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Julia Ransom; Kevin Burgess; Mark Duffy – Research for Action, 2024
This case study explores the implementation of personalized learning at an elementary school in Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District 35. The study, conducted by Research for Action and funded by KnowledgeWorks, sheds light on the shift towards personalized, competency-based learning practices within the district. Through qualitative sources…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Competency Based Education, Elementary Education, Program Implementation
Reumann-Moore, Rebecca; Duffy, Mark – Research for Action, 2015
Initiated for the 2013-14 school year, the Common Assignment Study (CAS) is a three-year effort being led by the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) and The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky (The Fund) with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Conceptually, CAS builds on previous efforts to improve instruction through…
Descriptors: Assignments, Units of Study, Literacy Education, Feedback (Response)
Levin, Stephanie; Leow, Christine; Poglinco, Susan M. – Research For Action, 2013
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of high quality instructional and formative assessment tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Literacy experts have developed a framework and a set of templates that teachers can use…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Program Implementation