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Teaching Matters is dedicated to increasing teacher effectiveness, one of the most critical factors in student success. Our services transform how educators work together at urban public schools, helping the most effective teachers develop the skills they need to lead their peers and drive school-wide improvement.

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Teaching Matters Uses Positive Results from Independent Pilot Study of its Flagship Program, Teaching for Impact, to Chart Path Ahead

Teaching Matters is learning as it goes along – and bringing the benefits to schools around the city. An independent evaluation of its Teaching for Impact (TFI) program pilot produced positive results newly documented in a report , and Teaching Matters has already implemented changes suggested by the study’s findings. TFI rests upon the premise that content-specific teacher teams analyzing and acting upon student assessments, when supported by coaches or learning team leaders, will improve teacher effectiveness and

Teaching Matters’ authors show how to use measurement in a helpful way when approaching Common Core

Learning Forward's Journal of Staff Development is featuring an article co-authored by members of Teaching Matters’ staff and an independent researcher. The piece presents a systematic way to use assessments and serve student interests. Well-designed and implemented assessments are feedback tools for teachers that let them know where their lessons are succeeding or not, and what might need to be modified in their instruction. Getting it right is a critical component of responding effectively to Common Core challenges, and giving students the best learning opportunity. An “assessment”

New independent study shows students in Teaching Matters’ writing program significantly outperformed students in similar urban middle schools

Many education groups are grappling to demonstrate that their teaching interventions have a positive effect. Two years of recently completed independent research showthat Teaching Matters, Inc. has accomplished just that, with results that substantially outstrip those of comparison schools not served by Teaching Matters. During the last two academic years (2010‐2011 and 2011‐2012), ALTA Solutions Group conducted a pilot study of “Writing Matters,” a curriculum developed by Teaching Matters for use in urban middle schools. Writing Matters content was coupled with astrong coaching

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