For the past several years, RFA has conducted a national, multi-site examination of the implementation and effectiveness of teacher-developed formative assessment tools aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, RFA has worked with a team of organizations to conduct an unusually comprehensive examination of these efforts. Our work closely examines how teachers respond to and use the tools; and identifies the contexts and conditions that lead to sustainability and scale-up of the tools. We have worked closely with a consortium of research partners which includes WestEd, the UCLA Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), Measured Progress, Center for Assessment, and the Center for Assessment and Learning (SCALE) at Stanford University.
Examining the Implementation, Scale Up, and Sustainability of Teacher-Developed Formative Assessment Tools Aligned to the CCSS: A National Study
Associated Publications
- CCSS Literacy and Math Tools: An Interim Report on Implementation and Sustainability during the Pilot Year Executive Summary
- A View from the Inside: Teachers’ Perceptions and Use of the LDC Framework
- A View from the Inside: Teachers’ Perceptions of the MDC Initiative and their Use of the Formative Assessment Lessons
- CCSS Literacy and Math Tools: An Interim Report on Implementation and Sustainability during the Pilot Year
- Establishing a Strong Foundation: Classroom Implementation of the LDC and MDC Frameworks Executive Summary
- Establishing a Strong Foundation: District and School Supports for Classroom Implementation of the LDC Framework
- Establishing a Strong Foundation: District and School Supports for Classroom Implementation of the MDC Framework
- Brief Four: Conditions for Scale and Sustainability
- Brief One: LDC and MDC Theory of Action and the Landscape of Implementation
- Brief Three: Robust Implementation of MDC: Teacher Perceptions of Tool Use and Outcomes
- Brief Two: Robust Implementation of LDC: Teacher Perceptions of Tool Use and Outcomes
- Enacting Common Core Instruction: How School District Leadership Drove Implementation of LDC and MDC in Kenton County, KY
- Enacting Common Core Instruction: Strong Central Management and Strategic Delegation of Responsibility Drove Implementation of LDC in Florida’s Hillsborough County Public Schools
- Lessons From Inside the Classroom: Teachers’ Perspectives on the LDC Initiative
- Lessons from Inside the Classroom: Teachers’ Perspectives on the MDC Initiative
- Scale-Up and Sustainability Study of the LDC and MDC Initiatives
- Enacting Common Core Instruction: A Comparative Study of the Use of LDC Literacy Tools in Three Sites
- Enacting Common Core Instruction: How Intermediate Unit 13 Leveraged its Position as an Educational Service Agency to Implement and Scale the LDC Initiative
- LDC’s Influence on Teaching and Learning
- MDC’s Influence on Teaching and Learning
Dates: 2010 -