Drawn from Learning Forward’s Curriculum-Based Professional Learning Network, this report describes how students in Montgomery County, Maryland have benefited from educators’ professional learning about the district’s math curriculum. A collaborative team of teachers and leaders dove deep into the curriculum during team time, coaching, and other structures. Students whose teachers participated increased their proficiency scores on district tests from an average of 9% to 52% in just one marking period.
The network reinforces the principles of high-quality professional learning that participants can also apply in other areas of their work.Improvements in teachers’ instruction and their students’ math knowledge shows that educator learning consistent with the Standards for Professional Learning leads to better outcomes for teachers and students, including those who traditionally have been farthest from opportunity.
