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Lakewood Middle highlights 'visible learning' gains after semester-long focus on teacher clarity
Summary
At the Jan. 14 USD 305 board meeting, Lakewood Middle School staff described week-by-week gains from a visible learning initiative centered on teacher clarity and student self-management, while noting small sample sizes and built-in data-tool limits.
At the Jan. 14, 2025 regular meeting of the USD 305 Board of Education in Salina, Lakewood Middle School staff presented results from a semester of the district's "visible learning" work, reporting measurable gains in teacher clarity and early evidence of student learning growth.
Scott Chrisman, a Lakewood Middle School staff member who led the presentation, told the board the building focused its professional development on teacher clarity — a high-impact strategy drawn from John Hattie's research — and measured three simple classroom practices: whether learning intentions and success criteria were posted, whether students could say what they were learning, and whether students could explain how they would know they were successful.
Chrisman said the building tracked classroom evidence…
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