Andrew Porter

The Research and Development Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL) will examine the implementation of college- and career-ready standards in 5 states, assess how they are related to student outcomes in 50 states, and test an intervention that supports standards-aligned instruction in 5 states. C-SAIL's launch occurs at a time when states and districts across the country are engaged in a variety of initiatives aimed at implementing college- and career-ready standa...

An important expertise in mathematics is the rapid pick-up of task-relevant patterns and structures. Yet such skills are seldom taught explicitly. Instruction usually emphasizes declarative knowledge and procedures that can be enacted. Indeed, instruction is commonly understood to require verbal explanation and discussion-whether it takes the form of teacher led lectures, reading assignments, small group discussion, or self-explanation. Similarly, procedural learning in mathematics generally...

In this project, the researchers proposed to continue the development and validation of the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED), an assessment instrument of the effectiveness of principal leadership behaviors. In the early 2000s, VAL-ED had an evidenced-based rating scale that assesses principals' behaviors known to directly influence teachers' performance and, in turn, students' learning. This project aimed to build upon that initial work.