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

Publication Webpage

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

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