Blended Learning at Scale–Implementation and Analysis of Student Achievement in District of Columbia Public Schools

This partnership formalizes collaboration between UMD researchers and the DCPS' Blended Learning staff to enhance the District's ability to evaluate their new blended learning program and inform future learning plans. Through this partnership project, the team will conduct initial research to examine the relationship(s) between blended learning models implemented in the DCPS and student achievement. Using regression analyses, researchers will examine the correlations between student use of blended learning platforms and student achievement measures. The partners will also conduct comparative case studies of select K–8 classrooms to gather detailed information about the diverse ways in which blended learning is configured and implemented, student experiences with blended learning, and data use. The partnership will use these research results to inform district decision-making, design future interventions to improve blended learning implementation in DC public schools, and inform future research.