This brief provides an overview of the Instructional Improvement System (IIS) models for State education agencies in Hawaii, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island, along IIS goals in the following areas: (1) Standards and Curriculum; (2) Instructional Practices; (3) Assessment and Growth; (4) Learner Profiles; (5) Data Analysis and Reporting; and (6) Professional Development. The IIS lead for each State prepared and then vetted preliminary data on each of these six areas during one- to two-hour meetings and phone conferences in the late fall of 2012. States provided information on how they developed and deployed IIS systems, including what IIS functions they support, why they selected certain functions and how they expect to fund their IIS systems in both the short and long term. Information was self-reported by the State IIS leads and is intended to provide insight on the current focus of their IIS efforts. In this way, States highlighted and shared information they believed would aid other States as they design and implement their own IIS. Based on those meetings, this brief offers a look at the path each State is taking, but does not attempt a comprehensive overview of policy or practice, system requirements (for example, privacy concerns) or an assessment of the quality of the initiatives.