Continuous Improvement Cycles

“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.” 

—W. Edwards Demings 

Continuous improvement change cycles offer a powerful alterative to traditional educational reform changes. Rather than one-size-fits-all, quick fixes that overemphasize fidelity of implementation, continuous improvement cycles are dedicated to learning from implementation through ongoing reflection and iteration. The PDSA cycle, or Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle is a framework to support leaders to study their current systems, identify high-leverage points of change, and plan specific, tangible changes to test and refine through iterative cycles of study.