Education & learning publications
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Measuring Data Use for Instructional Improvement: Development and Initial Testing of a Teacher Survey and Instructional Team Meeting Log
This report describes the development and initial validation of instruments to measure collaborative data inquiry practices within school-based teams.
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Using the Reimagining Instructional Coaching Framework in the Development of Pre-K Classroom Observation Tools
SRI Education conducted a formative evaluation to examine a new observational tool’s alignment with the Reimagining Instructional Coaching framework.
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Balancing Priorities: Foster Parents’ Child Care Search and Selection Process
This brief presents findings from a foster parent survey about how foster parents navigate the process of finding ECE and the factors they prioritize when selecting an ECE program.
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Early Care and Education Is an Essential Component of the Foster Care System: A View From Arkansas
This brief presents findings from a foster parent survey about the impact of ECE on their ability to accept new foster placements and the challenges they face in searching for…
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Observing Classrooms Through a Digital Lens: Examining the Reliability and Feasibility of Video Observations in Pre-kindergarten Classrooms
The Early Childhood Classroom Observation (ECCO) study was designed to better understand how video recordings can support high-quality measurement of pre-kindergarten classrooms, using two common measures of early learning programs,…
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Success in Action: Four Stories of Early Childhood Instructional Coaching
Effective instructional coaching has long demonstrated positive impacts on teacher practices and early learning outcomes. This case study report highlights stories of four systems (Alabama, AppleTree, Maine, and Washington) that…
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Technology-Based Instructional Strategies Show Promise in Improving Self-Regulated Learning Skills at Broad-Access Postsecondary Institutions
Clickstream data from learning management systems reveal promise of strategies to support college students’ self-directed learning in online STEM courses
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Scaling Up CoolThink@JC: Implementation Study Midline Report
A midline report of CoolThink implementation, its emerging CoolThink ecosystem, and the factors for successful adoption at scale.
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Where Are CoolThink Students Making the Greatest Learning Gains? Linking CoolThink@JC Implementation With Student Outcomes
An analysis of the correlation between CoolThink implementation and student learning in Hong Kong primary schools in their first or second year of adopting CoolThink@JC, a 3-year course sequence designed…
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The Impacts of Extreme Weather Disasters on the Implementation of Head Start Services
The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather disasters pose significant challenges to the delivery of Early Head Start (EHS) and Head Start (HS) services, impacting children's access to early…
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UC Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success Program: An Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Expansion Grant Evaluation
SRI researchers measured student outcomes on the Analytic Writing Continuum for Literary Analysis (AWC-LA). Despite disruptions to program implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the study found positive effects on student…
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What the California Arts and Music in Schools Act Means for the Arts Teacher Workforce
SRI estimate of the number of new arts teachers required to fulfill the promise of California’s Arts and Music in Schools Act by region and county.