The office increases school and teacher capacity by helping schools build links between student data and instructional practice, and aligning assessment, analysis, and instruction together to increase student achievement. Increasing access to student data in order to create structures within the schools to promote data dialogues and school improvement is the primary goal of this office.
Accountability also provides central office instructional personnel with school, program and system level data to assist in facilitating improved instructional decision making that will increase student achievement.