Tag: Change Management

Wyoming’s RIDE (Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education) Initiative: Evaluation Report

The Wyoming RIDE (Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education) initiative is the inaugural program of Wyoming’s Future of Learning Partnership, a state-level consortium working together to support innovative education across the state. The RIDE initiative created an opportunity for districts to update key elements of instruction and assessment to be more student-centered and aligned with the Wyoming Profile of a Graduate (Wyoming Future of Learning Partnership, 2024). Twenty-one districts (almost half of Wyoming’s 48 districts) and three community colleges have participated in the RIDE initiative since its inception in the 2023-24 school year.

We selected four deeply-implementing districts to feature in case studies, in consultation with 2Revolutions (the initiative’s lead design partner). These districts were all in their second year of RIDE involvement, but varied in geography, demographics, student-centered learning focus, and implementation approach. In exploring these districts’ RIDE experiences, we examined how they made sense of and enacted student-centered practices within their local contexts. We were especially interested in how leaders and educators defined what student-centered learning meant in their communities, what supported or hindered their implementation progress, and how early changes showed up in leadership, instruction, and student experiences.

In addition to the four case studies, we also used data from interviews conducted with professional learning providers, state, district, and school leaders, and survey data from 150 teachers and 800 students, to explore broader cross-district themes.

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November 7, 2025

Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report – Cohort 2, Year 2

The Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative (MBLC) evaluation report offers insights and strategies for anyone working to shift K-12 schools, districts, and states toward more student-centered, equitable, and culturally responsive approaches.

The MBLC is a demonstration project taking place in nearly 50 schools across Washington to help decision makers understand the qualities of mastery-based (or competency-based) learning as they are enacted across diverse learning communities, how long it takes to implement, and what resources are necessary for sustained impact.

FullScale is conducting a six-year evaluation of the MBLC to identify policies, practices, and system changes that can support successful mastery-based and culturally responsive learning. The report shares findings from the first two years of the second cohort of MBLC schools, based on extensive surveys and interviews of educators, school leaders, students, state leaders, and professional learning providers.

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October 15, 2025

Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report – Cohort 1, Year 4

The Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative (MBLC) evaluation report offers insights and strategies for anyone working to shift K-12 schools, districts, and states toward more student-centered, equitable, and culturally responsive approaches.

The MBLC is a demonstration project taking place in nearly 50 schools across Washington to help decision makers understand the qualities of mastery-based (or competency-based) learning as they are enacted across diverse learning communities, how long it takes to implement, and what resources are necessary for sustained impact.

In its first four years, the initiative has led to deeper Mastery-Based Learning (MBL) implementation and has shown positive impacts on early outcomes such as school climate, cultural responsiveness, student-teacher relationships, and student engagement.

FullScale is conducting a six-year evaluation of the MBLC to identify policies, practices, and system changes that can support successful mastery-based and culturally responsive learning. The report shares findings from the first four years of the first cohort of MBLC schools, based on extensive surveys and interviews of educators, school leaders, students, state leaders, and professional learning providers.

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October 15, 2025

The Eliot Innovation School’s Staff Culture Foundational Reading: Good Seeds Grow in Strong Cultures

This foundational article by Jon Saphier and Matthew King outlines 12 key cultural norms that drive sustained instructional improvement. The Eliot team cites this research as a guiding force in their AI strategy, intentionally sequencing their innovation work after building strong data practices, peer collaboration routines, and shared norms around experimentation and growth.

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June 23, 2025

Starting Smart with AI: A Quick Guide for School and System Leaders

This brief helps local education agency (LEA) leaders take their first steps toward thoughtful AI integration in K-12 education. Framed around foundational questions and actionable steps using the Hop, Skip, Leapfrog model, it supports systems in aligning AI use with core learning goals, equity, and student-centered instructional change.

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May 27, 2025
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