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The Tools for School-Improvement Planning Web site contains observation protocols, focus group samples and questions, surveys, questionnaires, and other techniques to help you examine your specific school-improvement concerns.

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This web site is an ARCHIVE of tools, last updated in 2006. Please note that Web addresses to the tools change frequently. Links to the tools were accurate on September 1, 2006.

TOOLS COLLECTION
In the Tools section, you'll find a database of new and innovative tools used throughout the country, organized into school-improvement focus areas common to many schools, districts, and states.

TOOLS IN PRACTICE
Tools in Practice highlights successful programs and promising practices from real situations that have useful materials available on the Internet.

SCHOOL-IMPROVEMENT GUIDE
The Guide provides a step-by-step process for successful school improvement, including sample worksheets and rubrics.

USING DATA
In the Using Data section, you'll find resources on using data – a key to sustained improvement: types and uses of data, selecting and analyzing data, and using results to drive your planning efforts.

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FOCUS: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Stories of tools in action around student engagement in practice.
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