MA Conditions of School Effectiveness - Aligned

Alignment of the Massachusetts' Conditions of School Effectiveness to the Quincy Public Schools District Improvement Plan
Condition/Description District Improvement Plan Standard Alignment
1. Effective district systems for school support and intervention: The district has systems and processes for anticipating and addressing school staffing, instructional, and operational needs in timely, efficient, and effective ways, especially for its lowest performing schools.

Standard 2: Curriculum and Instruction

Standard 4: Human Resource Management and Professional Development

Standard 6: Financial Asset Management Effectiveness and Efficiency

Condition/Description District Improvement Plan Standard Alignment
2.Effective school leadership: The district and school take action to attract, develop, and retain an effective school leadership team that obtains staff commitment to improving student learning and implements a clearly-defined mission and set of goals.

Standard 1: Leadership and Governance

Standard 4: Human Resource Management and Professional Development


Condition/Description District Improvement Plan Standard Alignment
3.Aligned curriculum: The school's taught curricula are aligned to state curriculum frameworks and the MCAS performance level descriptions, and are also aligned vertically between grades and horizontally across classrooms at the same grade level and across sections of the same course.

Standard 2: Curriculum and Instruction


Condition/Description District Improvement Plan Standard Alignment
4. Effective instruction: Instructional practices are based on evidence from a body of high-quality research and on high expectations for all students and include use of appropriate research-based reading and mathematics programs; the school staff has a common understanding of high-quality evidence-based instruction and a system for monitoring instructional practice.

Standard 2: Curriculum and Instruction


Condition/Description District Improvement Plan Standard Alignment
5. Student assessment: The school uses a balanced system of formative and benchmark assessments.

Standard 2: Curriculum and Instruction

Standard 3: Assessment and Program Evaluation


Condition/Description District Improvement Plan Standard Alignment
6. Principal's staffing authority: The principal has the authority to make staffing decisions based on the School Improvement Plan and student needs, subject to district personnel policies, budgetary restrictions, and the approval of the superintendent.

Standard 1: Leadership and Governance

Standard 4: Human Resource Management and Professional Development

Standard 6: Financial and Asset Management Effectiveness and Efficiency