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
  

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

Hosts: Mellisa Smith and Spencer Ziegler

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