The recommendations in this brief create a framework for using data effectively to make instructional decisions. The availability of student-level data for educators has pushed forward the movement to strengthen the role of data to guide instruction and improve student learning. While improvements in technology and assessments, as well as recent…

This guide describes a strategy for implementing new training products in operational units of the United States Army. Its purpose is to help the training developer ensure that units use and sustain new products once they are introduced. An introduction discusses the need for this guide, its benefits, and the organization of the guide. The guide…

Class-size reduction (CSR) has been a complex and contentious issue for the last quarter century. Although the small-class concept was adopted because it appealed to common sense, research over time has revealed a mix of confounding variables, instead of a definitive conclusion. Some CSR efforts, such as Tennessee's Project STAR and Wisconsin's…