Federal and state policymakers should
focus on sustained school improvement efforts coupled with support mechanisms to help all
students achieve at higher levels and close
achievement gaps.
It prepares district and school administrators and / or leadership teams to: • Make data actionable and competency - based • Use data to bring coherence across improvement initiatives & maximize their impact • Build a system - wide culture of data - literacy and
student -
focused teaching and learning • Create capacity to collect evidence needed to validate successful implementation and gauge impact
on achievement Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and
sustain the meaningful and productive use of data throughout an organization — with an emphasis
on how to support teachers» use of data.