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Stuck in the Cycle: What teachers really face when we ask them to use data in their classrooms
Educators are masters of working with scarce resources, including something most limited and valuable – time. Time is always in high demand but short supply, and teachers are constantly forced to make critical, and often tough, choices about where...
Introducing TLA's 2019 Blended Learning Measurement Fellows
In 2017, we launched our annual measurement fellowship at The Learning Accelerator to catalyze the effective measurement of blended learning innovation and implementation to understand outcomes and inform collective improvement by building the...
Building Community and Connections: An update on TLA’s Innovation Directors Network
The Learning Accelerator’s (TLA) Innovation Directors Network (IDN) recently finished its second convening in Dallas, TX. Once again, we were inspired, energized, and humbled by the amazing group of 13 system-level leaders and innovators who...
When We Talk About “Assessment,” What Do We Really Mean?
When we talk about teachers and classroom data use, we’re oftentimes talking about data produced via assessment, or as Stassen et al. (2001) eloquently write, “the systematic collection and analysis of information to improve student learning.” The...
So You Want to Innovate? Remember to Communicate
Schools across the country are transforming education by embracing innovation and breaking out of the traditional paradigms of time, place, and pace. Teachers are blending in-person instruction with technology to differentiate lessons, using...
Ignite Your Use of Ed Research
Learning sciences seem to be everywhere these days. Over the last couple of years, the message that educators have been getting about evidence has flipped from, “the research is new,” or “the evidence isn’t conclusive,” to “learning science clearly...
The Parent Perspective: Parents’ perceptions of their children’s blended learning experiences
We are graduate students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) studying educational technology and innovation. As part of Barbara Treacy’s course, Connected Teaching in the Digital Age, we partnered with The Learning Accelerator (TLA)...
Blended Learning Data: Moving beyond binary results
“For every 20 minutes a student spent [on our software], their MAP score increased by 2.5 points.” “Ensure that students see two years of reading growth [if they use our program].” “Our study has found that use of this math program with fidelity...
Tech or No Tech, Effective Learning is All About Teaching
This blog was originally published on the Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard. As millions of students head back to school, families are probably wondering if those shiny new devices, apps, and even games that are becoming a typical...
Let’s Improve Professional Learning Through Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
In education, we have a tendency to reinvent the wheel. At its core, the challenge is not a lack of will to share; rather, our public education system isn’t built for sector-wide collaboration. Instead, it decentralizes structures and policies,...
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