Component+Four--Curriculum,+Instructional+Assessment+and+Organizational+Effectiveness

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 * Component 4 – Curricular, Instructional, Assessment, and Organizational Effectiveness **

//Purpose of Analyzing Effectiveness// This phase of the school improvement planning process calls for an in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of the school’s instructional practices and organizational conditions in supporting students’ achievement of the desired results for their learning. The purpose of this analysis of instructional and organizational effectiveness is to identify the school’s strengths and limitations and then to determine how the school can best build on its strengths and address the areas of limitation in the development of the school improvement plan. Component 4 focuses on an analysis of the quality of the work of the school in behalf of student learning.

One of the chief aims of the school improvement plan is to build and to strengthen the capacity of the school’s instructional system and organizational conditions to support students’ achievement of the desired results for their learing. This phase of the planning process helps the school target those areas of capacity-building that can make the greatest difference in improving student learning. [1]

[1] Kathleen Fitzpatrick, __School Improvement: Focusing on Student Performance__. National Study of School Evaluation (NSSE). 1997