Practical measures: Improving mathematics discussions with quick, actionable feedback

In this brief research report, we describe what we learned from SFUSD coaches and teachers when asked to provide feedback on charts displaying data from the practical measures surveys. Practical measures are brief student surveys designed to provide teachers with quick, actionable feedback on some aspect of their lessons (Jackson, Henrick, Cobb, Kochmanski, & Nieman, 2016; Yeager, Bryk, Muhich, Hausman, & Morales, 2013). The practical measures currently in use in SFUSD were designed to provide teachers with insight into the nature of the student discourse in their math lessons.