The American Student Achievement Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on raising educational achievement for all students and closing achievement gaps between rural, minority and low-income students and their more advantaged peers.
CURRENT INITIATIVES
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InSAI - Indiana Student Achievement Institute
(2008 -2009 Application) -
InSAI - District Coordination Workshop Series
(2008-2009 Application) -
Redesigning School Counseling
(Indiana Gold Star School Counseling) - Advisor-Advisee Initiative
PAST INITIATIVES
WHAT OTHERS SAY
The school-community connection at George Washington Community School has been strengthened through the school's participation in the Indiana Student Achievement Institute. Teachers, parents, business representatives, and students work together in the Institute's Vision-to-Action process for systemic change to analyze data about the school and create a shared vision and road map for student success. The process has helped to increase the alignment between the work of community partners and the school's core instructional programs.
- Connecting Schools, Families and Communities, Annie E. Casey Foundation, May 2007
Many of Indiana's schools have been led through a vision-based school improvement process facilitated by [ASAI]. A steering team composed of school staff, parents and a business representative guide shared decision making between all administrators, all teachers, all students, parents, business representatives, and community members. A hallmark of the process is embracing and working through resistance for systemic change.
- School Improvement Policy Brief, Council of Chief State School Officers, September 2006
- Indiana Education Roundtable Newsletter, January 2005
One of 100 program recognized nationally for "research-based principles and actions to improve college access and success."
- National Pathways to College, 2004
Schools want to be data driven, but most of us don't really know how to get there. The Student Achievement Institute teaches schools how to turn that information into strategies which will positively impact student achievement.
- Harriet Henry, Principal, Creekside Elementary School
The Institute provides a solid foundation on which to build the change process, plenty of support - both technical and moral - and the tools which empower schools to change the course of "the institution" which so often defies change.
- Marty Brewer, Teacher, Tell City Junior High School
The main components of the Vision-to-Action process rely on data and total community involvement to drive decisions. Its greatest attribute is the potential for change.
- Steve Morris, Principal, Clarksville High School
The Student Achievement Institute equipped me with the Vision-to-Action process which I have already used at work, church, and with potential contacts. The staff members have great enthusiasm and were available with practical and realistic solutions and tips for working through any issues that came up.
- Ruth Ann Hendrix, Community Member, Cortland Elementary School
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