Achievement gains were highest for PLI Exemplar teachers, while PLI Partner school teachers' gains were not higher than non-PLI teachers districtwide¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Interim math gains in grades 2-6 were highest for PLI Exemplar teachers, followed by PLI teachers in non-partner schools; Partner school teachers' gains were not higher than non-PLI teachers'. → Peters 2018

Evidence¶

Peters 2018¶

Peters, V., Means, B., Langworthy, M., Neufeld, P., Coe, R., Meehan, K., & Smith, S. (2018). Enabling Analytics for Improvement: Lessons from Year 2 of Fresno's Personalized Learning Initiative. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/f5ad25ac-1bc9-4a05-9a4e-24c25ab19e8d doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/53

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Analysis of teacher-level average student gain on interim math assessments (grades 2-6) after controlling for prior achievement, comparing Exemplar, Partner-school, non-partner PLI, and non-PLI teachers (Figure 14). The report offers explanatory factors: only a minority of Partner school teachers were PLI teachers, and Partner teachers received fewer PD opportunities.

"The box plots in Figure 14 suggest that achievement gains were highest for PLI Exemplar teachers, followed by PLI teachers in non-partner schools. Gains for students of teachers in PLI Partner schools were not higher than those of non PLI teachers districtwide."

Discussion¶

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