The purpose of the ELEOT is to look for items that indicate an effective learning environment. Cognia’s definition of effective is learners participate in learner-centric environments. As school leaders, the eleot can support you in examining the learning environment from a holistic lens. Each learning environment has a set of items that when present indicate that learners have the opportunity to actively engage in rigorous and relevant work that supports their ability to meaningfully participate in the educational experience. The eleot is intended to give school leaders the data they need to understand the full experience that perception data and student performance data alone cannot provide.