School Improvement

For more information:
  Student and School Success   StudentandSchoolSuccess@k12.wa.us
  (360) 725-4960

  Andrew E. Kelly (Andy)
  Assistant Superintendent for
  Student and School Success
  andrew.kelly@k12.wa.us

  Travis Campbell
  K12 Director
  Instructional Services and Support
  travis.campbell@k12.wa.us
  (360)725-6503

  Indistar
  Indistar@k12.wa.us
  (360)725-6319 or (360)725-6374

School Improvement Grants (SIG)

School Improvement Grant Awardees and Unfunded District Applications
Cohort I, 2009-10

18 schools from nine districts were approved to receive School Improvement Grants.
The purpose of these funds is to turn around the bottom 5% of persistently low-achieving Title I schools and Title I-eligible secondary schools, so that these schools make Adequate Yearly Progress and exit improvement status.
Those schools funded with School Improvement Grants are now known as MERIT schools. MERIT stands for Models of Equity and Excellence through Rapid Improvement and Turnaround.

Summary of SIG-funded Districts, Cohort I

Funded District Highlights and Applications:
Grandview Highlights: Grandview Middle School Grandview Application Highline Highlights: Cascade Middle School Chinook Middle School Highline Application Longview Highlights: Monticello Middle School Longview Application Marysville Highlights: Tulalip Elementary & Totem Middle School Marysville Application Seattle Highlights: Cleveland High School Hawthorne Elementary West Seattle Elementary Seattle Application	Sunnyside Highlights: Sunnyside High School Sunnyside Application Tacoma Highlights: Giaudrone Middle School Jason Lee Middle School Stewart Middle School Tacoma Application Wellpinit Highlights: Wellpinit Elementary Wellpinit Application Yakima Highlights: Adams Elementary Stanton Academy Washington Middle School Yakima Application
Unfunded District Applications:
Bellevue Burlington-Edison Granger Mount Adams Oakville Pasco Quincy Toppenish Vancouver Wahluke Walla Walla Wapato

The preceding information is posted to this Web site as required by the U.S. Department of Education: Guidance on School Improvement Grants Under Section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Word) (pg. 35 (I-5))

List of Tier I, II and III Schools (PDF)

Methodology Background-School Improvement Grants Tiers I, II, and III (PDF)

FAQs about School Improvement Grants (SIGs)

Demographic and Performance Characteristics of School Improvement Grant Tiers I and II (PDF)

Successful Implementation of Federal Intervention Models in Persistently Lowest-achieving Schools 2009-2012 (PDF)

Cohort II (2010-11)

RFQ DSIA 04-2009 for Comprehensive Educational Service Providers (closed)

Models of Equity and Excellence through Rapid Improvement and Turnaround (MERIT)

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