Chapter 1
Strategic Leadership
Course: School Leaders Licensure Assessment 6990
Subject: School Leaders Licensure Assessment 6990
Chapter: Instructional Leadership
A school leader designs a balanced assessment system that is standards-aligned, developmentally appropriate, valid and reliable, and used to improve instruction and close achievement gaps. Accountability is framed as continuous improvement, with clear metrics, transparent reporting, and timely instructional response.
1. How to use assessment and accountability systems to improve the quality of teaching and learning for each student
a. Facilitate ongoing analyses of data about the performance of subgroups and all students to improve instructional programs
• Builds a data calendar (screeners, benchmarks, common formatives, progress monitoring) with reporting timelines and responsible owners. • Disaggregates by grade, course, teacher, EL status, disability, race/ethnicity, economically disadvantaged, and program participation to identify disproportionality. • Uses equity audits to compare access to advanced coursework, intervention time, and experienced teachers across groups. • Leads PLCs through protocols (item analysis, error analysis, student work calibration) to convert findings into reteach plans and enrichment. • Monitors MTSS fidelity: frequency of progress checks, intervention dosage, group size, entry/exit criteria. • Aligns program changes (curriculum, PD, staffing) to patterns found in subgroup growth and effect sizes.