A formal toolkit for rating instructional quality based primarily on classroom observation and student assignments. The toolkit was developed for reading comprehension and mathematics at the elementary school level. A large pilot study was conducted in Spring 2003 in two moderately large urban school Districts.
Use Cases
- Assessing instructional practice changes based on classroom observation ratings
- Monitoring the impact of professional development interventions based on pre- and post-implementation snapshots
- Evaluating the relationship between instructional practice and student achievement based on formal assessment tools
Strengths
- Toolkit is based on a formal research program and development process
- Pilot study was conducted in two moderately large urban school Districts
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- Brian W. Junker
- Collection Method
- Research program building and piloting the Instructional Quality Assessment
- Time Range
- Pilot study conducted in Spring 2003
- Geography
- Two moderately large urban school Districts