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Three-question structure for school performance inquiry

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The framework structures school performance inquiry around three questions: "1. How are students doing? 2. How much does the school contribute to how students are doing? and 3. What is happening in the school?" Each question maps to a complementary grouping of measures—student outcomes, school impacts on outcomes, and processes driving those impacts—so the three together give a rounded picture of school performance.

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  • Three-question structure for school performance inquiry: The framework structures school performance inquiry around three questions: "1. How are students doing? 2. How much does the school contribute to how students are doing? and 3. What is happening in the school?" Each question maps to a complementary grouping of measures—student outcomes, school impacts on outcomes, and processes driving those impacts—so the three together give a rounded picture of school performance. (Brian Gill (2023))
  • Outcomes, impacts, and processes framework for understanding school performance: The article presents a framework offering "an improved measurement strategy states and districts can implement to answer three critical questions about school performance": how students are doing, how much the school contributes to how students are doing, and what is happening in the school. It organizes performance measurement into complementary groupings of student outcomes, school impacts on outcomes, and the processes that drive those impacts, so that officials can better identify and understand student and school needs. (Brian Gill (2023))

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Key Sources

  • Brian Gill, Laura Dyer. (2023). Outcomes, Impacts, and Processes: A Framework for Understanding School Performance. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/
  • Brian Gill, Laura Dyer. (2023). Outcomes, Impacts, and Processes: A Framework for Understanding School Performance. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/outcomes-impacts-and-processes-a-framework-for-understanding-school-performance
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