Year 3

The Effective Implementation Cohort (EIC) represents provider-district partnerships learning how to implement coherent instructional systems for middle school mathematics. Specifically, the learning partnership’s goal within the EIC is to increase districts’ capacity to implement a high-quality middle-grade math curriculum to accelerate learning for students experiencing poverty, Black, Latino/a, and/or English Learner (EL)-Designated students. As the learning partner for EIC, we work to learn what districts need to have in place for effective implementation, to share findings about how implementation can most benefit priority students, and what makes implementation successful. 

This interim report presents integrated results from a mixed methods approach. Quantitative analyses included multilevel modeling of district demographics and indicators, a teacher survey, a student survey, and district data, including student achievement scores from Y2; descriptive analyses of key enabling conditions from Y1-Y3; and descriptives of the curriculum’s spread within districts from Y1-Y3. Qualitative findings from interviews and listening sessions with coaches, executive sponsors, and providers in Y3 are integrated to provide context and are more fully elucidated in the 2024 EIC Qualitative Analysis Report. In addition, a survey was distributed at the 2024 EIC convening to assess use and perceptions of implementation strategies across the cohort. Subsequently, focus groups were held with select survey respondents to further explicate the use of implementation strategies; findings can be found in the Implementation Strategies for Systems Change: Insights and Lessons Learned Output.