The Division of Performance and Accountability is responsible for evaluating and enhancing the academic performance of BIE schools. It manages data collection, reporting, and analysis to ensure compliance with federal education standards and supports evidence-based decision-making. The DPA focuses on accountability systems, student assessments, and school improvement initiatives, aiming to close achievement gaps and advance educational equity across the BIE system.
Associate Deputy Director of Division of Performance and Accountability
Margo DeLaune is currently the Associate Deputy Director of the Division of Performance and Accountability. She is of Kiowa and Citizen Potawatomi Nation heritage. In her position, she supports the BIE and its schools by overseeing BIE funds from the U.S. Department of Education, fiscal management, and the provision of special education services.
DeLaune has been with the Bureau of Indian Education since 2016 and has worked extensively in education, concentrated on helping students improve their academic potential to better improve their lives and the communities in which those students live. She has expertise in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 programs.
Prior to the BIE, DeLaune served as the federal program director for the Georgia State Department of Education, executive director for Dyersburg State Community College’s satellite campus located in Trenton, Tennessee and an Upward Bound discretionary grant specialist at Oklahoma City Community College. She also worked for American Indian Research and Development Inc., Colorado College, the National Advisory Council on Indian Education, and the National Governors Association in the Social, Economic and Workforce Division.
She received her Ed.M. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education in Higher Education Planning, Administration and Social Policy and her A.B. from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
