School Improvement - Louisiana Department of Education

OVERVIEW
The Degree of Implementation Guide (DIG) has been designed to guide the school and District Assistance Teams
(DATs) in conducting an evaluation of a school’s implementation of Scientifically Based Research Strategies within
the School Improvement Plan (SIP) or School Progress Plan (SPP). The forms provided in this document provide a
comprehensive view of the many different types and sources of information available to evaluate implementation.
When combined, the data provide a reliable source of information to assess the degree of SIP implementation.
This on‐going process begins with an initial report and continues quarterly throughout the school year. Feedback
from these reports should be shared with the school leadership as a means of supporting implementation of SIP
strategies.
Data collected quarterly will be reported on a web‐based site provided by the Louisiana Department of Education.
The web‐based system will require the DAT leader to input the following information for each school in need of
improvement, corrective action, and restructuring status during the quarterly reporting period:
• Amount of Title 1 School Improvement funds allocated and expended
• Number of jobs saved
• Number of jobs created
• How are you measuring teacher effectiveness?
• How are you ensuring equitable distribution of effective teachers?
Based on the Degree of Implementation Guide (DIG) process findings, rate the degree of implementation for each
strategy. Rating will include the following drop down selection:
• Less than 25%,
• 25%‐49%,
• 50%‐74%,
Rate the professional development/technical assistance
received for the strategy
Rate the integration of this strategy data/results into daily
instruction
• 75% or greater Rate the overall strategy implementation on campus
(administrators, teachers, students)
What percentage of teachers are implementing this strategy?
Interpreting percentages:
Less than 25%
No/Insufficient evidence of activity planning/implementation
No/Insufficient
25% ‐ 49% Planning Planning or preparing to implement this activity
50% ‐ 74% Piloted Partially implemented this activity with a small group of staff
or students
75% or greater Staff is currently implementing or has fully implemented this
Implementing
activity.
• Provide the total amount of Vendor payments that are less than $25,000 each.
• Give the number of Vendors who were paid less than $25,000.
• Provide the total of Vendor payments of $25,000 or more each.
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