Official Announcement from AASA on September 23, 2021 AASA is pleased to announce that we have extended our partnership with ECRA Group to help schools document the impact of their equity initiatives. ECRA, a long-standing school solutions partner of AASA, is a premier research and analytics firm focused on assisting educational leaders improve student outcomes…
DetailsThe fundamental purpose of setting school improvement goals is to assess the effectiveness of improvement efforts. The utility of the school improvement process rests on the inferences one can draw from meeting a goal. For example, a typical school improvement goal may be “increase the percentage of students meeting standards in grade 4 reading by 5%. While this type of goal is specific and concise, the results will provide little to no information as to the effectiveness of improvement efforts. Why? Because increasing grade 4 reading by 5% is likely an arbitrary goal that is unrelated to school performance and not evidence-based.
DetailsECRA is amongst the first firms nationally to release scientific evidence quantifying learning rates over the 15 month pandemic period that began in the Winter of 2020 and culminated in the Spring of 2021.
DetailsECRA Group CEO, John Gatta, was interviewed by WGN America’s NewsNation regarding the impact of COVID-19 on student learning.
DetailsJoin AASA’s guest, data analytics expert Dr. John Gatta in examining how to quantify learning loss and develop personalized learning recovery plans
DetailsMeasuring learning loss requires that we recognize that student growth is personal in the sense that every individual student’s learning trajectory leading up to the pandemic was different.
DetailsDocumenting learning loss is important as the effects of school closures on learning loss are likely differential and asymmetric, resulting in large losses for some students, and negligible or negative losses for other students.
DetailsTo effectively measure whole child growth, communication and engagement are vital. Having students write personal statements is an exercise that can aid districts in engaging students and measuring what matters.
DetailsBarrington District 220 did not set about their SEL journey looking for a quick win, but rather to foster a positive climate and culture.
DetailsThis white paper discusses strategies that district leaders can use to reshape the narrative surrounding their schools.
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