In its draft guidance for the program, the department proposed expanding the school
turnaround options for districts with underperforming schools to include three new
strategies — a state - developed intervention, evidence - based whole school reform, and an early learning intervention — in addition to the four existing
strategies in the
SIG program.
The brief describes multiple States» implementation of school
turnaround strategies that have been expedited by the unique opportunity provided by the School Improvement Grant (
SIG) and Race to the Top programs.