District and School Improvement and Reform

As districts and schools work to address the provisions of No Child Left Behind, RMC New York Associates are available to provide professional development and technical assistance to achieve higher standards of educational excellence and accountability. RMC New York utilizes current research to help address policy issues and advise education professionals on how to make informed decision that will bring about sustained improvements. Our proven quality review process helps districts and schools identify key areas that ensure school improvement and educational excellence for practitioners and students. RMC builds assistance systems based on continued success by 

• helping New York State and its districts identify high performing schools as exemplars;
• working with the education departments of New York State and New York City as well as districts and schools to devise framework and workplans that will create successful schools;
• developing rubrics and related tools for school and district use to support and enhance the improvement of student outcomes

RMC thrives on assisting education professionals with the development and implementation of state support systems for low performing schools and districts. This is achieved by:

• conceptualizing on identified high priority components of the state support system based on current state characteristics and state policy;
• developing a system for supporting districts and schools at different levels of identification-improvement, corrective action and restructuring;
• facilitating the coordination of resources across departments in the state and city education departments;
• developing a processes and toolkit to guide district and school involvement in the improvement process;
• assisting the state and city in the implementation of their accountability and assessment systems

RMC Research New York works to facilitate continuous improvement of the planning processes at the district and school level by

• conducting reviews as the basis for improvement planning;
• using data to conduct needs assessments;
• identifying research-based improvement strategies;
• measuring implementation and impact of improvement plans;
• sustaining improvement