School Improvement
Continuous school improvement is an embedded behavior rooted in the school's culture that constantly focuses on the conditions, processes, and practices that improve teaching and learning. Schools use student performance results and analyze data from various interwoven components to develop plans and implement improvement actions to drive education quality and improved student outcomes.
Continuous School Improvement Goals
Using data-informed instruction:
Literacy: RIS will strengthen implementation of College and Career Readiness for all students by ensuring all classrooms teaching Literacy skills reflect standards-based instruction, as measured by performance on the DoDEA CCR Summative Assessment by 5% increase of students 'meeting or exceeding expectations' over two years, ending SY21-22.
Strategy: Our school will implement instructional strategies for readable writing and citing text evidence to improve student performance in text comprehension and written expression.
Math: RIS will strengthen implementation of College and Career Readiness for all student by ensuring all classrooms teaching Mathematics reflect standards-based instruction, as measured by performance on the DoDEA CCR Summative Assessment by a 10% increase of students 'meeting or exceeding expectations' over two years, ending SY21-22.
Strategy: Our school will implement Mathematical Teaching Practices by using tasks which promote reasoning and problem solving as well as use/connect mathematical representations to improve student performance in Math Modeling and Application.
Ramstein IS Mission
RIS is Educating, Engaging, and Empowering each student to succeed in a dynamic world.
Ramstein IS Vision
To be among the world's leaders in education, enriching the lives of military-connected students and the communities in which they live.
DoDEA Accreditation
Accreditation is the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards). Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external agency to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency.
Cognia is the accreditation agency for all DoDEA schools and the world's largest education community. As the global leader in advancing education excellence through accreditation and school improvement, Cognia brings together more than 100 years of experience and the expertise of three United States-based accreditation agencies - the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA/CASI), Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS/CASI). Accreditation is pivotal to leveraging education quality and continuous improvement.
Detailed accreditation information is provided on the DoDEA Accreditation page.
Comprehensive Assessment System
In conjunction with the implementation of the College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS), DoDEA is implementing the Comprehensive Assessment System (CAS) that includes all of the assessments that are administered system-wide within DoDEA. These include the PSAT, Advanced Placement, NAEP, and College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) assessments. All assessments included in the DoDEA Comprehensive Assessment System support student learning, provide information for decision makers concerning instructional programs and services, and inform parents. DoDEA is committed to student achievement and assessments that raise the bar for the students to ensure they are on the path to success.
