by Isabel Sacks
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Over the past couple of years, scaling well-researched solutions has been shown to also counter the negative effects of the pandemic, Loeb said, from widening achievement gaps and missed school time, to poorer social and emotional development. Her team recently launched the National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA) to address educational inequities resulting from the pandemic. NSSA conducts research on the most promising tutoring practices and works with district leaders and others to provide research-backed guidance on implementing high-impact tutoring.
“Our students deserve this work,” Loeb said. “From our research, we learn so much about how to engage students and accelerate their learning. The practical, easy-to-use learnings from research need to reach decision makers so that our students can benefit.”
Tips by Text and NSSA are part of SCALE, Loeb’s new initiative at the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, a university-wide effort addressing some of the most challenging issues in education through research, partnerships, and technological innovation.
SCALE works with education’s decision makers to implement evidence-based practices that can make a difference for student learning. SCALE is also creating a network of education scholars and leaders that will help speed up the research and implementation processes.
“Sometimes it’s assumed that you develop knowledge as a researcher, and that knowledge can immediately be taken up in schools like magic,” said Loeb. “It’s not magic. We need to fit our research in with the actual decisions practitioners are making.”
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