School Improvement Plans

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) uses its School Transparency and Reporting (STAR) Framework to identify schools in need of improvement, as required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and DC’s ESSA State Plan.

DC’s ESSA State Plan organizes designees into three groups and articulates a timeline for identifying designees, as reported in the table below.

Designation	Definition	Timeline
Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools, type 1 (CS1)	Title I schools that score in the bottom 5percent of the total number of points on the STAR Framework as compared to their peers.	Schools first identified in December 2018 and once every three school years thereafter.
Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools, type 2 (CS2)	High schools in which both four-year and five-year adjusted cohort graduation rates (ACGR) fall below 67 percent.	Schools first identified in December 2018 and once every three school years thereafter.
Targeted Support and Improvement Schools, type 1 (TS1)	Schools receiving this designation have at least one subgroup of students who are performing at or below the level of the lowest-performing schools in DC, which are the school's designated for comprehensive Support 1.	Schools first identified by December 2018 and annually thereafter.

Designees must develop a vision and strategies for school improvement in partnership with their school leaders, teachers, and parents. DC PCSB, OSSE, and local education agencies are responsible for monitoring designees’ progress toward achieving their Plans’ goals.

Designation Year	School	Designation Type	Identified Student Group	Attachment
2018	Center City PCS –Trinidad	TS1	African American students	School Improvement Plan
2018	E.L. Haynes PCS – Middle	TS1	Students who are Two or More Races	School Improvement Plan
2018	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	CS2	Not applicable (NA)	School Improvement Plan
2018	Kingsman Academy PCS	CS2	NA	School Improvement Plan
2018	Maya Angelou PCS	CS2	NA	School Improvement Plan
2018	National Collegiate Prep PCS	CS2	NA	School Improvement Plan
2018	The Children’s Guild PCS	TS1	At-Risk Students	School Improvement Plan

Related Materials:

2018-19 ESSA School Improvement Guidance

2018-19 Modified Needs Assessment Template

2018-19 Modified School Improvement Plan Template