Are CSI (Comprehensive Support and Improvement) Schools Getting the Support They Need? Evidence From Research and Practice

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Although the Every Student Succeeds Act was authorized in 2015, to date there is little information about whether schools identified for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) are receiving supports that enable them to improve. Similarly, there is little empirical research about what activities CSI schools are undertaking in an effort to improve outcomes for all students. Blending perspectives of researchers, state education administrators, and discussants from both research and practice, this panel will describe policies and practices, while generating insights for the next reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Sub Unit

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools / Division H - Section 4: Accountability in Schools

Chair

• Steven Hurlburt, American Institutes for Research

Papers

• Too Much or Not Enough? Supports and Improvement Activities in CSI Schools - Kerstin A. Carlson Le Floch, American Institutes for Research; Andrea Boyle, American Institutes for Research; Steven Hurlburt, American Institutes for Research

• School Improvement Data Supports: When the Principal Doesn’t Math Good - Russel Potter, Arizona Department of Education

• Accountability to School Improvement – Bridging the Gap to Support CSI Schools - Kyu-Ryung Hwang, New Hampshire Department of Education

Discussant

• Laura S. Hamilton, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.