Office of Instructional Design & Assessment
Xavier Botana, Chief Officer
125 S. Clark, 5^th and 9^th floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: (773) 553-5060

About IDA

Under the Chief Education Office, The Office of Instructional Design and Assessment was created in 2007 as an umbrella department for the four main elementary curriculum departments: Math & Science, Literacy, Libraries and Arts Education.

Department Goals

Pursuant to the Chief Education Office Goals, OIDA strives to:

• Use data to drive decision making
• Implement assessments that guide the practices of teachers and instructional leaders
• Implement strong program evaluation processes to drive the work of the educational units and guide managers in making better informed decisions
• Minimize the achievement gap by providing focused, differentiated, and increased support to targeted student populations
• Increase academic rigor and expectations by providing more challenging and extended learning opportunities that deepen student learning
• Build capacity among teaching, coaching and administrative staff through targeted leadership and professional development programs
• Improve communication across educational units to maximize coherency and programmatic impact

Core Functions

The Office of Instructional Design and Assessment has three core functions:

• Introduce, implement and support at scale district endorsed curricula in Reading, Math, Science, Arts and Social Studies
• Administer current elementary benchmark assessments
• Facilitate the evolution of the benchmark assessment program with the goal of increasing the instructional value
• Support cross departmental work between all OIDA departments