Professional Learning Communities and Student Learning: A Meta-Analysis of the Research

• In Event: Professional Learning Communities: Are They Our Best Hope for Authentic School Reform?

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a meta-analysis of the research on professional learning communities and student learning outcomes. Standard meta-analytic procedures were used. The research reviewed was that presented in published articles in data based, refereed, scholarly journals from 1994-2011, and that contained in rigorously designed doctoral dissertations. Preliminary results show small effect sizes for components of professional learning communities, and for implementation of professional learning communities and student learning.

Author

• Daisy E. Arredondo Rucinski, The University of Alabama