Melissa Siry is a Group Leader for Title I and Low-Performing Schools in the Office of School Support and Accountability at the U.S. Department of Education. In that role, she leads the team that works with State educational agencies to implement accountability systems, school identification for support and improvement, and State and local report cards among other aspects of Title I, Part A. She has worked on K-12 implementation at the Department for nearly 15 years and was previously a middle and high school social studies teacher.