Jal Mehta, Max Yurkofsky, & Kim Frumin for ascd.org Writes…
The logic behind “continuous improvement” sounds simple—but it takes a skillful leader to make the process pay off.
The “continuous improvement” process many school organizations now espouse seems simple and unassailable: Define a problem, develop an approach, try it, see if it works, revise accordingly, and repeat, ad infinitum. The logic of this approach, adapted from business and health care, has proven widely attractive in education. Over the past two decades, education has seen a proliferation of specific approaches that rely on forms of continuous improvement. Networked improvement communities, Data Wise, design-based implementation research, and instructional rounds are only a few of these.