Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA/ESEA) is a federal funding program designed to close achievement gaps and ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education.
Many schools receiving Title I Part A funding operate Schoolwide Programs, implementing overall school improvements to ensure that systems, practices, and programs are effectively aligned to reduce gaps and support every student’s achievement.
School-wide Programs in the AASD identify a vision for students’ academic and socioemotional success and align school improvement plans to this vision. Such programs also articulate a plan to engage parents and caregivers as stakeholders in their children’s education and in the implementation of a Title I school improvement plan.
LITERACY
By the spring of 2026, 42% of students will meet their reading stretch growth goal on the iReady reading diagnostic assessment.
Aligned action steps:
- We will embed or make language expectations explicit within learning intentions and/or success criteria.
- We will provide students with multiple opportunities to use academic language (vocabulary/structure/function) to communicate concepts and ideas (vocabulary and discourse).
- We will intentionally use translanguaging to support student comprehension.
MATH
By the spring of 2026, 43% of students will meet their math stretch growth goal on the iReady math diagnostic assessment.
Aligned action steps:
- We will embed or make language expectations explicit within learning intentions and/or success criteria.
- We will provide students with multiple opportunities to use academic language (vocabulary/structure/function) to communicate concepts and ideas (vocabulary and discourse).
- We will intentionally use translanguaging to support student comprehension.
SEL
Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will increase their favorable responses to survey questions about emotional regulation by 10% from Fall 2025 to Spring 2026 as measured by the Spring 2026 Panorama Survey Diagnostics.
Aligned action steps:
- We will implement daily Morning Meetings and the Second Step SEL curriculum
- We will use restorative practices
- Will will incorporate Sources of Strength into our life-long skills instruction
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
ABS values the partnership of parents and caregivers in ensuring success for all students. Our plan to engage families in learning during the 25-26 school year is linked here.
