Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement (CEii)

Improvement Science 101

In the face of incredibly complex systems and deep-seated problems of educational inequity (i.e., problems with complicated, unclear, or changing conditions), school leaders require advanced skill sets to analyze situations, advance solutions, and create new tools and processes that advance more equitable student outcomes. 

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To support school leaders in their goals, CEii offers a range of learning and development opportunities that employ improvement science. Improvement science is a framework that offers a process for school leaders to investigate problems of practice using specialized metrics and improvement cycles.

Improvement Science Guides

General Resources

Six Steps in a Cycle of Continuous Improvement

These guides offer practical tools based on improvement science to help school leaders drive continuous improvement. They provide strategies to support effective planning and promote positive changes that enhance student outcomes and equity.