Measurement for Improvement

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Title: Measurement for Improvement
Alternate name: Chapter 18
Abstract/Description: Measurement for improvement is associated with the field of quality improvement in workplaces such as industry and hospitals (Provost & Murray, 2011; Solberg et al., 1997; Struebing, 1996). It was developed to support people across organizational silos, especially people on the front lines of work, to engage in broader systemic change efforts to test hypotheses about how to achieve an aim. While measurement
for improvement has a decades-long history in other fields, its foray into the field of education is still at an early stage. We focus in this chapter on the measurement work that is integral to continuous improvement methods, which fall under the umbrella of improvement research. [...]

In the sections that follow, we first elaborate the broader context of measurement for improvement with a focus on the “learning loop” (Bryk et al., 2015). We then turn our attention to four key aspects of measurement for improvement, as represented in figure 18.1: (1) selection and design of measures for improvement; (2) establishment and maintenance of an analytic infrastructure; (3) building of social processes and routines for making sense of data; and (4) considerations of validity, or processes for assessing the quality of measures for the distinct purpose of improvement. Throughout our discussion of each of the aspects, we highlight issues of power and equity that arise, and we refer to specific examples of measurement for improvement when possible. Finally, we reflect on challenges, as well as opportunities, in advancing measurement for improvement.; [Quoted from p. 424]
Author/creator: Takahashi, Sola; Jackson, Kara; Norman, Jon R.; Ing, Marsha M.
Date: 2022
In publication: The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education
Editor: Peurach, Donald J.; Russell, Jennifer Lin; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Penuel, William R.
Pages: 423-442
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Synthesis/Overview
IRE Approach/Concept: Sensemaking/Interpretation; Infrastructure; Measurement for Improvement; Practical Measures; Continuous Improvement; Theory of Improvement; Pragmatic Measures; Learning Loop; Data Use; Validity; Whole Class Discussion
Featured case/project: Building a Teaching Effectiveness Network (BTEN); Student Electronic Exit Ticket (SEET); OpenSciEd; PRM2 Team; Literacy Improvement Partnership
Primary national context: United States
Open access/full-text available: en No
ISBN: 978-1-5381-5234-8
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (Bloomsbury)
Grant funding: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant number: NSF Grants #1620851 and #1621238
Other related resources/entities: Measurement for Improvement in Education; WestEd; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; High Tech High (HTH)
Citation: Takahashi, S., Jackson, K., Norman, J. R., & Ing, M. (2022). Measurement for Improvement. In D. J. Peurach, J. L. Russell, L. Cohen-Vogel, & W. R. Penuel (Eds.), The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education (p. 423-442). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538152348/The-Foundational-Handbook-on-Improvement-Research-in-Education

Item sets: The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education

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