Description

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
  

WCPSS staff can earn credit for listening to and reflecting on completed series. Learn more here.

The theme song by Green Hope High School’s Lukas Brandon 

Hosts: Mellisa Smith and Spencer Ziegler

Contact us via our website or at datalit@wcpss.net

Data, Research, and Accountability department for the Wake County Public School System