Collaboration is key to successful school improvement. Uniquely tailored to your challenges, our team works closely with yours to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to help you accelerate school improvement, reach long-term growth, and create a lasting positive impact.
How We Help
We work with you to accelerate and sustain comprehensive school and district improvement by measuring current practices in your school or district using The WestEd Four Domains CALL Survey for School and District Improvement. This survey, aligned to the Four Domains, uses data from multiple school sources to assess leadership practices and outcomes.
The Comprehensive Needs Assessment for School and District Improvement is a fully customizable service that is guided by our six-step process to support your accelerated improvement plans, long-term growth, and positive impact.
Our Comprehensive Needs Assessment for School and District Improvement service leads to actionable guidance by:
- Collecting diagnostic data using the WestEd Four Domains CALL Survey for School and District Improvement
- Conducting quantitative data analysis
- Gathering and reviewing additional qualitative data
- Documenting needs and root causes
- Delivering tailored guidance to inform School Improvement Plans
Led by highly skilled staff, our service is guided by a six-step process:
- Kick-off meeting with the leadership
- CALL Survey administration and analysis
- Quantitative data request
- Preliminary needs assessment report
- Qualitative data gathering
- Commencement of school improvement planning
Service Delivery
- Onsite
Who Will Benefit
- Coaches
- School and District Administrators
- Focus Areas
We highly recommend WestEd to other state agencies and districts seeking a partner that provides high-quality, evidence-based professional development, technical assistance, and research services to help improve outcomes for all students.
— M. Clair Abrams
Assistant Superintendent, Lowell Public Schools, Lowell, MA
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Terry Hofer
Connecting Research With Practice
Research shows that improvement systems are enabled when practices identified in the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement are collectively implemented. Informed by this overall approach, our process also ensures tailored recommendations that help your leadership teams initiate school improvement plans with enduring outcomes for all schools and students.
WestEd provides unparalleled expertise and a research-based foundation for school improvement as home to the Center for School Turnaround and Improvement (CSTI).
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