Part of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s (OSSE’s) role in school improvement is to ensure that low performing schools carry out the strategies needed to improve academic outcomes for students.
ESSA requires that each state educational agency receiving funds under Title I, Part A, section 1003 notify each local education agency (LEA) in the state of any school served by the LEA that is identified for comprehensive support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(D)(i). Upon receiving such information from the state, the LEA shall, for each school identified by the state and in partnership with stakeholders (including principals and other school leaders, teachers, and parents), locally develop and implement a comprehensive support and improvement plan for the school to improve student outcomes.
OSSE identifies schools performing in the bottom 5 percent (as ranked by summative score) as Comprehensive Support and Improvement: Low Performing (CSI), and high schools with graduation rates below 67 percent as Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools: Low Graduation Rate (CSI- Grad).
CSI and CIS-Grad schools are required to submit school improvement plans to OSSE. OSSE provides feedback to the LEAs regarding their CSI and CSI-Grad school improvement plans and meets with them regularly throughout their designation years to provide support. Schools with improvement plans are listed in the table below. For more information on school improvement under ESSA, visit osse.dc.gov/investmentinschools.
Comprehensive Support and Improvement: Low Performing (CSI)
| School | LEA |
| Anacostia High School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Ballou High School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Johnson Middle School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Kelly Miller Middle School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| King Elementary School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Kramer Middle School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Moten Elementary School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Sousa Middle School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Capitol Riverfront | Eagle Academy Public Charter School |
| Inspire Academy | KIPP DC Public Charter School |
Comprehensive Support and Improvement: Low Graduation Rate (CSI-Grad)
| School | LEA |
| Ballou STAY High School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Luke C. Moore High School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Roosevelt STAY High School | District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Goodwill Excel Center Public Charter School | Goodwill Excel Public C |
| Kingsman Academy Public Charter School | Kingsman Academy Public Charter School |
| Maya Angelou Public Charter High School - Evans Campus | Maya Angelou Public Charter School |