Achievement & Integration

Purpose

The purpose of the Achievement and Integration (A&I) for Minnesota program is to pursue racial and economic integration, increase student achievement, create equitable educational opportunities, and reduce academic disparities based on students' diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds in Minnesota public schools.

Eligibility

There are four ways that a district can be eligible for the program:

1. Racially Isolated (RI): Enrollment of protected-class students districtwide is more than 20 percent, compared to the number of protected-class students in one of their adjoining districts.
2. Adjoining: District physically adjoins a racially isolated district.
3. Racially Identifiable School (RIS): Enrollment of protected-class students at a school is more than 20 percent, compared to the number of protected-class students within the district (for the same grade levels served).
4. Voluntary: District participates voluntarily when geographically feasible. Participation must be approved by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).

Plan Components

• School Board Approval
• Plan Input
• Goals to:
  1. increase racial and economic integration;
  2. reduce achievement disparities;
  3. increase access to effective and diverse teachers.
• Strategies that support A&I goals. These strategies may include innovative and integrated pre-k to grade 12 learning environments, family engagement initiatives, professional development, career and college readiness and rigorous coursework, and recruitment and retention of racially diverse staff.
• Key Indicators to assess if strategies are generating the intended outcomes.
• Create Efficiencies and Eliminate Duplicative Programs

 

Achievement & Integration plan