SELF-ASSESSMENT

A-ROI Capacity Rubric

Use this self-assessment to evaluate your school district's readiness to begin conducting Academic Return on Investment (A-ROI) analysis

To effectively conduct Academic Return on Investment (A-ROI) analysis requires a combination of skills, systems, and district structures. Through our work supporting dozens of districts on A-ROI, DMGroup has learned the most important capabilities a school district needs to conduct A-ROI analysis successfully.

Bring this self-assessment to a meeting of school district leaders to evaluate your readiness to begin implementing A-ROI and to discuss your current strengths and areas of need.

This rubric will help you answer the following questions about your district's A-ROI capacity, defined by having the infrastructure, will, and skills to undertake the analysis process:

READY: Does the district have the necessary structures to support A-ROI? Will the student data, budget data, and budget process systems support A-ROI?
WILLING: How invested are the leadership, team, and school staff in A-ROI? How well do the key players understand the work they need to do?
ABLE: How prepared is the A-ROI team to undertake each step of the analysis process? What skills do the team members need to build in order to be successful?

Want to learn more? Apply for the 2020 A-ROI Institute

2020 A-ROI Institute

Year-long Training Program

DMGroup’s annual A-ROI Institute Training Program, kicking off its third cohort in early 2020, offers districts a chance to develop internal capacity for Academic Return on Investment (A-ROI) through in-depth, year-long training.

The program combines in-person training with a small cohort of districts from across the country, ongoing virtual support, access to A-ROI tools and resources, and individualized district coaching to help embed A-ROI methodology into your district culture. Upon program completion, district leaders will be equipped with approaches and tools for integrating data into resource allocation decisions to ensure the greatest possible impact from district budgets.

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A-ROI Capacity Rubric

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This rubric will help you answer the following questions about your district's A-ROI capacity, defined by having the infrastructure, will, and skills to undertake the analysis process:

Want to learn more? Apply for the 2020 A-ROI Institute