Learning to improve : how America's schools can get better at getting better /

Learning to improve : how America's schools can get better at getting better /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bryk, Anthony S., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	School improvement programs -- United States. Inquiry-based learning. Inquiry-based learning. School improvement programs. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11358203

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Varying Form of Title:	How America's schools can get better at getting better
Other authors / contributors:	Gomez, Louis M., author. Grunow, Alicia, author. LeMahieu, Paul G., author.
ISBN:	9781612507910 1612507913 9781612507927 1612507921
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Using ideas borrowed from improvement science, Learning to Improve shows how a process of disciplined inquiry can be combined with the use of networks to identify, adapt, and successfully scale up promising interventions in education. Rather than "implementing fast and learning slow," the authors believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to "learn fast to implement well." The authors focus on six principles that represent the foundational elements for improvement science carried out in networked communities: make the work problem-specific and user-centered; focus on variation in performance; see the system that produces the current outcomes; we cannot improve at scale what we cannot measure; use disciplined inquiry to drive improvement; accelerate learning through networked communities. Learning to Improve offers a new paradigm for research and development in education that promises to be a powerful driver of improvement for the nation's schools and colleges." -- Back cover.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
A Better Way
1. Make the Work Problem-Specific and User-Centered
2. Focus on Variation in Performance
3. See the System That Produces the Current Outcomes
4. We Cannot Improve at Scale What We Cannot Measure
5. Use Disciplined Inquiry to Drive Improvement
6. Accelerate Learning Through Networked Communities
7. Living Improvement
Glossary
Appendix: Responses to Some Frequently Asked Questions
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index