Most schools engaged in inquiry cycles, but teams completed only about half of the cycles they initiated, averaging 3.2 cycles per year¶

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q2 i? About 61 percent of schools engaged in inquiry cycles and, of initiated cycles with artifacts, on average 50 percent were complete across all four PDSA phases. → Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report 2024 q2 i? CI teams that engaged in cycle activities initiated an average of 3.2 cycles per year, and schools in instructional NSI initiated more cycles (3.8) than those in well-matched postsecondary NSI (2.2). → Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report 2024¶

Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report. (2024). RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA242-1.html

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Artifact-based implementation analysis of 25 NSI in Research Question 2. The report also states that of initiated cycles with artifacts, on average 50 percent were complete, with documented evidence of plan, do, study, and act phases.

"Based on artifact data, 20 of the 25 NSI (80 percent) implemented inquiry cycles in at least some of their schools. Across NSI, about 61 percent of schools engaged in cycles."

Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report 2024 (2)¶

Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report. (2024). RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA242-1.html

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Implementation analysis in Research Question 2 based on CI artifacts. A separate passage reports schools in instructional and early warning and response NSI initiated more cycles (3.8 and 2.7) than schools in well-matched postsecondary NSI (2.2).

"The average number of initiated cycles per year was 3.2 for those CI teams that engaged in cycle activities, which is consistent with prior research about inquiry cycles."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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