Articles by Jessica Alzen

The Colorado Department of Education’s (CDE) Office of Learning Supports contracted with CADRE to support CDE’s efforts to improve school and district systems at the organizational level with the Colorado Multi-Tiered System of Supports (COMTSS). COMTSS is a framework for considering prevention-based approaches to improving student outcomes. The framework has...

My current projects have me spending a lot of time in various classroom spaces. I recently used Zoom to observe in middle and high school science classrooms in Illinois and New Jersey. I spent one day in Cañon City, CO where I visited every classroom in an elementary school with...

In this study, we provide a rich description of one academic coaching program and use a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the program’s effects on student outcomes. We investigate two research questions: 1) how does academic coaching influence key student outcomes? and 2) to what extent do these effects vary by amount of coaching received?

By Derek C. Briggs and Jessica L. Alzen. Observation protocol scores are commonly used as status measures to support inferences about teacher practices. When multiple observations are collected for the same teacher over the course of a year, some portion of a teacher’s score on each occasion may be attributable to the rater, lesson and time of year of the observation.

Link to Resource: The Relationship between the Learning Assistant Model and Failure in STEM Gateway Courses Authors: Jessica L. Alzen, Laurie Langdon, and Valerie K. Otero Citation: Alzen, J.L., Langdon, L., and Otero, V.K. (2018). The relationship between the Learning Assistant Model and failure in STEM gateway courses. Boulder, CO:...

Link to Resource: The Relationship between the Learning Assistant Model and Persistence to Graduation Authors: Jessica L. Alzen, Laurie Langdon, Valerie K. Otero, and Derek C. Briggs Citation: Alzen, J.L., Langdon, L., Otero, V.K., and Briggs, D.C. (2018). The relationship between the Learning Assistant Model and persistence to graduation. Boulder,...

Link to Resource: Learning progression project: Documentation of pilot work and lessons in the 2013-2014 school year . Authors: Derek Briggs, Elena Diaz-Bilello, Fred Peck, Jessica Alzen, Rajendra Chattergoon, Abigail McClelland Citation: Briggs, D. C., Diaz-Bilello, E., Peck, F., Alzen, J., Chattergoon, R., McClelland, A., (2014). Learning progression project: Documentation...

Link to Resource: Using a learning progression framework to assess and evaluate student growth . [ Click here for the Executive Summary ] Authors: Derek Briggs, Elena Diaz-Bilello, Fred Peck, Jessica Alzen, Raymond Johnson Citation: Briggs, D.C., Diaz-Bilello, E., Peck, F., Alzen, J., Chattergoon, R., & Johnson, R. (2015). Using...

Link to Resource: The Learning progression project year 2 pilot findings: Mathematics Authors: Derek Briggs, Fred Peck, Jessica Alzen, Raymond Johnson Suggested citation: Briggs, D.C., Peck, F., Alzen, J. & Johnson, R. (2015). The learning progression project year 2 pilot findings: mathematics. Report commissioned by the Colorado Department of Education...