Education Return on Investment

Board Policies and Procedures

As board members, our primary responsibility is setting policy. Therefore, it is critical we develop and maintain an eROI policy that guides strategic decision making as it relates to the resources allocated for the instruction of our students.

Return on Instruction, simply put, measures how effective allocated resources are at helping students achieve desired academic outcomes. Unfortunately, many districts do not have a policy outlining best practices to monitor and continuously improve their return on instruction.

School districts should have an eROI policy providing the following key benefits:

1. Ensures that there are clear expectations across the district about return on instruction
2. Ensures a recurring process process is in place for evaluating the effectiveness of the components of instruction 
3. Ensures board members and district executive members receive eROI reporting prior to academic expenditures each year
4. Ensures that district leaders receive eROI reports for ongoing expenditures prior to approving the continuation of the resource