Measurement and Management: Driving True Cultures of School Improvement With the ILT Dashboard

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

An effective Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) can increase the quality of school leadership, an important contributor to student achievement. Not all ILTs succeed, however, and this suggests the need for better information and support. This symposium will tell the story of the ILT Dashboard, a data-driven, versatile tool used among school districts in a federally funded whole school improvement project. The symposium will highlight two areas critical to ILT success: 1) How to monitor ILT progress, and 2) How to develop understanding of the conditions associated with ILT success. This story will be told from multiple perspectives - from program evaluator to district central office. Together, the stories illuminate the connection between better information and better implementation.

Sub Unit

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools / Division H - Section 2: Program Evaluation in Schools

Chairs

• Andrea Thomas-Reynolds, Insight Education Group, Inc.

• Steven M. Cantrell, Middle LLC

Papers

• The Grant-Level Perspective - Andrea Thomas-Reynolds, Insight Education Group, Inc.

• External Evaluation: Addressing the Problems of Measurement and Management - Steven M. Cantrell, Middle LLC

• Dashboard Development - William McPherson, Kitamba

• The District-Level Perspective - Pete Leida, Insight Education Group, Inc.

• The School-Level Perspective - Daniel Bartnik, Colonial School District

Discussants

• William McPherson, Kitamba

• Pete Leida, Insight Education Group, Inc.

• Katrina Daniels, Colonial School District