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Measuring to Improve introduces the foundational elements of practical measurement to support continuous improvement in K-12 schools. Detailed case studies of practical measurement in action describe effective approaches for designing and implementing measurement systems, and how those systems informed improvement work leading to significant results.
Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD) serves schools and districts in four counties in northwestern Oregon. They formed a 9th grade success network of 31 high schools in their region that connected schools to one another, and strengthened the teaming and efficacy of adults in schools, in service of keeping…
This is the first post in a series of designed to explore and bring to life the framework for initiating networked improvement communities (NICs). This post outlines the framework itself, summarizing five domains of NIC activity organized around the core problem of practice the NIC seeks to address.
The University of Chicago Network for College Success (NCS) partnered with high schools in the Chicago Public School district to create conditions in 9th grade for student success to and through high school and college. In 2020 NCS was recognized with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement for its…
The Queensland Department of Education (Australia) was honored with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement in 2019 for its 10-year improvement journey which dramatically transformed the nature of instruction and achieved compelling improvements in student outcomes. In its efforts the Department has used data to inform and align decision…
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) works to develop skilled educators equipped to support all learners and aims to improve standards-driven instruction in every discipline at every grade level, K-12. In 2019, LDC was recognized with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement for its use of disciplined inquiry processes to…
The Central Valley Networked Improvement Community (CVNIC) was recognized with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement in 2018 for its work to improve mathematics outcomes for 5th graders in seven rural, agricultural districts in Tulare County in the Central Valley of California. CVNIC’s work across that county is an…
In 2018, the nonprofit organization Fundación Educacional Oportunidad was recognized with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement for its work to improve the language skills of economically disadvantaged preschoolers in Chile. Fundación’s work is noteworthy for blending insights from scholarship, quality improvement, and on-the-ground expertise in support of children’s…
The Connecticut RISE Network was recognized in 2020 with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement for its work with schools across nine districts to significantly raise high school graduation rates through a focus on 9th grade on-track attainment. The network’s efforts are an example of collective action to use…
In 2018, the Center for Urban Education Leadership, University of Illinois at Chicago was recognized with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement. The UIC story spotlights an innovative principal development program that has used disciplined continuous improvement strategies over an extended period of time to reshape how a university…
The National Implementation Research Network (NIRN), in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education, was recognized with the Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement in 2018 for their work with educators at the school, district, regional, and state levels to marry implementation and improvement science. In support of the state’s…
The Learning Collaborative, a networked improvement community of four charter networks in Tennessee, formed around raising persistently low literacy achievement scores for their students. The network’s work is an example of the power of marrying content-based professional learning for teachers to improvement science to produce gains in teaching and learning.…
StriveTogether and United Way of Salt Lake joined together to convene an impact and improvement network of school and community stakeholders from three school districts to tackle chronic absenteeism in grades K-3. They were recognized with the 2018 Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement for the work of that network.
This special issue of the Peabody Journal of Education unpacks essential issues and challenges related to launching and operating improvement networks. The articles center on network health and development, elevating lessons learned from research into networks involved in the Gates Foundation’s Networks for School Improvement (NSI) initiative, with attention to…
This session, recorded at the 2020 Summit on Improvement in Education, explores considerations for organizing an improvement effort and building a learning system to develop and refine a theory of improvement and make progress towards an improvement goal.
Existing in many different sectors, high-reliability organizations achieve consistently high-quality outcomes while avoiding serious accidents and failures. This session, recorded at the 2020 Summit on Improvement in Education, explores how those organizations organize themselves to make failure unlikely, and what we can learn from them that might be applied in…
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