The Internal Coherence Framework: Creating the Conditions for Continuous Improvement in Schools

ISBN-13: 9781682530177 Publisher: Harvard Education Press Publication date: 04/04/2017 Edition description: New Edition Pages: 272 Sales rank: 1,047,618 Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d) The Internal Coherence Framework presents a system of research-based practices for assessing and developing the conditions that support adult and student learning in schools. Internal coherence is defined as the ability of educators in a school or system to connect and align resources to carry out an improvement strategy, engage in collective learning, and use that learning to provide students with richer educational opportunities. The internal coherence framework featured in the book brings together three important domains of research: leadership for learning, organizational improvement, and instructional efficacy.   School or system leaders who progress through this book with colleagues will develop a shared vision for ambitious teaching and learning anchored in the instructional core;