ERIC Number: ED629741
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 30
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Using Student Experience Data to Co-Design Learning Environments. The BELE Learning Series
Ednah Nwafor; Olivia Kelly; Ally Skoog-Hoffman; Faye Kroshinsky
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
This brief shares learnings from Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) district partnerships around the sixth Essential Action: Measure What Matters. This Essential Action focuses on achieving equitable learning environments through the routine collection and review of relevant student feedback data to co-design new practices and policies to improve learning environments. Although the following paper highlights a specific student feedback tool (Elevate), the authors believe these learnings are applicable to other student-centered data systems used by schools and districts alike to measure what matters. As a result of working directly with district and school partners, in addition to focus groups with BELE Network coaches and leaders, the authors found five key actions as necessary for supporting effective implementation of student-centered data systems to improve learning conditions and experiences at the classroom and school level: (1) center and share power with students through student experience data; (2) clearly and frequently communicate the purpose for student data systems; (3) use data to cultivate and model a culture of learning and growth for adults and students; (4) build on and nurture foundational trust and safety through practices that demonstrate respect and professional regard; and (5) demonstrate and facilitate effective implementation through district- and school-level support. Each section of this paper centers on a key action, interwoven with field examples ("In Action") of the condition's practical application in partner districts. [This report was produced with the National Equity Project, part of the Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) Network.]
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Experience, Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Educational Environment, Instructional Design, Student Participation, Equal Education, Cooperation, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Student Centered Learning, Power Structure, Learner Engagement, Data Use, Teacher Collaboration, Program Implementation
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Related Records: ED657579
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Raikes Foundation
Authoring Institution: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL); University of Chicago Consortium on School Research
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