From little Sultan, WA:

Leadership:

Led by a dynamic principal, teachers at the 600-student Snohomish County school have spent the past few years mining and analyzing their school's WASL data, then building single-minded teams to ensure that proven methods of reading and math instruction infuse every classroom. So it's likely no accident that Sultan Middle School is emerging as one area school that has made the most improvement over five years on the WASL.

Synergy:

Sultan Middle School teachers took the lead to make sure reforms were carried out schoolwide: They became in-house experts on teaching strategies and formed study teams to tackle improvement in reading, writing and math.


Results:

This year, about 60 percent of Sultan seventh-graders met the WASL writing standard, a three-fold increase from five years ago. The school more than doubled its pass rate on the math section to 37 percent. Students' reading scores jumped to 44 percent this year after four consecutive years of being stuck in the low 30s.

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