Building a Networked Improvement Community to Promote Equitable, Coherent Systems of Science Education: How a State-Level Team Can Support District-Level Change Efforts

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Title

Building a Networked Improvement Community to Promote Equitable, Coherent Systems of Science Education: How a State-Level Team Can Support District-Level Change Efforts

Abstract/Description

This paper describes a Networked Improvement Community comprised of a network of 13 states focused on improving coherence and equity in state systems of science education. Grounded in principles of improvement science adapted from healthcare, we are developing and testing resources for formative assessment in science, with the aim of developing systems where actors at every level of the education system are oriented toward a common vision for science, and where there is a common commitment to equity. The paper describes these strategies and implications of this work for district-level change efforts.

Author/creator

Penuel, William R.

Shaw, Sam

Bell, Philip

Hopkins, Megan

Neill, Tiffany

Farrell, Caitlin C.

Date

2018

In publication

AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice

Volume

15

Issue

1

Pages

30-38

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Empirical

Keywords

science education

networked improvement communities

coherence

equity

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

1931-6569

URL

Open Access PDF (AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice)

Citation

Penuel, W. R., Shaw, S., Bell, P., Hopkins, M., Neill, T., & Farrell, C. C. (2018). Building a Networked Improvement Community to Promote Equitable, Coherent Systems of Science Education: How a State-Level Team Can Support District-Level Change Efforts. AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 15(1), 30–38.

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