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58.038 - Taking the "Measure" of Networked Improvement Communities (NICs): Examining the Role of Measurement Across a NIC

Sun, April 30, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Floor: River Level, Room 7C

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Eighty percent of community college developmental mathematics students do not successfully complete college-level mathematics courses within three years, resulting in millions who are unable to pursue life and career goals. The Carnegie Math Pathways is a networked improvement community [NIC] of over 50 colleges aimed at dramatically improving these outcomes. NICs are a form of social organization in which a network of stakeholders uses explicit improvement methods to achieve a shared aim. NICs operate across organizational boundaries and levels within organizations, requiring the alignment of measurement approaches across units of analysis, timescale, level of warrant, and level of consequential validity. This symposium presents four uses cases of measurement in the Pathways that highlight measurement challenges and opportunities in NICs.

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