In order to best serve the needs of students, school systems must engage in a process of regularly identifying student needs (using data), determining action steps to address those needs, and monitoring the impact of the actions taken. This process of continuous improvement planning can go by different names (action planning, strategic planning, etc.), and be focused at the school or district/Supervisory Union level. Both federal and state regulations speak to the need for this sort of ongoing planning. As part of a response to the recent pandemic, Vermont school districts were required to create a “Recovery Plan” that outlined how they would respond to the impacts of COVID.

- From WSESU School Improvement and Recovery