Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Generation Ready’s Comprehensive Needs Assessment will support your school’s continuous cycle of improvement by providing an external lens on all of your efforts to foster student achievement.

For over 30 years, we have partnered with schools and districts to focus on the quality of education being provided and its impact on student learning and achievement.

Improving Your School By Assessing Your Needs

Our thoughtful and detailed analysis will help you understand and act upon your performance in order for your school to support ongoing improvement.

A diverse group of people, including school leaders, teachers, parents, and students, sitting together in a thoughtful discussion.

Six Essential Practices of Effective Schools

Our comprehensive needs assessment offers an objective evaluation of the impact school management, professional leadership, and teaching are having on student learning and achievement. We provide a comprehensive and individualized review for each school, within the context of the Six Essential Practices of Effective Schools.

Action Plan for Improvement

Our team provides a written report to the school and/or district detailing the results of the analysis, including areas of strength and recommendations for a course of action. This report provides evidence-based information about the school’s development and serves as a source of feedback for school leaders to improve the school’s support for students.

This personalized plan will also include both long-term performance goals and short-term  implementation milestones that are part of an overarching continuous improvement process.

Needs Assessment Cycle

Areas of Focus for Review

Our consultants collaborate with school leaders, staff, teachers, students, and parents in order to evaluate the environment of each school. In assessing the environment, we consider the following elements:

Needs Assessment Services and Support