ANet’s approach has three key components:
1. Practices & Assessments: Schools implement ANet’s data-driven practices and administer ANet’s standards-aligned interim assessments to consistently identify and close gaps in student learning.
2. Performance Tracking & Benchmarking: Schools use ANet tools and reports to track and benchmark their performance and practices to drive improvement in student achievement.
3. Coaching & Networks: Schools use ANet’s results-driven coaching and Network activities to motivate and support their efforts to embed data-driven practices that lead to achievement.
Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) for Performance and Practice
Working together, ANet and Network schools combine ANet’s three core components (Practices & Assessments, Performance Tracking & Benchmarking and Coaching & Networks) to set, track and meet achievement and practice objectives. Depending on the schools starting point, ANet works with schools over a 3-5 year period to:
1. Set achievement and practice objectives & milestones for school
2. Deliver training and implement practices
3. Assess improvement through achievement on year-end state tests and ANet interim assessments
4. Adjust training and practices to meet yearly objectives & in-year milestones
Benefits
ANet combines tools and support to provide three key benefits to schools, districts and CMO’s:
Results: Unlike assessment and professional development vendors, ANet relentlessly links its work to gains in student achievement for schools and Networks.
Sustainability: ANet focuses on embedding best practices so that leaders and teachers can become self-sufficient at using data to raise student achievement in 3-5 years.
Cost effectiveness: For an average investment of $80 per year per student for 3-5 years, schools can make significant and measurable—and in some cases very dramatic—gains in student achievement.