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Targeted School - A Targeted School is one in which one or more student group is performing at or below the level of the "all students" group in the lowest performing 5% of schools in the state of Illinois.

Comprehensive School - A Comprehensive School is a school performing in the lowest 5% of all Title I eligible schools statewide; a high school with a graduation rate below 67%.

Intensive School - A school that has completed a full Comprehensive Support school improvement cycle, but whose performance remains in the lowest-performing 5 percent Title I eligible schools in Illinois or is a high school that has a graduation rate of less than 67 percent or less at the end of the four-year improvement cycle.

School Improvement Fact Sheet

Approved Learning Partners

Newly Designated Targeted School - START HERE!

Getting Started with School Improvement for Targeted Schools

What does support for Targeted Schools look like?

Access to all School Improvement resources posted on the website
Access to support from a School Improvement Coordinator via the helpline

ESSA Requirements for Targeted Schools

LEAs must in partnership with stakeholders, including school leaders, teachers, and parents, develop and implement an improvement plan that:

Is based on a school-level needs assessment
Includes goals to improve student outcomes
Incudes evidence-based practices
Identifies resource inequities
Is approved annually by the LEA and the local board of education
Is monitored by the LEA
Results in additional action following unsuccessful implementation of the school improvement plan with a number of years, not to exceed four years, as determined by the LEA

Click on the Continuous School Improvement Process below for more resources!

Newly Designated Comprehensive School - START HERE!

Getting Started with School Improvement for Comprehensive Schools

What does support for Comprehensive Schools look like?

Direct support from a School Improvement Coordinator
Access to all School Improvement resources posted on the website
Access to support from a School Improvement Coordinator via the helpline

ESSA Requirements for Comprehensive Schools

LEAs must in partnership with stakeholders, including school leaders, teachers, and parents, develop and implement an improvement plan that:

Is based on a school-level needs assessment
Includes goals to improve student outcomes
Incudes evidence-based practices
Identifies resource inequities
Is approved annually by the school, the district, the local board of education, and ISBE
Is monitored and periodically reviews by the LEA and by ISBE
Results in additional action which, if not satisfied within a State-determined number of years, not to exceed four years, shall result in more rigorous State determined action, such as the implementation of interventions, which may include addressing school-level operations