Performance Improvement Mapping (PIM) is an intensive, data-driven, results-oriented school planning model. It was developed by the Massachusetts Department of Education (MA DOE) to assist low-performing schools in raising student performance in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics.
Please note that the PIM resources have not been updated since 2006, as ESE is in the process of developing a new suite of tools. However, district and school teams may find some of the PIM resources useful in their planning.
Detailed item analyses data are available via the Department's Education Data Warehouse.
PIM Handbook Version 2.0, February 2006
Introduction
Step Zero: Data organization and preliminary self-assessment
0-A (Inventory and preparation of student performance data)
0-B (MCAS data disaggregated by student group) - Revised 10/23/06
0-C (Cross-tabulation of student groups)
0-D (School self-assessment)
Step One: Prioritize the needs of student groups
1-A (Identifying the lowest performing groups)
1-B (Targeted student groups)
Step Two: Set student performance goals aligned to adequate yearly progress (AYP) expectations
2-A (Student performance goal spreadsheet) - Revised 11/06/07
Step Three: Define student learning objectives
3-A (Identification of MCAS items)
3-B (Analysis of MCAS questions)
3-C (Skills and knowledge students lack)
3-D (Student learning objectives)
Step Four: Identify the most significant causes of the weaknesses in students' knowledge and skills
4-A (Possible causes of students' lack of skills and knowledge)
4-B (Dimensions of school improvement)
4-C (Causes related to a student learning objective)
4-D (Causes related to one content area)
4-E (Causes related to all content areas)
Step Five: Establish improvement objectives
5-A (Improvement objectives)
5-B (Resources needed for developing improvement objectives)
Step Six: Assess the capacity of current strategies to address the improvement objectives
Step Seven: Investigate and evaluate possible new strategies to support improvement objectives
7-A (Investigating possible new strategies)
Step Eight: Develop action plans for meeting improvement objectives
Step Nine: Establish benchmarks
Action Plans and Benchmarks
Action Plans and Benchmarks (all example1)
Action Plans and Benchmarks (all example2)
Action Plans and Benchmarks (ela example1)
Action Plans and Benchmarks (ela example2)
Action Plans and Benchmarks (math example1)
Action Plans and Benchmarks (math example2)
Step Ten: Set a process and timeline for review of the school's performance improvement plan
10-A (Organization of the planning team)
10-B (PIM continuous improvement cycle)
Appendix A: Documenting the plan
Appendix B: Using MCAS item analysis data
Appendix C: Assessing reading skills
