SALT (School Accountability for Learning and Teaching) is a school-centered cycle of activities to improve school and student performance in the Rhode Island public schools. The SALT cycle was developed by the department of education with the help of many Rhode Island educators. 

SALT asks schools to begin by forming the school improvement team, which conducts various self-study activities including analyzing the results of state tests and the bi-annual SALT Survey of parents, teachers, and students. Based on what the team learns through self-study, it then develops a school improvement plan for improving student performance at a school report night, which is open to all members of the school and its community. Once every five years, the school hosts a SALT visit. As they put their improvement plans in place, schools, districts, and the Rhode Island Department of Education create a compact for learning, outlining the roles and responsibilities of each part of the school system. In some cases, RIDE and the districts may take on a more active role, known as Progressive Support & Intervention.