INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM

The Instructional Improvement System (IIS) is one of Governor Perdue's Career and College: Ready, Set, Go! projects being developed through North Carolina's Race to the Top grant award. The IIS will provide portals for students, teachers, parents, and school and district administrators to access data and resources to inform decision-making related to instruction, assessment, and career and college goals.

Students will use the IIS to:

• Engage in interactive, rich educational resources that are tightly aligned to the Common Core State Standards
• Take local and statewide assessments with near-instant performance feedback
• Store exemplars of personal academic and/or artistic work
• Collaborate with other students on various projects

Teachers will use the IIS to:

• Supplement their teaching with individualized educational materials
• See a detailed diagnostic breakdown of each child's performance including knowledge and skill areas that require extra attention
• Engage in professional development modules according to personal interests, district goals, and state standards

Parents will use the IIS to:

• Track their child's performance according to instructional goals set by the teacher, district, and state
• Utilize at-home enrichment activities recommended by the teacher and/or system according to the student's performance and aptitude
• Communicate questions and feedback to teachers and/or administrators

Administrators will use the systems to:

• View aggregate and individual student performance reports
• View aggregate and individual teacher effectiveness reports
• Make placement decisions based upon the historical interaction of student performance and teacher effectiveness

And much more!