Video)
  • Video Order Form  

• School Data Profile (PDF) ( Word )                                       
• School Process Profile ( PDF ) ( Word ) 
• School Summary Profile ( PDF ) ( Word )  
• School Improvement Plan Template ( PDF ) ( Word ) 
• School Improvement Plan Sample ( PDF ) ( Word ) 

District Improvement Planning

• District Data Profile ( PDF ) ( Word )                                      
• District Process Profile ( PDF ) ( Word ) 
• District Summary Profile ( PDF ) ( Word ) 
• District Improvement Plan Template (PDF) ( Word ) 

Glossary of Terms

Additional Tools & Resources

40 Performance Indicators for EdYES!

EdYES! Performance Indicators Rubrics

EdYES! and NCA Indicator Crosswalk

MI-MAP Toolkit

MI-Plan Process Guide
This school improvement tool was developed specifically to assist school building principals and their school improvement teams.

Education YES!

Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP)

Michigan School Report Card

Adequate Yearly Progress

Annenberg Institute for School Reform - Tools for School Improvement
The Annenberg website contains observation protocols, focus group samples and questions, surveys, questionnaires, and other techniques to help you examine your specific school-improvement concerns.

National Study of School Evaluation (NSSE) 
This planning guide will help you develop and tailor your school improvement plan to address the specific learning needs of your students.

McREL School Change Toolkit
This McREL web site is designed to help you maintain a "systems view" while undertaking school change.

Deborah Walstrom School Improvement Site
This website is a training, consulting, and publishing company that has specialized in practical tools and ideas for educators since 1994.