Needs assessment processes, which are required across several components of ESEA, can help local stakeholders and system leaders understand how the pieces of a complex educational system interact. Whether that system reflects a school, a district, or an entire state, a needs assessment process can uncover both strengths and challenges that will inform growth and improvement. The Needs Assessment Guidebook is a new tool from the State Support Network that describes the elements and implementation phases of an effective needs assessment process.
The Needs Assessment Guidebook:
- Reviews some of the major school-improvement-related needs assessment requirements found in ESEA
- Introduces the elements of a successful needs assessment
- Presents a practical approach to addressing those elements across the phases of needs assessment implementation
- Describes supports that states can provide to districts, and districts to schools, in the implementation of effective needs assessments
- Discusses the role of needs assessment within a continuous improvement process
Download the Needs Assessment Guidebook here.