In the following report, Hanover Research outlines best practices for school and continuous improvement planning, focusing on organizational components and methods for assessment and measurement. In addition, Hanover identifies and describes four effective
models for school improvement.  

In order for school staff to have and sustain high aspirations, the conditions that enable them to reach their goals must be in place.

Recent research on school and teacher leadership from Dr. Richard Ingersoll, Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) and Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania utilized responses from almost one million educators across sixteen states, of which the NCTWC survey was included.