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Raising Student Reading Achievement - The need to improve reading achievement for students is one of the most important challenges facing school districts nationally. In 2003, P.S. 209, a K-2 Public School in the Bronx, New York, faced the challenge of raising student achievement within a school environment where teacher turnover was high and how best to prepare new teachers had long been an issue. Read More...

Transforming a Failing School - In 2004, P.S./I.S. 50 (The Vito Marcantonio School), located in East Harlem, New York, was generally regarded as a failing school in urgent need of help. School violence was high, parents and guardians were disillusioned, and the building was in a state of disrepair. The challenge was to transform a school where little instruction was taking place into a community of learning focused on student achievement. Read More...

Implementing District-Wide Change in a Large, Urban School District - For more than five years, a large, urban New Jersey school district has worked aggressively to turn the district around through systematic change. This change targeted all areas of curriculum and instruction. The district contracted with AUSSIE to help it realize several critical goals. Read More...

Using Data to Raise Student Achievement- Across the nation, every school is using data in some way to better understand student performance and to change instruction to raise student achievement. What happens with this data and how effectively it is used varies widely from school to school. Research shows that an effective use of assessment data can bring about significant improvement in achievement. Read More...