Cycle of Instructional Improvement: Self-Assessment Tool
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As public school systems work to attain better academic outcomes for all students, an increasing number have found that they must become more performance-driven organizations. The cornerstone of this approach is the strategic use of student performance data and other information as central to what NewSchools Venture Fund calls the "cycle of instructional improvement." To help educators examine their own use of data-driven decision making and begin to implement this cycle, NewSchools has developed this self-assessment tool.
Directions: This document is designed to be printed on 11"×17" paper and folded in half. For each row, mark the cell that best describes your school system. (Note that the rows do not describe a proposed progression or order. The cells are descriptive, not prescriptive; you do not necessarily have to move through one “stage” before you can get to the next.)
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