Monitoring Progress Toward the Theory of Change

Rationale: When educators work toward ambitious long-term goals designed to improve student outcomes, it is important to measure our progress along the way, both as it relates to educator practice and student learning. By developing a comprehensive understanding of how teachers and students are progressing toward priorities identified within their Theory of Change, teams position themselves to meet their ambitious goals for student learning.

Learning Intention: Teams will develop actionable plans to monitor progress of student learning related to the Common Learning Challenge as well as progress of implementation related to Theory of Change priorities

Success Criteria: Teams will know they are successful when they…

• can articulate the rationale for regularly monitoring progress of both educator practice and student performance

• understand the role of and rationale for medium-term assessment in monitoring progress

• know how they will use medium-term assessment to monitor schoolwide student progress toward the Common Learning Challenge

• identify trends and related insights from analyzing data linked to at least one of the A2A project objectives 

• have finalized a data calendar for their STT that uses both implementation and student performance data to monitor schoolwide progress toward their Theory of Change priorities