Nationally recognized researchers at
Research for Action (RFA) have been studying the early adoption of LDC tools, focusing on teachers» response to and use of the tools in 2010 — 2011, expanding to include an analysis of the scale - up of the
initiative in 2011 — 2012 and, in 2012 — 2013, evaluating the status of the
initiative and how conditions that support
robust implementation are related to scale - up and sustainability of this intensive instructional work.
These efforts will be increasingly productive as
research provides us with more
robust understandings of how successful leaders make sense of and productively respond to both external policy
initiatives and local needs and priorities, and of how those practices seep into the fabric of the education system, improving its overall quality and substantially adding value to our students» learning.