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| The America's Choice® School Design is the result of our extensive study of the best educational practices in the U.S. and abroad. The aim of the design is to ensure that every student is successful on state and local assessments and prepared for college. The design complies in every respect with the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. |
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| We focus on five key tasks in readying students for success in today's economy: |
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| Standards and Assessments |
| America's Choice schools have high expectations for all students and communicate those expectations through explicit performance standards that are carefully aligned to assessments. |
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| Aligned Instructional Systems |
| Students use powerful standards-based curriculum and instructional strategies that build key skills, convey core concepts and enable students to apply what they know. Our pedagogical techniques enable every student to hit high standards, and we have many levels of safety nets for students who are struggling academically. |
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| High-Performance Management, Leadership and Organization |
| We enable school leadership teams to build the capacity of faculty to implement every component of the design. The teams also learn how to think strategically, use data effectively, build strong faculty teams, and create small, supportive learning communities for students. |
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| Professional Learning Communities |
| Teachers receive extensive training in our design and ongoing assistance in implementing the design. |
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| Parent/Guardian and Community Involvement |
| America's Choice schools use a variety of strategies to draw parents/guardians and communities into the educational lives of children. |
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| The America's Choice program has designs for elementary, K-8, middle, and high schools. We offer them directly to schools. We also work closely with states and school districts interested in using the America's Choice design as the core of their state- or district-wide strategies for raising student achievement. |
