office of Accountability
Chief Accountability Officer:
15675 Ambaum Blvd SW
Burien, WA 98166
Phone: 206.433.2334
The Office of Accountability serves schools and the district by providing timely and accurate data and support for the purpose of improving student achievement. Our areas of responsibility include managing the district testing program, metric development and strategy management, and program evaluation. During the 2007-2008 school year, the Office of Accountability is leading two major initiatives that will support teachers and principals in making data-driven decisions next year.
The Shared Accountability Initiative is an effort to empower teachers, principals, central office departments, and the school board to analyze their data and set goals that will get us closer to our vision of all students being prepared for College, Career, and Citizenship. Currently, six schools are piloting in the initiative, and all Senior Leadership Team members and the board are developing accountability goals. A team that includes teachers, principals, central office leaders, HEA leaders, and a school board representative is currently designing an expansion of the shared accountability initiative to all districts schools and departments for the 2008-2009 school year. This work is supported by coaching from the Center for Leadership and Learning, technical assistance from the Panasonic Foundation, and funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Click here to view a slide show that explains the basics of our Shared Accountability initiative. This presentation was given at the March 12, 2008 board work study on accountability. Click here to view slides from the April 21, 2008 board work study on accountability to learn more about the plan for 2008-2009 and System-wide Measures of Success.
A Data Warehouse is currently being developed for the 2008-2009 school year. This initiative, led by the Department of Technology Services and the Office of Accountability, in partnership with VersiFit Technology, will allow school and district level users greatly expanded and user friendly access to data. The data warehouse will merge records from our student information, assessment, and other administrative systems to support greater analysis and data-driven decision making. By the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, a principal dashboard will be developed, allowing school leaders improved access to data and easy analysis of key information. The warehouse will include a reporting suite that will allow users to quickly produce an array of reports that will provide important feedback on our practices and progress.
