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Strategy Memo: System Conditions and Strategies to Support Accelerated Learning
This strategy memo, produced by TLA in partnership with Kent School District and the district's DARTS (Data, Assessment, Research, Technology and Strategy) team, explores how the district can address K-8 literacy in the face of COVID-19...
Roots' Mastery-Based Reporting
Students receive "growth reports" after every 6-8 week assessment period.
Literature Review: Helping Each Learner in the Here and Now: Strategies for Addressing Unfinished Learning
This literature review serves as the contextual foundation for a broader examination of learner progress during COVID-19 closures. First, it paints a picture of the COVID-19 research landscape and describes the three major analytical “camps” or...
Report: Learning Found, Not Lost - Examining Learner Growth and Supports in LUSD During and Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis
To examine the impact of COVID-19 school closures on their own learners, Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) partnered with The Learning Accelerator (TLA) to design a mixed-methods study using quantitative data captured from benchmark assessments...
Report: BetterLesson and PBLWorks Professional Learning at LUSD – Effects on Instructional Behaviors and Learner Outcomes
This research brief examines Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD)'s learning facilitators’ participation in two professional learning opportunities offered in partnership with external providers BetterLesson and PBLWorks in Grant Year 1...
Report: Effects of Professional Learning Opportunities on Learner Growth - Initial Analysis
Beginning in the 2017-18 School Year, Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) launched a strategy to provide personalized professional learning opportunities to its learning facilitators (i.e., teachers) to support the development of the district’s...
Executive Summary: Effects of Personalized Professional Learning Opportunities on Learner Growth
This executive summary synthesizes the findings from five different reports related to an in-depth analysis of the Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) personalized professional learning program. In addition to reviewing the details of the...
Report: Effects of Professional Learning Opportunities on Learner Growth - Background Information Supporting the Three-Year TSL Grant
Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) has made a commitment to ensuring that all learners have the very best learning experiences every day. Through its Strategic Design, the district has articulated a clear vision for personalized,...
Report: Effects of Personalized Professional Learning Opportunities on TK-8 Learner Growth
Findings from previous examinations of the Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD)’s personalized professional learning program informed the design of our modular, in-depth analysis of the three-year Empower Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Grant....
Report: Effects of Personalized Professional Learning Opportunities on TK-8 Learner Growth - Analysis of the Cluster Characteristics
In taking a modular approach to our analysis of the three-year Empower Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Grant, TLA addressed specific research questions and built towards a broader examination of the personalized professional learning program as well...
Report: Effects of Personalized Professional Learning Opportunities on 9-12 Common Core Literacy
This fourth module concludes TLA's in-depth analysis of the three-year Empower Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Grant at Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD). Each module has aligned to specific research questions and contributed to a broader...