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About A-GAME

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For that Custom-Fit

We work with schools, boards, authorizers, and state education agenciesย to create customized school goals that work.ย 

We start by examining your context, priorities, and current situation--we recognize that each one of us is different. Based on your priorities, we design a process that results in unique responsive goals, just right for your school(s) and situation. Through 15-20 virtual meetings, we are able to learn how you currently assess quality, discover what you value most, and help you identify more nuanced and responsive ways to Assess: Global access, Academics, Mission, and Equity, including social emotional development.ย 

You will work with content experts from start to finish. We will provide you with completed goals with research-based targets and clearly defined business rules. By working with the A-GAME, you will be ready to launch and implement responsive and effective goals that truly capture school improvements and quality.

The Problem: Disengaged Youth Leave Schools...

Today we are seeing unprecedented numbers of students absent from school due to the fears associated with the pandemic. Many of them are students with disabilities, English learners, or low-income.

If schools do notย reengage these students, these students will drop out of school altogether. Schools are building programs to address social emotional development, and states and authorizers should measure their impact.

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Creating Responsive Goals

Some schools build healthy climates that support the whole person. We can see the difference when we visit and through anecdotes, but, until now, we have not been able to measure the difference.ย 

We create valid, reliable, quantifiable goals that measure the entire school.

A-GAME Goals

A-GAME Goals is not a one-size-fits-all framework but a process for creating goals that measure what matters. Working with schools, boards, and authorizers, often together, the A-GAME Goals creation process ensures that schools are held to high standards based on what families value most.ย 

The goals are reliable and valid. The authorizer or school board no longer seeks externally valid assessments but becomes the external validator of the school's educational program.

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ASSESSING...

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GLOBAL ACCESS

Beyond Career and College Readiness, A-GAME goals ensure students have taken measurable steps into the real world.

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ACADEMICS

Beyond growth and achievement on state assessments, A-GAME Goals include high school credit earning rates, GPA, internal benchmarks, portfolios, lexile growth, and more.

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MISSION

A-GAME Goals measure the extent to which students embody the school's mission.

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EQUITY

A-Game Goals start with the student and measure their growth and achievements. They include measures of school climate, student engagement, and social emotional development.

The A-GAME Coalition of Early Adopters

We are grateful to these authorizing agencies that have recognized the "accountability discount" between what their communities value and what is valued by their frameworks. They have changed how they conduct academic oversight and moved beyond the broad-brush strokes typical in state frameworks to nuanced approaches to illuminate schools' missions as well as student engagement and early academic progress.

Hear It From Our Partners!

A-GAME has helped bring clarity and unique measurable goals to our clients. Here is what they have to say!

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Measuring School Quality Using the A-GAME Philosophy

Hear from school leaders about the process of engaging with their authorizer through the A-GAME. Understand how our work supports the unique mission, vision, and program of each school while also holding the schools to rigorous, high standards of achievement and growth.
https://charterschoolcenter.ed.gov/webinar/measuring-school-quality-using-game-philosophy

New Goals for New Times (Building Hope, Florida)

The A-GAME is in many states, from New York to Florida, Missouri to Colorado. This introductory presentation for schools in Florida describes the process, step by step.

https://charter.support/webinar/new_goals/

A-GAME Grant Report

Report highlighting all of our work over the past three years under the federal grant.

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