For example, one district surveyed by Harris Interactive found that the root cause of elementary children reporting that their main teacher did not give interesting homework was that the students had no clear understanding of the purpose behind many of the homework assignments. This explanation is now part of the process. Once DoDEA has improvement plans in place, it will be important to measure progress. The next wave of this study should occur when enough time has elapsed for the improvements to take hold. The improvements do not need to be large.
Continuous improvement is an ongoing process.
The objective of a follow-up study would be to document progress, highlight areas where improvement is moving, and to revisit the priorities for change. In summary, DoDEA stakeholders should be very encouraged by these results and motivated to keep the quality process moving in the entire system.