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Flowchart: Decide If You Are Ready to Measure Unfinished Learning in Your Context
This chart can be used to help determine if you have the necessary data to measure learner growth. Research or data teams can use the flowchart to self-assess and determine whether it is possible to measure unfinished learning or if a different...
Annotated Bibliography: Educator and Student Creativity
The studies included in this annotated bibliography informed the design of the Teacher/Staff and Student Creativity Surveys developed as part of a broader study on creativity in schools.
Conducting a Needs Assessment
Before jumping straight to solutions, school and system leaders should conduct a needs assessment to better understand their problem or challenge.
Designing Measurable Solutions
This guide will help school and system leaders design measurable solutions and then capture data to inform continuous improvements.
Activity: Determine What Improvement Looks Like
Before designing a measurement plan, first think about what improvement might look like. This activity prompts you to consider what has changed, what has been improved, and how you would know.
Executive Summary: Innovative Approaches to Learning Acceleration Within the Core of K-12 Instruction: Initial Observations About Scaling and Implementation
This executive summary of The Learning Accelerator (TLA)’s research brief, “Innovative Approaches to Learning Acceleration Within the Core of K-12 Instruction: Initial Observations About Scaling and Implementation,” presents early learnings from...
A Summary of Research on the Effectiveness of K-12 Online Learning
This memo examines the outcomes of existing studies on K-12 learning effectiveness, and it provides a literature review of these studies. A number of rigorous studies have asked the question, “Is online learning effective?” However, there is not a...
What are critical decision points when measuring to inform and improve teaching and learning practices?
Teachers and education leaders must make a series of critical decisions when beginning measurement to inform and improve teaching and learning practices. This guide provides an overview of three of these decisions and offers guidance on how to make...
Mix It Up! The Benefits of Mixed-Ability Groups: IgnitED Research Video
Students benefit from working on a skill or learning target in small groups with others who are at different ability levels in that skill, likely through developing a growth mindset around the target skill and through gaining a better understanding...
Measuring Adult Wellbeing in Schools - Survey Instrument
In collaboration with Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD), The Learning Accelerator (TLA) developed this 20-item survey based on an initial review of the literature related to adult wellbeing. Its purpose is to help district and system leaders to...