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Beyond Test Scores: Leading Indicators for EducationA new study looks at four districts using leading indicators for early signs of academic progress before the test scores come in.
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Study of Leading Indicators
Study of Leading Indicators of Educational Improvement
Goal
The study seeks to identify key indicators that forecast academic improvement and to create tools and resources that support education system leaders’ use of leading indicators.
What We Do
The Data-Informed Decision Making (DIDM) Resource Group is studying four districts that are using leading indicators to make decisions about districtwide policy, school policy, and classroom instruction and to measure school successes and challenges. The group conducts interviews with district and school leaders and regularly convenes participants from these sites as a DIDM Network to get their feedback on our work and to help us identify the kinds of supports the field needs to increase the use of leading indicators.
Through the district case studies and the DIDM Network, we are identifying which indicators already in use by districts are the most powerful leading indicators. From this research, we are developing resources — such as a framework that describes leading indicators and a report that names common leading indicators across the study sites — and tools, such as a guide for developing and using leading indicators and rubrics for measuring the effectiveness of central office practice.
Timeframe
2006–2008
Partners & Funders
Contact Person
Ellen Foley
Principal Associate, District Redesign
Ellen_Foley@brown.edu
Study of Leading Indicators of Educational Improvement
Goal
The study seeks to identify key indicators that forecast academic improvement and to create tools and resources that support education system leaders’ use of leading indicators.
What We Do
The Data-Informed Decision Making (DIDM) Resource Group is studying four districts that are using leading indicators to make decisions about districtwide policy, school policy, and classroom instruction and to measure school successes and challenges. The group conducts interviews with district and school leaders and regularly convenes participants from these sites as a DIDM Network to get their feedback on our work and to help us identify the kinds of supports the field needs to increase the use of leading indicators.
Through the district case studies and the DIDM Network, we are identifying which indicators already in use by districts are the most powerful leading indicators. From this research, we are developing resources — such as a framework that describes leading indicators and a report that names common leading indicators across the study sites — and tools, such as a guide for developing and using leading indicators and rubrics for measuring the effectiveness of central office practice.
Timeframe
2006–2008
Partners & Funders
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- The DIDM Network:
Hamilton County (Chattanooga), TN;
Knox County Schools, TN;
Montgomery County, MD;
Naperville, IL;
New Visions for Public Schools
Philadelphia, PA
Contact Person
Ellen Foley
Principal Associate, District Redesign
Ellen_Foley@brown.edu
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