High Yield Strategies are defined by the Department of Education as specific instructional strategies that when implemented with fidelity, significantly impacts student growth and achievement in a relatively short amount of time (Learning Focused, 2024). This acceleration of student growth is imperative in settings where we continue to see large achievement  gaps. For the purpose of the study we will define High Yield Strategies as specific research based instructional strategies that have been proven to be effective in producing positive academic outcomes to include engagement and achievement. Engagement is defined as the time and energy that students devote to the learning process through educationally sound activities (Conner, 2016, 2). Achievement can be defined as when students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will prepare them to lead happy and successful lives. This definition includes not only academic achievement but the development of the whole student to include personal, social and economic achievement (Our Working Definition of Student Achievement and School Quality, n.d.). However in this study we will refer to achievement in the light of academics as defined by the Department of Education, as when a student’s current learning meets or exceeds the grade level standard (Academic Achievement Summary, 2017).