Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Testing and State Standards

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a strength-based approach that is very popular. AI's fundamental approach is to discover, honor, and amplify what works in a system or organization. AI can be used with individual students, one-on-one student-teacher relationships, classrooms, schools, school districts and school communities. AI has also been found to be a positive force for creating success for students that have known only failure. By focusing on student strengths over deficits, teachers have been able to help students gain the necessary confidence and commitment to be successful. Click here to find how one teacher changed the lives of students. Other resources include:

Leading Strength-Based School Change

A Conversation on the Future of Education