Systems of Evidence: A Learning Network on Data Literacy for Continuous Improvement
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CHARTER SCHOOLS UNIT
About the Series
As a special installment of our data literacy series, this session invites authorizers and charter leaders to deepen their shared understanding of how student growth is measured, represented, and claimed in California's K-12 setting. For many participants, these conversations have been transformative, shaping common language, shared norms, and more evidence-informed practice. Growth is the focus here: while Education Code establishes its role in charter renewal, doing right by students demands careful, methodical attention to sound measurement. Our featured speaker is an established researcher at the intersection of policy and practice in California K-12 accountability, with expertise in California's accountability system and a nuanced understanding of what credible growth measurement looks like in practice.
Upcoming Featured Speaker
Morgan Polikoff is a professor of education at USC Rossier, the co-Faculty Director of the USC EdPolicy Hub, co-editor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, associate editor of the American Educational Research Journal, and is on the editorial boards of Educational Researcher and AERA Open.
His areas of expertise include K-12 education policy; curriculum, standards, accountability, and assessment policy; survey research methods; and the impact of COVID-19 on American families' educational experiences.
Dr. Polikoff uses quantitative and mixed methods to study the design, implementation, and effects of curriculum, standards, assessment, and accountability policies. He has published over 55 peer-reviewed journal articles and received (as PI or co-PI) more than $16 million in grants from federal and foundation sources. For his research achievements, he received the AERA Early Career Award in 2017 and the AERA Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award in 2020.
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