American Institutes for Research
For Identification Of Deeper Learning Schools And Steps Needed To Scale The Deeper Learning Model
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Amount$750,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2011
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Term5 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
American Institutes for Research proposes to study whether students in the Foundation’s Proof Points network of model schools have more opportunities to engage in rich instructional activities; have developed stronger deeper learning skills; perform better on state assessments; and achieve better postsecondary outcomes than they would have in other schools. The study will have three goals: (1) assess the degree to which students in these schools have better outcomes than students in matched comparison schools; (2) describe school characteristics associated with deeper learning outcomes; and (3) determine whether these outcomes are associated with high school graduation, college attendance, persistence and performance, and other student characteristics. This supplemental request would provide a second year of support for the study and allow the Institutes to increase the number of schools and students studied. In 2013, the Program will make a final funding request to the Board for this study.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.air.org
Address
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20007-3835, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the California Collaborative on District Reform
The California Collaborative on District Reform, housed at and staffed by the American Institutes for Research, brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, funders, advocates, and support providers to solve problems of educational practice at the district and state levels. The group will support effective implementation, sustainability, and refinement of pandemic recovery efforts in California’s schools. It will do so by contributing to the knowledge base about local practices and by working with districts to improve tools and processes used for strategic planning and budgeting. (Substrategy: District Deep Dives and Networks)
for identification of deeper learning schools and steps needed to scale the deeper learning model
American Institutes for Research, a leading U.S. research firm, has been engaged in a previously funded project to determine if students in the Deeper Learning Network have (1) enjoyed more opportunities to engage in rich instructional activities, (2) developed stronger deeper learning skills, (3) performed better on state assessments, and (4) achieved better postsecondary outcomes than they would have in other schools. This supplemental grant would fund analyses of district data on teacher assignments and state test results, and strengthen a case study analysis, and associated reporting. This grant proposal supports the Program’s strategic goal of determining empirically if deeper learning instruction promotes greater postsecondary success.
