Evaluation Tools for School Improvement—Developed for State, District, and School Use
Source Title and Link
State Department of Education Evaluation Tools
Standards and Rubrics for
School Improvement 2005
Arizona Department of Revised Edition
Education http://www.ade.state.az.us/s
chooleffectiveness/STDSR
UBRIC.pdf
Michigan School
Improvement Framework
Michigan Department of Rubrics
Education http://www.michigan.gov/d
ocuments/OSI_FW_Rubric
s_v_157013_7.3.pdf
School Improvement Plan
Scoring Rubric
Montana Office of
http://opi.mt.gov/Pub/PDF/
Public Instruction
SSOS/SI/SIPScoringRubric
.pdf
School Improvement
Rubric
Nebraska Department of
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/
Education
apac/Pub/New%20SIP%20
Rubric.pdf
The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
Purpose
This evaluation rubric serves
schools and districts as a
foundation for a school
improvement plan by
identifying limitations and
strengths of schools.
This evaluation rubric helps
schools and districts to rate
the implementation status of
school improvement efforts at
schools.
This evaluation rubric is to be
used by schools to determine
how well school
improvement criteria were
met.
This evaluation tool is to be
used by schools to measure
the effectiveness of each
phase of the school
improvement process.
Key Features
This 94-page evaluation is divided into four sections,
one for each standard. Included are guiding questions
for examining each standard.
This 99-page evaluation rubric is divided into five
strands, and each strand is further divided into related
standards.
This 16-page document is divided into three sections:
self-evaluation, action planning, and goal setting. Each
section contains 4 to 6 criteria.
This 6-page document is divided into the six phases of
the school improvement process: (1) commitment,
planning, organization; (2) gathering and analyzing
data; (3) target area goals; (4) the action plan; (5)
implement and monitor the action plan; (6) review and
update the action plan. Each phase is further divided
into elements included in each phase.
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Source Title and Link
State Department of Education Evaluation Tools
Tennessee School
Improvement Planning
Process (TSIPP): SIP
Tennessee Department
Rubric
of Education
http://www.state.tn.us/educ
ation/accountability/doc/sip
-rubric.doc
School Self-Study and
Rating Rubric (SSRR) Tool
California Department of
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs
Education
/mg/documents/stwtcstool.d
oc
School Improvement Plan
Rubric 2001–2002 School
Springfield (Illinois) Year
Public Schools http://www.springfield.k12.
il.us/schools/schoolimprove
ment/SIPrubrics.pdf
A Rubric for District
Improvement Plans
http://schoolimprovement.
mpls.k12.mn.us/sites/e69d0
Minneapolis (Minnesota)
839-259e-4971-8fdf-
Public Schools
0f39473ae3af/uploads/MD
E_Scoring__Rubric_for_Di
strict_Improvement_Plans.
doc
The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
Purpose Key Features
This 14-page evaluation is divided into the following
six components: (1) school profile; (2) academic and
This rubric is designed to
nonacademic data analysis; (3) belief, mission, and
help schools evaluate the
vision; (4) curricular, instructional assessment, and
performance of school
organizational effectiveness; (5) action plan
components and improvement
development; (6) the school improvement plan and
plans.
process evaluation. Each component includes a range
of 3 to 8 criteria to be evaluated.
This 20-page document is divided into four sections:
This evaluation tool is used to
academic excellence, developmental responsiveness,
document and record
organizational structure and processes, and social
evidence of a school’s
equity. Each section includes approximately 10 criteria
processes and practices.
to be evaluated.
District Evaluation Tools
This tool is to be used by
district and school leadership This evaluation rubric is divided into five sections with
teams to evaluate the school accompanying indicators to help rate the school
improvement planning improvement plan.
process.
This tool can be used by state
This rubric includes eight sections to measure the ways
and/or district personnel to
in which a district is supporting school improvement
measure the improvement
efforts.
efforts of a school district.
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Source Title and Link Purpose Key Features
School Climate Evaluation Tools
Equity Self-Assessment To be used by school or
West Regional Equity
Tool district personnel to critically This online tool is divided into 11 modules. The tool is
Network at The
http://uacoe.arizona.edu/wr assess school/district on also available as a printable version.
University of Arizona
en/esat.htm issues surrounding equity.
School Improvement and Reform Evaluation Tools
The Center for This tool was developed to
School Review Process
Comprehensive School help schools and districts This 126-page document consists of many tools that
Guide
Reform and with the planning and can be used in various stages of planning, including a
http://centerforcsri.org/files
Improvement at implementation process of classroom observation protocol and questionnaires for
/SchoolReviewProcessGuid
Learning Point school improvement focused various stakeholders.
e.pdf
Associates on student achievement.
The Center for School Restructuring What
The purpose of this guide is Pages 67–74 of this 141-page guide offer tools to help
Comprehensive School Works When: A Guide for
to help schools and districts schools and districts in the process of restructuring.
Reform and Education Leaders
in the process of restructuring These include various restructuring checklists,
Improvement at http://www.centerforcsri.or
chronically low-performing stakeholder planner, meeting action planner, and needs
Learning Point g/files/School_Restructurin
schools. assessment tools.
Associates g_Guide.pdf
School Improvement
Specialist Training
Materials: Performance To be used by school These seven modules contain self-assessment rubrics in
Standards, Improving improvement specialists to the areas of shared leadership, learning culture, school-
Appalachia Educational
Schools, and Literature self-assess their knowledge family-community connections, effective teaching,
Laboratory at Edvantia
Review and skills in helping schools shared goals for learning, aligned and balanced
(continued on next page) Module 1—Shared in the process of curriculum, and purposeful student assessment. The
Leadership improvement. modules also include various checklists, surveys, and
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERI other measurement tools to assess the improvement
CDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/co efforts at schools.
ntent_storage_01/0000019b
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 Mod. 2—Learning Culture
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERIC
Docs/data/ericdocs2sql/conte
nt_storage_01/0000019b/80/
1b/b8/43.pdf
Mod. 3 – School-Family-
Community Connections
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERIC
Docs/data/ericdocs2sql/conte
nt_storage_01/0000019b/80/
1b/b8/46.pdf
Mod. 4—Effective
Teaching
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERIC
Docs/data/ericdocs2sql/conte
nt_storage_01/0000019b/80/
1b/b8/49.pdf
Mod. 5—Shared Goals for
Learning
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERIC
Docs/data/ericdocs2sql/conte
nt_storage_01/0000019b/80/
1b/b8/4c.pdf
Mod. 6—Aligned and
Balanced Curriculum
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERIC
Docs/data/ericdocs2sql/conte
nt_storage_01/0000019b/80/
1b/b8/4f.pdf
Mod. 7—Purposeful
Student Assessment
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERIC
Docs/data/ericdocs2sql/conte
nt_storage_01/0000019b/80/
1b/b8/52.pdf

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Source Title and Link
School Improvement and Reform Evaluation Tools
Leading Change Handbook:
Concepts and Tools
http://www.wallacefoundati
on.org/KnowledgeCenter/K
The Wallace Foundation
nowledgeTopics/CurrentAr
easofFocus/EducationLeade
rship/Documents/leading-
change-handbook.pdf
Instructional Evaluation Tools
Early Warning System Tool
National High School
http://www.betterhighschoo
Center
ls.org/docs/EWStool.xls
Purpose
This toolkit is to be used by
school and districts to assist
in the change process through
tools that enable the leader to
continually analyze, assess,
and plan.
The purpose of this tool is to
aid schools in storing and
analyzing relevant
information on first-year
students to serve as a guide
for early warning systems
aimed at preventing high
school dropouts.
Key Features
Various tools are exhibited in this 35-page document,
as follows:
Readiness Rubric (pp. 5–6)
Stakeholder (pp. 8–13)
Early Win Wonder (p. 15)
Resistance Reducer (pp. 17–18)
Decision Sheet/Collaborative Planning Parameters (pp.
21–25)
Scale & Sustainability Score Sheet (pp. 27–31
School leadership teams input data on students, and this
tool calculates indicators related to dropout prevention.
Indicators are based on attendance data, course failures,
GPA, and on-track status.

State education agencies and

local education agencies can
Mathematics Benchmark use this tool this tool to
This tool is available at no cost upon registering for
Alignment Tool measure the alignment of
Achieve access to the site. Users then identify the course, state,
http://www.achieve.org/nod instructional objectives to
and district of interest.
e/1050 content standards necessary
for postsecondary school
success.

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Source Title and Link
Measuring Youth Program
Quality: A Guide to
The Forum for Youth Assessment Tools (2nd ed.)
Investment http://forumfyi.org/files/Me
asuringYouthProgramQuali
ty_2ndEd.pdf
California Department of After-School Program
Education After School Quality Self-Assessment
Programs Office Tool
& http://www.afterschoolnetw
California Afterschool ork.org/files/AssessmentFin
Network al.pdf
Wisconsin Response to
Intervention (RtI) Self-
Wisconsin Department Assessment for Schools and
of Public Instruction Districts
http://dpi.wi.gov/rti/pdf/rtis
elfassess.pdf
The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
Purpose
Program Evaluation Tools
To be used as a quality
evaluation of youth programs
by practitioners, researcher,
evaluators and policymakers.
This tool evaluates and
compares the assessment
tools of several youth
programs.
To be used internally as a
supplement to outcome
program evaluations.
This tool is to be used by
school or district leadership
teams who are planning on
implementing an RtI system.
Key Features
This tool has criteria for inclusion and measures the
following aspects of program assessment tools: the
purpose and history, the content, the structure and
methodology, and the technical properties.
This 16-page document is divided into nine sections,
each with accompanying criteria and rated on the
performance level. The nine sections are (1) program
design and accountability; (2) program
environment/climate; (3) program administration,
leadership, and finance; (4) alignment and linkages
with the school day; (5) youth development; (6) family
involvement; (7) community partnerships and
collaboration; (8) staff development; (9) promoting
diversity, access, equity, and inclusion.
This tool in draft version is divided into three sections:
(1) high-quality instructional practices, (2) continuous
review of student progress, and (3) collaboration. The
tool measures the implementation of various phases
under each section.
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