{"id":569,"date":"2025-08-01T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carnegie25live.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=569"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:45:44","slug":"practical-measurement-for-improvement-1-getting-started-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/practical-measurement-for-improvement\/practical-measurement-for-improvement-1-getting-started-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PMI &#8211; 2. Identify Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c8395d84 alignfull\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4073eae2\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c0c5e564\">\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:0px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:80px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:40px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c8e61802 gb-headline-text\">Practical Measurement for Improvement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f7a6ef33 gb-headline-text\">2. Identify Yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:160px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:40px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:40px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f6e8d83f\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-a41360ca\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2133\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-a41360ca dcs_imageStretch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Identify-Yourself.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Identify Yourself\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Identify-Yourself.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Identify-Yourself-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Identify-Yourself-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Identify-Yourself-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Identify-Yourself-1536x1280.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Identify-Yourself-2048x1706.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bde5d8bd alignfull\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f75f9ce7\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-34fe8276 gb-headline-text\">How will you use a practical measure?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-af429bc0 gb-headline-text\">Depending on your role, you might need practical measurement for different purposes, and hence focus on different characteristics.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:24px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:24px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:24px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-aad52ab3\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cb3e0e36\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bf168090\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5ba55727\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-5629e7d5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-5629e7d5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-768x477.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To test my TOI and processes for consolidating the learning at local sites and the field<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foci:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Test your theory of improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand if your change is an improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding variation in your network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Elements of Practical Measures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>School, district leaders and directors could be primary users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PMs designed so other HUB members can be easily trained in their development, use and applicability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Should be summative; uniform measures apply to all HUB members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emphasis on process formality to assure neutrality and objectivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d0c8b654\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-ea5f4d6a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-ea5f4d6a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-768x477.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand if my change is an improvement (measure of fluency)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foci:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Test your theory of improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand if your change is an improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serve as a form of feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Elements of Practical Measures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Educators, mentors\/coaches could be primary users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Should have formative value and signal actionable changes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data shared in a safe, low stakes environment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:32px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:32px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:32px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-edf3e835\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0de1d6ae gb-headline-text dcs_blueChevron\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/?page_id=582\">Next Step<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-02ac2a38\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-eae57f54\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Practical Measure Ex-2<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9cf1c925\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3ce62cbf\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1745c740\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9a3b3af7\"><a class=\"gb-container-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/?p=608\"><\/a>\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-4e6eb34c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-4e6eb34c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-768x477.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-686cb6dc gb-headline-text\">Blog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Practical measures aren\u2019t necessarily about collecting more data or designing something totally new. Most school systems have more data than they know what to do with. Instead, what if we took\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a6c3e73d gb-headline-text dcs_blueChevron\"><a href=\"#LinkEffect\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ef02a35f\"><a class=\"gb-container-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/?p=636\"><\/a>\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-2af8cd11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-2af8cd11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4-768x477.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-02080375 gb-headline-text\">Technical Paper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Financial Aid Application Completion Measure is used as a driver measure to monitor shifts in financial access, which is one of the three drivers included in the CARPE College Access Network\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-23aa8b51 gb-headline-text dcs_blueChevron\"><a href=\"#LinkEffect\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4a810d12\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-69ab05a6\">\n\n<p>Like continuous improvement, the development and use of practical measurement is a journey. It is rarely linear and often comes with opportunities and challenges. Check out these stories of improvers designing, iterating, and leveraging practical measures to create change in the system. Get ready to be inspired by their experience and lessons learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f0c9683d\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bf975bb8\"><a class=\"gb-container-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Exit-Ticket-Brief_2.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-754c5284\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"390\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-754c5284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PMI_Brief-1-600x372-1.svg\" alt=\"\" title=\"PMI_Brief-1-600x372 1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-597663bc gb-headline-text\">Research Brief<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-315bba2c gb-headline-text\">Developing Exit Tickets in an Improvement Network<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Johnson, an English teacher at an urban middle school, was concerned that her students were not doing as well in her class as they could be. Her district had recently\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-74f373db gb-headline-text dcs_blueChevron\"><a href=\"#LinkEffect\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cc4a98bf\"><a class=\"gb-container-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Case-Study-of-ORF-as-Practical-Measure-Brief_2.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-c64ddb7b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"390\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-c64ddb7b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PMI-Brief-2-600x372-1.svg\" alt=\"\" title=\"PMI-Brief-2-600x372 1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-da8e2957 gb-headline-text\">Research Brief<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b827f1f1 gb-headline-text\">Case Study of ORF as Practical Measure Brief<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post we describe the identification and use of Oral Reading Fluency (ORF), a common and widely used Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) measure, as a\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e7a0e90f gb-headline-text dcs_blueChevron\"><a href=\"#LinkEffect\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:42px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:42px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:42px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4590d845\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:56px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6dd53822\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9ee1a56a\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d6a36e95\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b260f903\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e5da4ae8 gb-headline-text\">Websites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fcf83e63 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mpm.wested.org\/\">WestEd\u2019s Math Practical Measurement<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmr2.org\/\">Practical Measures, Routines and Representations<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perts.net\/elevate\">Project for Education Research That Scales (PERTS) Elevate<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/teachfx.com\/\">TeachFX<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equip.ninja\/\">EQUIP App<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shift-results.com\/online-learning\/\">Shift\u2019s Online Learning Library<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d0ea3586\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bb1958d5 gb-headline-text\">Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-04d1ef22 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/resources\/publications\/practical-measurement\/\">Practical Measurement<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/resources\/publications\/evidence-for-improvement\/\">Evidence for Improvement: An Integrated Analytic Approach for Supporting Networks in Education<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/display\/document\/obo-9780199756810\/obo-9780199756810-0247.xml\">Measurement for Improvement in Education<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/qi.elft.nhs.uk\/resource\/branching-out-use-measurement-trees-to-determine-whether-your-improvement-efforts-are-paying-off\/\">Branching Out \u2013 Use Measurement Trees to Determine Whether your Improvement Efforts are Paying Off<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ies.ed.gov\/ncee\/rel\/Products\/Region\/southwest\/Publication\/100841\">Practical Measurement for Continuous Improvement in the Classroom: A Toolkit for Educators<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781538152348\/The-Foundational-Handbook-on-Improvement-Research-in-Education\">Measurement for Improvement<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:144px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:144px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:144px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practical Measurement for Improvement 2. 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