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Study links standards with teacher and student outcomes

By Rachel Garrett, Qi Zhang, Martyna Citkowicz and Lauren Burr
Categories: Research, Standards for Professional Learning
June 2022
When Learning Forward approached the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at the American Institutes for Research about partnering on a research review for Standards for Professional Learning, we jumped at the chance. We were excited to apply our expertise in research methods to help build the field’s knowledge about how educators’ professional learning contributes to student success. As we began to plan for a systematic literature search and review of randomized field studies published since the release of the 2011 standards, we saw an opportunity to add depth to the project by conducting a meta-analysis. A meta-analysis is a rigorous statistical procedure to summarize quantitative findings across multiple studies. Meta-analysis is a powerful approach because it examines whether two variables appear to be related

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Rachel Garrett
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Rachel Garrett is a principal researcher at American Institutes for Research with a focus on quantitative analysis and methodology. Her areas of research include educator effectiveness, English learners, math learning and instruction, and educational applications of technology.

Qi Zhang
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Qi Zhang (qzhang@air.org) is researcher at American Institutes for Research.
Martyna Citkowicz
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Martyna Citkowicz (mcitkowicz@air. org) is senior researcher American Institutes for Research.

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Lauren Burr (lburr@air.org) is research associate at American Institutes for Research. 


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