{"id":3592,"date":"2025-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/?p=3592"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:26:28","slug":"measuring-to-improve-practical-measurement-to-support-continuous-improvement-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/measuring-to-improve-practical-measurement-to-support-continuous-improvement-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring to Improve: Practical Measurement to Support Continuous Improvement in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Measuring to Improve<\/em> introduces the foundational elements of practical measurement to support continuous improvement in K-12 schools. Detailed case studies of practical measurement in action describe effective approaches for designing and implementing measurement systems, and how those systems informed improvement work leading to significant results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Measuring to Improve<\/em>, Paul G. LeMahieu, Paul Cobb, and contributors introduce educational practitioners, administrators, and policymakers to the foundational elements of practical measurement to support continuous improvement efforts in K\u201312 schools. They begin by defining practical measurement as data collection and analysis that is relevant to practice, useful to practitioners, and designed to guide and even be integrated into practice. LeMahieu and Cobb discuss the importance of practical measurement as it relates to and informs the core principles of improvement science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case studies in Measuring to Improve<\/em> illustrate practical measurement in action across a variety of contexts and improvement efforts in districts throughout the United States. The outcomes of these research-practice partnerships show how solutions to issues\u2014including increasing high school graduation rates, improving college entrance rates, redesigning mathematics instruction, enhancing student literacy and writing skills, and redressing systemic inequities\u2014can be informed by practical measurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, these chapters provide guidance for practitioners in incorporating practical measurement as a key element of their improvement efforts, as well as for researchers who serve as analytic partners in supporting these efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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