Accountability &
School Improvement

Our accountability systems are meant to drive school improvement, but too often they leave educators feeling anxious and overwhelmed. This episode reviews five practical principles to marry high-level accountability data with local data and processes to spur real change. 

Research & resources from the episode:

• Center for Assessment: Strengthening Ties Between Accountability and School Improvement   

• Educational Leadership: Five Good Ways to Talk About Data

• Data Lit Episode: How to Talk about Data

• Data Considerations for School and Central Services Staff 

• Data Lit series on Satellite, Map, and Street Data

• Victoria Bernhardt: Multiple Measures of Data