Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Measuring the Impact of Professional Learning
April 2017
Vol. 38 No. 2
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In This Issue
FOCUS
Why evaluations fail
To achieve meaningful results, address these common challenges.
Pilot program aims high
Challenges en route help district find success in measuring impact.
Partners in a common cause
External evaluators team with practitioners to build data use practices.
Learning that's made to measure
Embedded assessments gauge educators’ growth and impact.
Where do you want to get to?
Effective professional learning begins with a clear destination in mind.
Why Standards for Professional Learning Matter
A visual reminder of the benefits and importance of the Standards for Professional Learning.
TOOLS
Align your district's professional learning under ESSA
Tools from A New Vision for Professional Learning: A Toolkit to Help States Use ESSA to Advance Learning and Improvement Systems
IDEAS
What literacy means in math class
Teacher team explores ways to remake instruction to develop students’ skills.
Growing support for principals
Principal supervisors collaborate and problem solve in learning communities.
An argument for learning
Science teachers and students build literacy through text-based investigations.
RESEARCH
Essentials
Research on strengthening leadership, new teachers, and decoding ESSA.
Research Review
Meta-analysis reveals coaching’s positive impact on instruction and achievement
VOICES
UPDATES
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