Schools that need to improve rapidly, including those facing NCLB corrective action or restructuring, benefit from an objective and comprehensive review as a first step to turnaround.
Education Northwest's 6+1 Trait® Writing Model of Instruction & Assessment provides a common language teachers and students can use to communicate about the characteristics of quality writing and establishes a clear vision of what good writing looks like.
Education Northwest offers training in the use of OPTIC, an observation tool designed to assist school principals or others in assessing the degree of technology integration occurring in classrooms and schools.
Implementing high-quality language instruction programs to improve the education of English language learners (ELLs) is a national priority emphasized in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The SIOP model was developed to help ELLs acquire grade-level content knowledge while increasing their English proficiency.
