School Quality Review (SQR)
Board of Education Presentation
January 10, 2011
Dr. Deb Hoeft, Assistant Superintendent of student Learning
Dr. Carol Pallas, Superintendent of Schools
Ms. Barbara Tomasso, Executive Director of Student Information
The Big Picture
SQR
School Quality Review
The PROCESS of reviewing teaching and learning
CEP
Comprehensive Education Plan
The CEP is a result of the SQR findings or
The ACTION PLAN
QIP
Quality Improvement Plan
The QIP uses the goals and objectives from the CEP to DRIVE THE WORK
What is a SQR?
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School improvement support and intervention
strategy for schools identified in the
Improvement (year 1) phase of NYS
Differentiated Accountability (DA) system
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BOCES gives districts the support and
assistance in developing and implementing
improvement strategies to address the needs of
schools in the Improvement phase
What is SQR? (con’t)

SQR involves development of a culture of
review and ongoing improvement to guide
schools and districts on a continuous journey of
improvement.
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A researched-based, reflective process that
provides identified schools and districts with
guidance on key factors that affect school
success.
Accountability Designations
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Based on both the number and type of student groups
failing to make AYP for two consecutive years in the
same content area and in the same subgroup
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Accountability measure for schools:
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Elementary/middle level
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English Language Arts, mathematics and science
Secondary level

English Language Arts, mathematics and graduation rate
AYP Status for Greece Central School
School
ELA
09-10
ELA
10-11
Math
09-10
Math
10-11
Grad Rates
09-10
Grad Rates
10-11
Apollo
MS
SWDs
SWDs
Blacks
AYP
Safe Harbor
Arcadia
MS
SWDs
SWDs
AYP
AYP
Athena
HS
SWDs
Blacks
SWDs
SWDs
AYP
SWDs
Blacks
SWDs
Econ. Dis.
Olympia
HS
SWDs
SWDs
AYP
SWDs
All
Blacks
Whites
SWDs
Econ. Dis
AYP
School/District Personnel
Involved in SQR
The district forms a SQR
team consisting of the
following:
 Central office staff
 Content area specialist
 School principal and
identified staff
 SESIS (Special
Education School
Improvement Specialist
from BOCES)
Duties of the team include
the following:
 Review of the curriculum,
instruction and
assessment with the NYS
Common Core Learning
Standards
 Reviews performance
indicators for the
indentified content area
 Identifies findings and
recommendations
 Constructs written report
CEP-Comprehensive Educational Plan
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Findings and recommendations from the
committee are used in the development of
the CEP
The CEP is a 2-year school improvement
plan that includes specific strategies for
improvement and progress monitoring
The CEP is submitted to NYSED
QIP-Quality Improvement Plan
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Then district must work with the BOCES
SESIS to implement a QIP
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This is developed using the goals,
objectives and improvement activities in the
CEP
Timeline
December 20, 2011 -Submission of
SQR/CEP/QIP to Monroe 2 BOCES
January 31, 2012 -Submission of
SQR/CEP/QIP to NYSED