Virtual professional learning community (vPLC)¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (2 for, 1 against) · 2 studies (2 causal),q2· 1 of 2 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The vPLC is a scalable professional-learning programme run by the ASSISTments initiative to help teachers, especially in rural and underresourced settings, implement ASSISTments effectively.
Components¶
Claims¶
- The vPLC-augmented ASSISTments treatment sample comprised 59 teachers and 2,855 students in grades 6-8 from 36 public schools across 24 U.S. states, half in rural areas [+W]
- vPLC-augmented ASSISTments did not significantly improve overall middle school math achievement relative to a virtual comparison group [-W]
- Low-performing students (below the 50th pretest percentile) showed significant improvement with vPLC-augmented ASSISTments [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Feng, M., Li, L., Brezack, N., Huang, C.-W., Luttgen, K., Grady, J., Yang, S., Lavine, A., Collins, K., & Schneider, M. (2025). Scaling teachers' professional development for ASSISTments: Evaluation final report. WestEd. https://WestEd.org
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virtual-professional-learning-community-vplc |
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Virtual professional learning community (vPLC) |
description |
The vPLC is a scalable professional-learning programme run by the ASSISTments initiative to help teachers, especially in rural and underresourced settings, implement ASSISTments effectively. |
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design/vplc-scalable-professional-learning-model |
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programme |
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by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — feng-2025 |
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