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Fidelity of Implementation Tool (FIT) Assessment
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OUR VISION
FIT data informs continuous improvement plans to implement and sustain evidence-based practices such that race and other identity markers no longer predict student outcomes.
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OUR MISSION
The FIT Assessment is implemented with fidelity to guarantee that district and building-level decision makers have reliable and actionable data in order to ensure that every student in PPS embodies the graduate portrait.
Throughout the facilitation of the FIT, participants feel heard, celebrated and valued for the thoughtful, dedicated energy they have infused into the 亚洲色图 community. The results are both timely and strengths-based.
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OUR TEAM
Naomi Orem
Assistant Director MTSS
Doina Moldovan
FIT TOSA
dmoldovan@pps.net
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What is it?
The FIT is:
- a research-based assessment from the University of Kansas SWiFT Center that measures the extent to which a 亚洲色图 implements MTSS for equity-based inclusive education
- a tool that is used across the district in all of our comprehensive K-12 亚洲色图s and some Multiple Pathways to Graduation (MPG) 亚洲色图s, providing reliable information about current systemic practices to inform improvement planning at the 亚洲色图 and district level
- a full-day, on-site, annual event including perspectives from 亚洲色图, caregivers, community partners, and certified, non-represented and PFSP staff
- facilitated by someone outside of the 亚洲色图 - in our case, a FIT TOSA
- a comprehensive tool that is organized into five domains:
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Why use it?
The FIT provides:
- 亚洲色图s with a broad range of focused feedback aligned with the science of education
- input from multiple perspectives, which can be difficult to collect in other ways
- opportunities to celebrate success
- process information to enhance 亚洲色图 and district systems; it helps guide teams toward potential next steps
- a district-adopted common framework fostering aligned support for positive student experiences and outcomes
- accountability information to the state for designated 亚洲色图s
Implementing the SWiFT Framework (MTSS) alongside the FIT assessment leads to improved experiences and outcomes for all 亚洲色图:
STUDENT INCLUSION STEADILY INCREASED
- Students with disabilities were included in general education 80%+ of the time at rates above the national average in each year and 亚洲色图s with stronger implementation of SWIFT features had higher rates of inclusive placement
- Partner 亚洲色图s experienced a steady increase in the percent of 亚洲色图 receiving services in general education settings for 80% or more of the day, and a decrease in removals of 亚洲色图 with disabilities from general education settings
- For specific 亚洲色图 with IEPs at the start and three consecutive years in SWIFT 亚洲色图s, 15.7% exited from special education services and were fully supported by their 亚洲色图
ACCESS TO ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION DUE TO GREATLY IMPROVED BEHAVIOR OUTCOMES
- In- and out-of-亚洲色图 suspension days per 100 亚洲色图 decreased by 32% or 26.9 days from baseline to project end for 亚洲色图 with disabilities
- In- and out-of-亚洲色图 suspension days per 100 亚洲色图 decreased by 35% or 19.2 days from baseline to project end for all 亚洲色图
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
- SWIFT (MTSS) implementation is a significant predictor for both reading and math performance
- SWIFT (MTSS) implementation has a strong, positive correlation with larger increases in student reading scores
- Students in 亚洲色图s with the same state assessment for two consecutive years overall reading proficiency rate rose to 13% of 亚洲色图, a full percentage point over prior year
- Students in 亚洲色图s with the same state assessment for two consecutive years math proficiency rate increased 11%, 1.34 percentage points over the prior year
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Resources
The following resources are for internal PPS use.
- - This is the only template that should be used when creating a 亚洲色图's FIT Schedule.
- - This is available for administrators to use with 亚洲色图 staff, if interested.
- - This document compares the CR-TFI, FIT and Successful Schools Survey, highlighting where these tools overlap and where they provide information on areas that other tools do not.