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December 12, 2011

Leveraging Open Educational Resources to Increase Student Achievement and Teacher Professionalism

Read the Case Study: Leveraging Open Educational Resources to Increase Student Achievement and Teacher Professionalism

Key Findings

• LPS is achieving a high level of buy in and alignment across teachers and schools by using OER and involving teachers in an ongoing collaborative revision process.
• LPS has leveraged OER to produce several different types of technology-based educational resources including: online text books, online math programs, a data reporting system and a clicker mobile “app”. All of the products are developed to successfuly integrate into the curriculum and align with each other to support student success.
• A network–wide emphasis on content literacy and OER has resulted in signficant acceleration in math and literacy for urban secondary students.
• These gains have been seen in classes taught by new teachers using OER resources and OER supported collaboration, providing consistent results despite the higher teacher turnover rates typical of urban environments.
• Distributing the incubation of new practices and programs across the network is essential for sustained innovation and breakthrough results.