Actions for product developers
Learn about and learn from what is happening already:
Engage in research early and often, continuously learning for whom your product works and under what circumstances. Prioritize independent studies that examine the impact of product use on student learning as measured by state or national assessments.
Mitigate the harm of bad uses:
Make coherence better, not worse by ensuring that your product integrates thoughtfully with other products that teachers are using in their instructional program.
Train the models with care to ensure the feedback does not give away the answer or lower expectations for students. Run regular tests to drive continuous improvement.
Keep improving your product and supporting high-quality implementation until it significantly improves student learning outcomes.
Identify and leverage beneficial uses:
Treat implementation as a function of product design, not an afterthought. The most effective learning experiences we saw flowed from a clear vision of the instructional job products are designed to support and a clear vision of what teachers should do during use.
Communicate consistently, transparently, and humanely:
Share what you know about for whom your product works and under what circumstances.