Teacher Participation in an Improvement Network: A Working Paper on Developmental Trajectories Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page March 2022 Changing classroom instruction is a high-leverage opportunity for improving education at scale. For this reason, educators across the United States are engaged in networks that aim to improve teaching and learning. In networked improvement…
The Better Math Teaching Network: Lessons Learned From a 5-Year Instructionally Focused NIC Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page December 2021 The Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) is a networked improvement community (NIC) of researchers and high school teachers from New England who use improvement science principles to deepen student engagement in algebra content.…
Engaging Students in High School Algebra: The Better Math Teaching Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 From 2016 to 2021, the Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) aimed to transform high school mathematics teaching in New England. Researchers and teachers worked together to make high school Algebra I classes more student centered.…
Scaling the Impact of a Networked Improvement Community: Five Strategies from the Better Math Teaching Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 As the BMTN matured, different strategies for sharing network learning emerged. These strategies became more formalized and intentional as BMTN members developed tools and routines to spread the learning. Our…
Beyond the Networked Improvement Community: Designing PLCs to Spread Learning from the Better Math Teaching Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 Inspired by the networked improvement community (NIC) concept (Bryk, Gomez, Grunow, & LeMahieu, 2015), researchers at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) launched the Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) to address…
Student-Centered Assessment Network: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page September 2021 This report presents an overview of the history, collective learning, and concluding products of a networked improvement community (NIC) that operated and evolved between 2017 and 2021: the Student-Centered Assessment Network (SCAN). SCAN comprised a group of teachers…
Engaging High School Students: The Student-Centered Assessment Network Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page Summer 2021 From the fall of 2017 to the winter of 2020, the Student-Centered Assessment Network (SCAN) aimed to transform high school teaching in Rhode Island. Researchers and teachers worked together to make high school classes more student centered by…
Better Math Teaching Network: Year 1 and 2 Summary and Year 1 Evaluation Download the BMTN Year 2 Full EvaluationDownload the BMTN Years 1 and 2 SummaryBack to Publications Page August 27, 2020 This collection of research reports focuses on the findings and data from the second year of the Better Math Teaching Network, including…
Racial Equity and Student-Centered Learning: Applying a Community-Informed Racial Equity Lens to Student-Centered Learning Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page December 2020 This report examines how racial equity strategies and student-centered learning practices could be integrated to combat racism and racial inequities in education. It delves into racial equity issues as described by community…
Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning Toolkit Download the Full PDFVisit the ToolkitBack to Publications Page June 2020 The Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning (MISCL) Toolkit is designed to help school practitioners or other stakeholders measure, understand and reflect upon the extent of student-centered learning (SCL) in high schools.