SRI Education studies what makes teaching effective and how policies can ensure students have equitable access to high-quality teaching. We have led more than a dozen rigorous, large-scale, randomized controlled trials of teacher coaching and professional development programs. Our work focuses on teacher preparation, educator professional development and human capital management systems.
Recent work
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Early Childhood Classroom Observation (ECCO) Study
SRI Education is conducting a study to better understand how video recordings can support measurement of high-quality instruction in preschool classrooms.
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Evaluation of the UC Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success Program
SRI evaluation shows the UC Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success project improves academic writing for secondary students through teacher professional development.
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Initial Efficacy Study of Data Wise
This is the first impact study of Data Wise, which supports educators in using collaborative data inquiry to drive continuous improvement of teaching and learning.
Recent reports and publications
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Reimagining Instructional Coaching: Developing Observation Tools to Support Instructional Coaching in Pre-K Classrooms
Instructional coaching can improve teaching quality in early learning classrooms. SRI Education, in collaboration with Substantial and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, created a Target Product Profile detailing the ideal features of observation tools to support instructional coaching.
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The Pathway to Academic Success Project Leads to Improved Student Writing
SRI study finds that the University of California, Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success project leads to improved students’ academic writing through professional development for secondary English language arts and advanced English language development teachers.
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Measuring the multidimensionality of educators’ approaches to diversity: Development of the in-service teacher multicultural education model
The purpose of this study was to examine the latent construct of multicultural education (ME) among 1887 in-service teachers.
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From Research to Market: Development of a Transition Process to Integrate Sustainable Scaling Methodologies into Education Innovation Research Design and Development
SRI researchers modified the Invent-Apply-Transition framework to educational contexts based on the experiences of an Advisory Council and Expert Panel Members.
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Early Childhood Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Arkansas Educators
This brief, which represents the second of two reports, highlights findings from a second sample of Arkansas (AR) educators who completed surveys and focus groups in spring 2021.
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Strengthening the Clinical Orientation of Teacher Preparation Programs
This paper describes five levers CSU campus-district partnerships used to make clinically oriented reforms to teacher preparation as part of the New Generation of Educators Initiative (NGEI)…
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