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Central Office Review for Results and Equity (CORRE): CORRE as an Inquiry Tool
The Central Office Review for Results and Equity (CORRE) is a group inquiry process that focuses on central office practices.
Similarities to a Comprehensive Research Study
While it is not a comprehensive research study, CORRE shares many qualities with such studies. First, it is built around a conceptual framework. The Annenberg Institute and the CORRE Team work together to develop and reach consensus on questions to ask in individual and group interviews. Institute staff review the questions so that they reflect a central office framework that emphasizes seven key concepts:
We also adhere to the strictest research ethics when visiting classrooms, interviewing central office staff, or conducting group interviews of various stakeholders. We get the permission of everyone we speak with or observe as part of the inquiry and all responses are confidential. Notes taken are shared only among Institute staff and no one is identified in written or oral summaries of the data. Group interviews with students are conducted based on the district's standards for data collection with minors and are led by CORRE Team members adhering to those principles.
Differences
Our work differs from a comprehensive study primarily around sampling. Rather than develop our individual and group interview lists using randomized sampling or a related method, we develop them based on the collective wisdom of the members of the CORRE Team. We ask this group – again, not a statistically representative group of the district or community, but one in which many perspectives are represented – to identify the key people to talk to. In all cases our subjects are volunteers. In the case of groups such as parents, we often have to be very opportunistic about our samples, usually finding that people tend to participate based on their availability and time to do so.
Our samples are not intended to be representative. From both the individual and group interviews, we report perceptions and then, looking across groups, we note similar themes about the role or function of central office. From those themes we build recommendations for improvement.
Final Words on the Legitimacy of CORRE
CORRE's legitimacy stems from the shared criteria of the team members that are part of the process and is validated when findings are shared and the team members confirm that the findings are on target and reasonable. The Institute places a great deal of emphasis on reviewing preliminary findings with the full CORRE Team and with the district's superintendent. We believe the standards of such stakeholders provide a "public lens" that is critical to ensuring that the results of the inquiry are both legitimate and actionable.
Central Office Review for Results and Equity (CORRE): CORRE as an Inquiry Tool
The Central Office Review for Results and Equity (CORRE) is a group inquiry process that focuses on central office practices.
Similarities to a Comprehensive Research Study
While it is not a comprehensive research study, CORRE shares many qualities with such studies. First, it is built around a conceptual framework. The Annenberg Institute and the CORRE Team work together to develop and reach consensus on questions to ask in individual and group interviews. Institute staff review the questions so that they reflect a central office framework that emphasizes seven key concepts:
- Communicating big ideas
- Service orientation
- Data orientation
- Increasing capacity
- Brokering partnerships
- Advocating and supporting underserved students
- Addressing inequities
We also adhere to the strictest research ethics when visiting classrooms, interviewing central office staff, or conducting group interviews of various stakeholders. We get the permission of everyone we speak with or observe as part of the inquiry and all responses are confidential. Notes taken are shared only among Institute staff and no one is identified in written or oral summaries of the data. Group interviews with students are conducted based on the district's standards for data collection with minors and are led by CORRE Team members adhering to those principles.
Differences
Our work differs from a comprehensive study primarily around sampling. Rather than develop our individual and group interview lists using randomized sampling or a related method, we develop them based on the collective wisdom of the members of the CORRE Team. We ask this group – again, not a statistically representative group of the district or community, but one in which many perspectives are represented – to identify the key people to talk to. In all cases our subjects are volunteers. In the case of groups such as parents, we often have to be very opportunistic about our samples, usually finding that people tend to participate based on their availability and time to do so.
Our samples are not intended to be representative. From both the individual and group interviews, we report perceptions and then, looking across groups, we note similar themes about the role or function of central office. From those themes we build recommendations for improvement.
Final Words on the Legitimacy of CORRE
CORRE's legitimacy stems from the shared criteria of the team members that are part of the process and is validated when findings are shared and the team members confirm that the findings are on target and reasonable. The Institute places a great deal of emphasis on reviewing preliminary findings with the full CORRE Team and with the district's superintendent. We believe the standards of such stakeholders provide a "public lens" that is critical to ensuring that the results of the inquiry are both legitimate and actionable.
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