Support and Accountability for Improving Learning (SAIL): Enhancing Opportunities for Teaching and Learning.
Opportunities for Teaching and Learning Team. Rhode Island Department of Education, July 1995.
This RIDE task force redefined accountability for a state department of education. They envisioned a comprehensive state policy, which would “ensure that RIDE’s commitment to improving teaching and learning in the schools of the State has focus, substance and impact.” This set the stage for the SALT Blueprint, which was completed in 1996. Request »
SALT: A Blueprint for School Accountability for Learning and Teaching.
The Rhode Island School Accountability Team. Rhode Island Department of Education, July 1996.
This is the initial plan for SALT as a comprehensive state system for local school accountability. The SALT visit is a key component in that it provided a different tool that made it possible to envision a stronger state accountability system. Download »
SALT 360 Feedback and Evaluation Study: Phase One: Report to RIDE and SALT Leadership.
The SALT Study Research Team. Rhode Island Department of Education. September 2001.
The final report of the 2001 evaluation of the early implementation of the SALT school visit and other SALT activities. View »
Salt study research team… The Value of Rhode Island's SALT School Visit: A survey of the perceptions of SALT visit team members.
Thomas A. Wilson and M. W. Andrews. Catalpa Ltd., June 2005.
The findings of this systemic study of the perceptions of more than 500 participants on SALT visit teams, shows that teachers, school principals and other educators found that the visit experience has very high professional value. View »
SALT Team Recruitment Brochure.
Rhode Island Department of Education. 2006.
Recruitment brochure for visit team members. View »
The SALT Visit Protocol.
Catalpa Ltd and Rhode Island Department of Education. September 2006.
The PBI accredited document that governs the conduct of the SALT visit. Request »
The work of the SALT Visit Team.
Catalpa and RIDE. Power-Point Presentation, 2004.
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Salt Visit Reports
SALT Visit Team Report for Laurel Hill Avenue Elementary School.
Rhode Island Department of Education. April 2, 2004.
An urban elementary school. View »
SALT Visit Report for Leo A. Savoie School.
Rhode Island Department of Education. December 9, 2005.
An urban elementary school. View »
SALT Visit Team Report for Primrose Hill School.
Rhode Island Department of Education. March 10, 2006.
A suburban elementary school. View »
SALT Visit Team Report for Samuel W. Bridgham Middle School.
Rhode Island Department of Education. March 24, 2006.
An urban middle school. View »
SALT Visit Report for East Greenwich High School.
Rhode Island Department of Education. January 13, 2006.
A moderate sized suburban high school. View »
SALT Visit Team Report for Coventry High School.
Rhode Island Department of Education. April 7, 2006.
A large suburban high school. View »
