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Serrano Intermediate School, Saddleback Valley Unified School District
The Serrano Middle School Single Plan addresses key compliance issues such as those listed below.

• Use of state and local assessments to
  • modify instruction and improve student achievement (NCLB)
  • monitor student progress on curriculum-embedded assessments
  • modify instruction (Essential Program Component [EPC] #5)
• Sufficiency of teacher professional development and alignment of staff development to content standards, assessed student performance, and professional needs. (NCLB; EPC #4)
• Ongoing instructional assistance and support for teachers (e.g., use of content experts and instructional coaches. (EPC #6)
• Teacher collaboration activities. (EPC #7)
• Alignment of curriculum, instruction, and materials to content and performance standards. (NCLB; EPC #1)
• Research-based educational practices to raise student achievement at the school. (NCLB)
• Availability of standards-based instructional materials appropriate to all student groups. (NCLB and Williams case)
• Use of SBE-adopted and standards-aligned instructional materials, including intervention materials. (EPC #1)
• Services provided by the regular program that enable under performing students to meet standards. (NCLB)
• Sufficient intervention opportunities. (EPC #8)
• Services provided by categorical funds that enable under performing students to meet standards. (NCLB)
• Resources available from the family, school, district, and community to assist underachieving students. (NCLB)
• Involvement of parents, community representatives, classroom teachers, other school personnel, and students in secondary schools, in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of consolidated application programs.
  
  
• Serrano DataQuest School Profile
• Saddleback Valley DataQuest District Profile
• Serrano Intermediate School (Outside Source)
• Saddleback Valley Unified School District (Outside Source)
  
  
• Essential Program Component
• Williams case
• 2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement: A Guide and Template for Creating/Updating the Single Plan for Student Achievement—A Resource for the School Site Council (DOC; 1.3MB; 62pp.) California Department of Education, 2010