Implementing an instructional change is only the beginning of the improvement process. Meaningful improvement requires educators to collect evidence, evaluate results, and use data to guide future decisions. In this final learning pathway, you will learn how to measure the effectiveness of your GBR activity using improvement science principles. By identifying meaningful outcome, process, and balancing measures, you will develop a measurement plan that helps determine whether your instructional change achieved its intended goals and informs future cycles of continuous improvement.
Objectives
- Differentiate outcome, process, and balancing measures used in improvement science.
- Develop a measurement plan to evaluate an instructional change.
Explore Measurement for Improvement
Watch the following video to understand why student engagement alone is not enough to determine the success of an instructional change. Consider the types of evidence needed to evaluate whether learning improved and how measurement guides future instructional decisions.
Practice Selecting Improvement Measures
Directions
Work through the following interactive measurement activity by categorizing information into outcome, process, and balancing measures. As you complete the activity, consider how each type of measure provides unique information about the effectiveness and implementation of an instructional change.
Common Measurement Mistakes to Avoid
Build Your Measurement Plan
Develop a measurement plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the game-based review activity you designed and planned in the previous learning pathways. Complete the measurement planning outline by identifying meaningful outcome, process, and balancing measures for your instructional change. Determine when you will collect and review your data and how the results will be used to inform future improvement cycles.
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Open in new tab Evaluation Checklist
Before implementing your improvement project, use this checklist to ensure your evaluation plan is complete. A strong evaluation plan includes clear, meaningful measures that align with your aim, identifies how and when data will be collected, and considers any unintended effects of the change. Completing this checklist helps ensure you are prepared to collect data that will guide informed decisions and continuous improvement.
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Improvement Science Link
Key Takeaways
🎯 Start with a clear aim.
📊 Measure what matters.
⚙ Track implementation with process measures.
⚖ Watch for unintended consequences.
📈 Use data to learn—not to prove.
🔄 Improve through small, iterative changes.