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Committee hears review of John Hattie research; district aligns curriculum cycle to high‑impact practices
Summary
Kelly Downs reviewed John Hattie’s Visible Learning synthesis and described how the district is prioritizing high‑impact practices—collective teacher efficacy, PLCs, cognitive task analysis and instructional coaching—in the curriculum cycle to accelerate student learning.
The Curriculum Committee received a presentation linking the district’s curriculum cycle to evidence summarized in John Hattie’s Visible Learning research.
Kelly Downs described Hattie’s synthesis and the concept of a 0.4 "hinge point"—an effect size Hattie associates with roughly one year’s typical growth—and said the district…
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