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30 Apr 2019
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Guide to Working With External Providers (Fourth Edition)

Partnerships to Improve Teaching and Learning

Image of Fourth Edition report coverIn 2015, the enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) ushered in changes for state accountability systems and guidelines for funding. ESSA allows for more targeted and diverse ways to meet student need than under No Child Left Behind. It shifts the responsibility for school improvement to districts while also requiring them to select evidence-based interventions to help schools improve.

Although ESSA defines what is meant by evidence-based interventions, districts are responsible for selecting and implementing the strategies that are best aligned to their school needs. This increased responsibility creates a greater need than ever before for districts to select partners to support and provide services that would be prohibitively difficult for a school or district to offer on its own. In many areas, school leaders recognize the valuable role that external providers can play in supporting school improvement work. However, finding a partner that is the right fit can be daunting and time consuming.

The Guide for Working with External Providers was developed to support state and district leaders in identifying and working with external partners.

Guide to Working With External Providers (Fourth Edition) (PDF)

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District and School Improvement Center

Better schools help make better communities and improve students’ chances of success. AIR experts use research-based strategies to help schools and districts build systems that improve outcomes and sustain improvements over time. The District and School Improvement Center helps school districts and schools achieve a coherent, disciplined approach to teaching and learning embedded throughout the school’s and district’s practices; improve school climate and culture; develop more effective teachers and leaders; foster improved parent and community engagement; and create higher expectations and results for all students.

Further Reading

  • ESSA Action Guides
  • Crosswalk: Aligning Evidence-Based Clearinghouses with the ESSA Tiers of Evidence
  • Youth Development Measurement Lab at AIR
  • School Restructuring: What Works When (Third Edition)
  • ESSA Key Resources: Selecting the Right Evidence-Based Practices
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