As required by KRS 160.346, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) identifies comprehensive support and Improvement (CSI) schools annually and each CSI school must undergo an audit within forty-five days of CSI identification. In addition, CSI schools that do not make improvement for two consecutive years or do not exit status after three years will undergo more rigorous intervention that includes an additional audit every two years. A list of currently identified CSI schools can be found on the Comprehensive Support and Improvement/Educational Recovery website.
There are three ways for a school to be identified for CSI:
- The school is among the lowest performing 5% of Title I or non-Title I schools by level in Kentucky;
- The Title I or non-Title I high school has a four-year graduation rate of 80% or less; or
- The Title I or non-Title I school was previously identified for Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) for at least three years and has not exited.
The audit, which is led by the department, diagnoses the causes of a school’s low performance. Section 2 of
703 KAR 5:280 outlines audit team member requirements. KDE refers to the audits it conducts as Diagnostic Reviews and these reviews are conducted by teams of current and former educators, parents and others trained in the audit process. Recent Diagnostic Reviews can be found at the links below. For previous years’ reviews, please submit an Open Records Request following the guidelines found on the
Open Records Request website.
Kelly Foster
Office of Continuous Improvement and Support
300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-5130 Ext. 4001
Fax (502) 564-8149