Ensuring that the program uses the recommendations that are developed during the previous steps will support the cycle and help embed data use into the culture of the teacher educators and candidates that drive the outcomes of the program. Typically two areas will be identified during the closing the loop phase: The first is program improvement to either candidate learning or program goals. Recommendations will be focused on making improvements to the program itself. While this may seem daunting, start small. Sometimes, simply asking the question, “What if we…?” can begin to develop a culture of inquiry that begins the cycle. The second area is improvements to the data use cycle itself. Here, the focus is on improving evaluations, assessment, data management, or other aspects that support the use of data for continuous improvement while you scale your high quality program. Additional resources on scaling high quality programming can be found on the US PREP Scale Toolkit.  This second area is where the Closing the Loop work occurs. Programs need to pay just as much attention to improving the data use cycle and each of its parts as it does on candidate learning and program improvement. We strongly recommend ensuring this component is ingrained into your data plan.