Driving Transformational Change in Higher Education

June 30, 2022

To put this idea of driving transformation in perspective, let’s look at another industry first: residential construction. Engaging in a major home renovation can be a significant undertaking and a capital investment. A lot rides on the vision of the architect and the quality of the contractor.

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whitePaper | August 4, 2020

Over the last few months, the i-Ready team has had a chance to talk to more than 100 district leaders about the challenges they face as they plan for the 2020–2021 school year. We explored their challenges, their reasons to be hopeful, and the tools they believe will be most important for success in the year ahead. While every leader we spoke with had unique stories and circumstances, there were remarkable commonalities in the challenges they described.

Virtual Learning, Now and Beyond

whitePaper | January 31, 2022

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whitePaper | April 21, 2020

Seasonal learning research allows researchers to compare student learning patterns when school is in versus out of session. While there is some controversy about the magnitude of summer learning lossii,iii three trends are consistent across seasonal learning research findingsiv: achievement typically slows or declines over the summer months, declines tend to be steeper for math than for reading, and the extent (proportionally) of loss increases in the upper grades.

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Driving Transformational Change in Higher Education