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| Description: |
RFA's study on the use of data focuses on low-performing urban elementary and middle schools that are under significant pressure to improve student achievement and to use student data to accomplish that goal. The study takes advantage of the local context of school reform in Philadelphia, where the state’s district takeover and implementation of a diverse provider model in 70 low-performing schools has introduced considerable variation in program intervention designs to guide and support teachers’ and administrators’ data use. The study will further understanding of the transition to reflective use of data to inform instruction in low-performing urban schools. In addition, the research will explore the policies and interventions that support educators in making these transitions. It will illuminate the practices that educators actually employ in using data and how various aspects of school capacity, especially leadership and professional community, influence data use. Finally, the study will help to identify the kinds of instructional decisions that result from deliberations about data and their effects on student achievement. |
| Team Leader: |
Jolley Bruce Christman
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| Team Members: |
Suzanne Blanc
Katrina E. Bulkley
Roseann Hugh
Cecily A. Mitchell
Ruth Curran Neild
Eva Travers
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Spencer Foundation
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