1. Solution Selection: What works?
After you’ve analyzed your data you’ll want to develop goals based on your identified needs. To do that you need to construct need statements or “gap” statements.
When writing need statements you’ll want to describe the need so that there is clarity, specify the comparison standard, specify the current migrant status, and explicitly state the gap between the comparison and the current migrant status.

2. Difficulty to Meet Need
Step 1: Cause & Consequences
Goal _________________________________________
Need
Causes
Consequences
Difficulty to Meet Need
[Low, Medium, High]
Criticality of Need
1. An additional 30% of migrant students must learn to name the letters of the alphabet prior to entering kindergarten.
2. An additional 50% of migrant students must complete 4 credits toward graduation by the end of their first year.

3. Step 2: Criteria for Evaluating Solutions
Set criteria for judging the merits of potential solution strategies, e.g.,
Effect on Causes
Acceptability
Feasibility
After you’ve analyzed your data you’ll want to develop goals based on your identified needs. To do that you need to construct need statements or “gap” statements.
When writing need statements you’ll want to describe the need so that there is clarity, specify the comparison standard, specify the current migrant status, and explicitly state the gap between the comparison and the current migrant status.

4. What other criteria would be useful?
After you’ve analyzed your data you’ll want to develop goals based on your identified needs. To do that you need to construct need statements or “gap” statements.
When writing need statements you’ll want to describe the need so that there is clarity, specify the comparison standard, specify the current migrant status, and explicitly state the gap between the comparison and the current migrant status.

5. Step 3: Identify Possible Solutions
Brainstorm solutions to meet identified needs
After you’ve analyzed your data you’ll want to develop goals based on your identified needs. To do that you need to construct need statements or “gap” statements.
When writing need statements you’ll want to describe the need so that there is clarity, specify the comparison standard, specify the current migrant status, and explicitly state the gap between the comparison and the current migrant status.