Projects

The Ongoing Assessment Project (OGAP) is a formative assessment system that is used alongside the regular math curriculum and is based on research-based learning trajectories for core content areas (addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, and proportions.)  OGAP includes teacher professional development, classroom resources, and school-based routines and supports  for ongoing formative assessment.

 

This study involved a rigorous two-year study of the impacts of the Ongoing Assessment Project (OGAP) on teacher and student learning in grades 3-5 in two Philadelphia area school districts. The study used a randomized control design. Findings showed that teachers and students who attended schools that implemented OGAP outperformed teachers and students in schools who signed up for OGAP but were not chosen by lottery to participate in the intervention during the time of the study.

 

This project addresses implementation issues that emerged from the experimental study of OGAP in Philadelphia by developing, refining, supporting, and documenting a systemic support component to accompany OGAP’s classroom-level implementation. A three-armed quasi-experimental design is being used to test the augmented intervention and confirm the results of previous impacts in a new sample of schools.

 

This project focuses on translating findings from research on student learning of number and operations into tools, resources and routines for teachers to regularly elicit and analyze students’ understanding and develop targeted instructional responses. The project team has produced instructional resources for grades K-2--including the OGAP Additive Reasoning Framework, a bank of over 300 formative assessment items, and professional development materials--that have been field tested and implemented in Pennsylvania,  South Carolina, Alabama, Nebraska, Vermont and New Hampshire.We are also researching the implementation of these resources in a sample of school settings.