Data Use Solutions: Building Teacher Capacity and Efficacy

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Abstract

This mixed methods study examined relationships between teachers’ capacity to use formative student data and their sense of efficacy. During Teacher as Researcher professional development, teachers learned about an instructional improvement inquiry cycle, conducted two quasi-experimental studies, analyzed of the formative student data in their experiments, and adjusted their instruction based on results. Using pre/post survey data from the 2022/23 to 2023/24 school years, from 103 teachers in a southeastern state, we found that teachers’ self-reports of capacity and efficacy increased, and this increase was statistically significant. Open-ended survey items and teacher artifacts generated during the professional development confirmed these increases and suggested that teacher collaboration and ownership also played a role in changes for teachers.

Authors

• Caitlin Scott, Marzano Research

• Steven Tedeschi, Marzano Research

• Enid M. Rosario-Ramos, Marzano Research

• Christopher B. Wolfe, Marzano Research Laboratory

• Trudy Cherasaro, Marzano Research

• Danette Parsley, Marzano Research

• Abby Javurek Andres, Marzano Research