Standard+7-+Commitment+to+Continuous+Improvement

__**Standard 7: Commitment to Continuous Improvement**__

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__**QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM INDICATORS** __
 * In fulfillment of this standard, the system:**
 * **7.1 Engages in a continuous process of improvement that articulates the vision and purpose the system is pursuing (Vision);** **maintains a rich and current description of students, their performance, system effectiveness, and the community (Profile);** **employs goals and interventions to improve student performance (Plan); and documents and uses the results to inform** **future improvement efforts (Results)**
 * **7.2 Engages stakeholders in the processes of continuous improvement**
 * **7.3 Ensures that each school’s plan for continuous improvement is aligned with the system’s vision and expectations for student** **learning**
 * **7.4 Ensures that each school’s plan for continuous improvement includes a focus on increasing learning for all students and** **closing gaps between current and expected student performance levels**
 * **7.5 Provides research-based professional development for system and school personnel to help them achieve improvement** **goals**
 * **7.6 Monitors and communicates the results of improvement efforts to stakeholders**
 * **7.7 Evaluates and documents the effectiveness and impact of its continuous process of improvement**
 * **7.8 Allocates and protects time for planning and engaging in continuous improvement efforts system-wide**
 * **7.9 Provides direction and assistance to its schools and operational units to support their continuous improvement efforts**

__ **IMPACT STATEMENT** __ **__RESEARCH__**
 * A school is successful in meeting this standard when it implements a collaborative and ongoing process for**
 * improvement that aligns the functions of the school with the expectations for student learning. Improvement efforts**
 * are sustained and the school demonstrates progress in improving student performance and school effectiveness.**
 * New improvement efforts are informed by the results of earlier efforts through reflection and assessment of the**
 * improvement process**
 * [|Highly Effective Schools] (Nine characteristics of high-performing schools)