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Molly Curtiss Wyss; Maya Elliott; Jenny Perlman Robinson; Ghulam Omar Qargha – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2023
In 2018 the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at Brookings launched a series of Real-time Scaling Labs (RTSL) to generate more evidence and provide practical recommendations on how to expand, deepen, and sustain the impact of education initiatives leading to transformative change in education systems, especially for the most disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Scaling, Laboratories, Goal Orientation
Curtiss Wyss, Molly – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2022
The Center for Universal Education (CUE) at Brookings has been investigating efforts to scale and sustain evidence-based initiatives leading to large-scale improvements in children's learning. CUE has been implementing a series of collaborative action research initiatives called Real-time Scaling Labs (RTSL), in partnership with local institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Secondary School Students, Financial Education
Asera, Rose; McDonnell, Rachel Pleasants; Soricone, Lisa; Anderson, Nate; Endel, Barbara – Jobs For the Future, 2013
It is a truism of American social policy that our nation has great success generating innovative programs that improve outcomes for participants--but that we are far less effective at moving from small, "boutique" programs into broadly applied solutions that improve the prospects of large numbers of individuals. This is certainly true in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Scaling, Sustainability
Dusewicz, Russell A.; Beyer, Francine S. – 1988
This manual describes the Dimensions of Excellence Scales (DOES) and their use. The DOES have been developed to assist local education agencies in their efforts to diagnose problems, identify strengths, and improve school operations. There are survey scales for school staff, parents, and students. Each scale concerns dimensions that have been…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Koretz, Daniel; Diebert, Edward – 1993
This report reviews the accuracy and reasonableness of statements in the print media about student proficiency on the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics. It explores the apparent effects of two reporting approaches, the anchor-point method used by the Educational Testing Service and the National Center for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education
Phillips, Gary W.; And Others – 1993
This report deals with a variety of ways that have been, or could be, used to interpret the scales used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Policymakers, researchers, and other users of assessment results need to understand the methods used for reporting NAEP. Having a reference is particularly important as the methods of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Research