Case Studies
Transforming instructional practice leads to student outcomes
In a three-year period, instruction at Ardmore Elementary in Bellevue, WA has completely transformed and students are making incredible academic progress year over year. We spoke with three fifth-grade teachers—Mireya Frederick, Alissa Zaghian, and Lisa Symonds—to learn more about their progress, ANet partnership, and what’s driving success at Ardmore.
Making strong instruction a system-wide priority
Just a few years ago, instruction was not a focus in Carlsbad, NM—yet now, they’ve completely changed course. Strong instruction is a top priority and the district is taking a system-wide approach to equip teachers and students with the right materials and support for grade-level learning.
Providing high-impact curriculum support to teachers and leaders
By investing in professional learning for leaders and teachers that provided concrete and meaningful support to internalize and implement a new high-quality curriculum, East Baton Rouge Parish became one of the most improved school systems in the state in 2018-19, seeing significant student performance gains.
Creating district coherence through assessment strategy
As the Madison Metropolitan School District worked to develop a new assessment strategy, leaders realized they needed to increase collaboration across management, curriculum, and assessment functions while uniting around a common vision. They launched an ANet partnership focused on creating the district conditions for increased system coherence that would advance the development and implementation of a comprehensive assessment strategy.
A coherent district strategy uniting assessments, instructional materials and professional learning
Caldwell Parish leaders knew they needed a strong, more coherent approach to their strategies for assessment, instructional materials, and professional learning. They partnered with ANet to evaluate and rebuild their assessment strategy, redesign their approach to professional learning, and ensure strong implementation of the curriculum.
Don’t leave good instruction to chance: A collaborative approach to curricula selection
Data and teachers’ experiences suggested the need for an in-depth look at Blackstone-Millville Regional School District’s ELA curriculum and instruction. Educators from across this Massachusetts district came together to form a working group united around a common vision for instruction and tasked with selecting high-quality curricula that would transform their ELA instruction.