Building to impact

Introduces the concept of the "implementation gap" as a way of explaining why it seems ideas for reforming schools and increasing student achievement never seem to accomplish their goals. Discusses common pitfalls along the way to implementing these ideas and offers a five-point, field-tested methodology of implementation to develop goals worth chasing, create actions and instruments to impact schools and students, collect data and implement interventions, monitor progress, and scale success in school improvement and student achievement.