Continuous Improvement in Education

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Title: Continuous Improvement in Education
Abstract/Description: In Continuous Improvement in Education, a white paper by Sandra Park, Stephanie Hironaka, Penny Carver, and Lee Nordstrum, the authors provide examples that illustrate how continuous quality improvement methodology is being applied in education toward the goals of making education more efficient, effective, and equitable. The examples are organized in three broad categories: at the level of classroom instruction, system-wide, and improvement efforts with collective impact.
Author/creator: Park, Sandra; Carver, Penny; Nordstrum, Lee E.; Hironaka, Stephanie
Date: May 2013
Publisher: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Theoretical; en Empirical
IRE Approach/Concept: Continuous Improvement; Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) Cycle; Improvement Science; Quality Improvement
Featured case/project: School District of Menomonee Falls (SDMF); Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS); StriveTogether
Open access/full-text available: en Yes
URL: Publisher Webpage; Open Access PDF (via Publisher)
Citation: Park, S., Carver, P., Nordstrum, L., & Hironaka, S. (2013). Continuous Improvement in Education (p. 48) [White Paper]. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Cited in: Critical Perspectives on Educational Innovation and Improvement Science; Equity and Improvement: Engaging Communities in Educational Research