Evaluation of the REL Midwest Teaching Fractions Toolkit
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
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Approved without change
07/01/2024
06/17/2024
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Inventory as of this Action
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Previously Approved
11/30/2026
11/30/2026
11/30/2026
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The U.S. Department of Education is supporting the development and evaluation of a toolkit that supports the implementation of effective grade 6 fractions instruction based on the evidence-based recommendations in the Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten Through 8th Grade practice guide. The evaluation will rigorously test the efficacy of the toolkit in improving teacher self-efficacy and practices for fraction computation and rate and ratio instruction as well as student learning outcomes in grade 6 mathematics. The evaluation will use a blocked randomized controlled trial design in which schools within each district or within each block of similar schools will be randomly assigned to receive the toolkit. The evaluation will be conducted in 40 Illinois schools during the 2024/25 school year.
The evaluation will focus on measuring the toolkitâs impact on three key outcomes: teacher self-efficacy for fraction computation and rate and ratio instruction, classroom practice for fraction computation and rate and ratio instruction, and studentsâ ability to solve fraction computation and rate and ratio problems.
In addition to collecting data to measure teacher and student outcomes, the evaluation team will collect data to document the implementation of the toolkit in treatment schools and the service contrast between treatment and control schools and to describe the characteristics of participating schools, teachers, and students at baseline.
The evaluation will produce a publicly available report that summarizes evaluation findings. The findings from the evaluation will inform further refinement of the toolkit, to be released to the public after the evaluation.
The study team has proposed incentives to teachers and administrators to partially offset respondent time and effort in completing the survey or interview in the existing information collection â teachers would receive a $30 gift certificate upon completion of a survey or an interview, and administrators would receive a $50 gift certificate upon completion of an interview. The study team is requesting a change in the incentive for teachers from a $30 gift certificate to a $50 gift certificate for completing a survey or an interview. In addition to the many responsibilities and challenges that teachers face daily in their classrooms, teachers also are the targets of numerous requests to complete surveys on a wide variety of topics from state and district offices, independent researchers, and ED. Teacher time therefore is extremely valuable. The study team believes that the requested increase in incentive amount for teachers is needed to achieve the target response rate of 85 percent and to ensure reliable data.
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Evaluation of the REL Midwest Teaching Fractions Toolkit