School improvement is an overriding goal for all of Kentucky’s public schools, and this page provides information about resources to assist schools and districts in preparing all Kentucky students for next-generation learning, work and citizenship by engaging schools, districts, families and communities through excellent leadership, service and support.
The process of Improvement Planning in Kentucky is used as the means of determining how schools and districts will plan to ensure that all students are college and career ready.
Focus Schools
As a condition of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver, the Kentucky Department of Education has identified Priority and Focus schools as referenced in
703 KAR 5:225. Approximately 300 Focus schools have been identified based on 2011-2012 school year assessment data.
KRS 158.780 and 158.785 require that the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) establish a program for management improvement services for those school districts which demonstrate such a critical lack of efficiency or effectiveness in governance or administration that state-mandated corrective action or state control of the district is required.
As a condition of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver, the Kentucky Department of Education has identified Priority and Focus schools as referenced in
703 KAR 5:225
Strategies for Closing Gaps
This page is dedicated to providing access to the work of the six identified strategies of the Gap Delivery Plan.
The Kentucky Department of Education is in the process of redesigning teacher evaluation into a Professional Growth and Effectiveness System that includes proposed multiple measures of teacher effectiveness.
Persistence to Graduation
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) provides a
variety of supports to schools and districts to identify students who may be
off-track for College and Career Readiness, promotion, and/or on-time
graduation and provide interventions to support students until they earn a
diploma.