School System 20/20 from Education Resource Strategies presents the first version of School System 20/20 Assessments and Metrics, a detailed set of key questions and metrics used to create the Lawrence case study, and designed to help school systems understand whether their policies, structures, and practices create the conditions for improving student performance at scale.
The Lawrence case study refers to a research study by ERS concerning the Lawrence School District in Massachusetts, which was failing in 2011 and thriving by 2014. This case study offers insight for other school districts looking to make improvements.
Though the School System 20/20 Assessments and Metrics document is still evolving, cutting edge districts can still use it to measure and monitor their own use of resources. It offers key questions and metrics in seven transformation areas (such as teaching, leadership, funding, and school design), covering:
— System structures and policies
— Practices and resource use
— Principal survey questions
The School System 20/20 Assessments and Metrics go much deeper than ERS’s previously released free online assessment, Resource Check, and assess both structures and resource use. But Resource Check is a good place to start, and with an ERS Account, you can take it with colleagues and save your work.
For more information, please visit: http://www.erstrategies.org/cms/files/2536-20-assessments-and-metrics-pdf.pdf
