3. Plan: Selecting an Evidence Based Improvement Strategy

Initiative Inventory

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The NIRN Initiative Inventory can be used to guide your team’s review of past and current programs to get a clear picture of successful strategies, and challenges, along with existing mandates and resource commitments. The NIRN Initiative Inventory Process Tool is available to assist teams in developing a plan for completing the NIRN Initiative Inventory.

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Author: Wendy Savaske

Initiative Inventory Process

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The NIRN Initiative Inventory can be used to guide your team’s review of past and current programs to get a clear picture of successful strategies, and challenges, along with existing mandates and resource commitments. The NIRN Initiative Inventory Process Tool is available to assist teams in developing a plan for completing the NIRN Initiative Inventory.

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Author: Wendy Savaske

Hexagon Tool

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Purpose: The Hexagon Discussion and Analysis Tool helps organizations evaluate new and existing programs and practices. This tool is designed to be used by a team to ensure diverse perspectives are represented in a discussion of the six contextual fit and feasibility factors. Program indicators assess new or existing programs or practices that will be implemented along the following domains: evidence, supports, and usability. These indicators specify the extent to which the identified program or practice demonstrates evidence, supports for implementation, and usability across a range of contexts. Implementing site indicators assess the extent to which a new or existing program or practice matches the implementing site along the following domains: population need, fit, and capacity. The assessment specifies suggested conditions and requirements for a strong match to need, fit, and capacity for the identified program or and practice. The Hexagon Tool can be used at any stage in a program’s implementation to determine its fit with the local context. It is most commonly used during the Exploration stage: the period when a site is identifying possible new programs or practices to implement. If the organization has an Implementation Team, the Implementation Team can carry out this function for the organization.

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Author: Wendy Savaske

**How-to Select an Evidence-Based Improvement Strategy Presentation/Guide

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How is the selection of an evidence-based improvement strategy related to continuous improvement? It is important that we ensure that students are impacted by programs, practices and strategies. The presentation illustrated how the selection of evidence-based improvement strategy fits within a continuous improvement process in easy to understand language. In addition, it includes tools and resources to assist district and school teams.

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Author: Wendy Savaske