past projects and clients

best practices toolkit (education results partnership)

ERP's Best Practices Toolkit provides insight into practices for developing college and career readiness from districts and schools throughout California that have raised student achievement and closed achievement gaps. Funded by the California Education Policy Fund, the toolkit includes 4 components – a Best Practices framework, rubrics, exemplars and a self-assessment audit. Several research methods were utilized to develop the toolkit, including structured interviews with district and school leaders and staff, observations, review of a range of artifacts, and analysis of common practices.

k12 and higher ed pipeline data (college futures foundation)

Landscape research was conducted to support the Foundation’s pipeline to degree strategy, including collection and analysis of college readiness data for schools/districts in California, identification of districts implementing promising college readiness reforms, and exploration of community colleges making progress in their Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) implementation.

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pbl case studies (new tech network)

Case study research was conducted to document promising Project-Based Learning and school culture practices at 3 elementary New Tech schools in Indiana and California.  Ethnographic observations, focus groups, and interviews were conducted with principals, teachers, and students to identify key implementation experiences around positive staff and student culture, PBL instruction, use of data and assessments, and school leadership.

Evaluation of tech innovation and dissemination (Leadership Public Schools)

An implementation and impact evaluation was conducted on Leadership Public Schools' Public Charter School Grant Program (PCSGP) Dissemination Grant from the California Department of Education. The grant focused on disseminating professional learning resources associated with an education technology tool developed by LPS called ExitTicket.