Schools implementing departmentalized elementary instruction completed key implementation steps, but some faced scheduling challenges¶
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q2 i? Schools implemented the key steps needed to departmentalize instruction, though some encountered scheduling challenges. → Alison Wellington 2024
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Alison Wellington 2024¶
Alison Wellington, Melissa Clark, Alyson Burnett, Susanne James-Burdumy, Libby Makowsky, Stacey Brockman, Dallas Dotter, Mariesa Herrmann, Hanley Chiang. (2024). Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools: Exploring Implementation Experiences. Institute of Education Sciences. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/evaluation-of-departmentalized-instruction-in-elementary-schools
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The report's key findings state that in the study of 90 schools switching to or continuing departmentalized instruction in grades 4 and 5, "Schools implemented key steps needed to departmentalize instruction, but some faced scheduling challenges."
"Schools implemented key steps needed to departmentalize instruction, but some faced scheduling challenges."
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Related Claims¶
- Departmentalized elementary teachers' experiences matched some, but not all, hypothesized benefits and challenges of departmentalized instruction — related
- The effects of departmentalized instruction on student achievement and teacher retention remain unclear — related
- Instruction in upper elementary grades is often departmentalized: about one in six elementary school teachers in the original administrative data was linked to a subject he or she did not teach — related
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Schools implementing departmentalized elementary instruction completed key implementation steps, but some faced scheduling challenges |
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Schools implementing departmentalized elementary instruction completed key implementation steps, but some faced scheduling challenges |
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