Operationalizing Justice: Practical Measurement and the Pursuit of Justice-Driven Improvement

• In Event: Harnessing Improvement Science for Equity in Education: Addressing Inequities in Educational Leadership, Teacher Preparation, and Systemic Reform

Abstract

Justice-driven improvement has the potential to serve as a remedy to disrupt unjust educational systems. To understand the nature of that remedy, scholars must understand how improvement is employed and how equity is operationalized. Our research team examined the research of doctoral students using improvement science to address problems of practice rooted in unjust and inequitable systems. We employed document analysis to examine how 30 Dissertations in Practice (DiP) used practical measurement and operationalized equity. Our analysis suggests limited use of practical measurement and narrow conceptions of equity.

Authors

• Brandi N. Hinnant-Crawford, Clemson University

• Rebecca Childs, Western Carolina University

• Augustine Owusu Achiaw, Clemson University