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What if a Student Does Not Respond to Intervention?
By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP Many, if not most, efforts to improve student learning outcomes will result in measurable improvements in student performance. Nonetheless, in some cases, a student will not…
BI Tool: ACCESS “Can Do” Report
Last Month, Brian Schum from Lammersville Unified School District highlighted his “MAP Low Level Analysis Report.” Brian’s report generated a great deal of interest, and numerous Illuminate BI Tool Users…
How Georgia Aims to Close the Achievement Gap
While Georgia’s Department of Education takes aim at closing the achievement gap under Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) regulations, implementing measures to do so has been left to individual schools…
What Makes Some PLCs Work?
Presented by Pete Watson – Transcription Below Introduction Hello everyone and welcome to the Illuminate Education Whiteboard Series. I’m Pete Watson, the former superintendent of Upland Unified School District and…
ESSA & the Pathway to Successful Implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
The Elementary and Secondary Education/Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA/ESSA) was signed into law by President Obama on December 10, 2015. In the two years since passage, state departments of education…
Writing a Continuous Standards-Story for Students
Educational reform has taken many forms throughout history. But all reform efforts are based on the premise that improvements made to the educational system will have large returns to society.…
What is NGSS Anyway?
https://youtu.be/h8uVoS-lBK8 Presented by Mark Adato – Transcription Below Introduction Welcome to the “Illuminate Whiteboard Series.” My name is Mark Adato. I’m an Implementation Manager on the D and A team,…
Understanding the Shifts in Illinois State Reporting
The Illinois Report card has undergone two major changes throughout the few years. The good news is that it currently sits as one of the most user-friendly and informative state…
Tier 1 Core Writing Instruction
By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP Of the three major basic academic subject areas (e.g., reading, math, and writing), writing is often neglected in discussions of core instruction. This is partly due…
Chipping Away at Colorado’s Achievement Gap
Closing the achievement gap is no simple task, but educators in Colorado are making progress. According to the Denver Business Journal, the state’s high school graduation rate is up again, …