Transforming Students' Daily Experience of School: Using Student Experience Data to Improve Educators' Classroom Practice

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Educators as well as school and district leaders alike are increasingly aware of the limitations and even the harm caused by test-based accountability, and there is a broad hunger for another approach to improving teacher practice and student learning. But there is debate as to what data might more effectively and appropriately inform instructional improvement efforts. This session will highlight what happens when schools, districts, or school support organizations shift their focus “upstream” from academic outcomes to the developmental experiences and classroom conditions that are antecedents to student learning and development. Specifically, we explore the effects of student experience measures – student self-reported perceptions of their classroom learning environments – on teacher professional learning and practice change.

Sub Unit

• Division A - Administration / Division A - Section 3: School and District Improvement

Chair

• Camille A. Farrington, University of Chicago

Papers

• Honoring Voices of Young People as Truth: Centering Student Voice as a Driver of Instructional Change - Jessica Bunzol, Network for College Success

• How the To&Through Middle Grades Network Uses Data to Improve Student Experiences and Educator Practice - Ashley Nicole Leonard, University of Chicago

• The Future of Education Is Cultivated by Students - Jason Dones, Beyond100K

• Shifting Instructional and Decision-Making Practices in Chicago Public Schools - Heather Van Benthuysen, Chicago Public Schools