Case 08 · Selected founder experience
Embedding assessment-informed instruction into programme design
- Partner
- Central Square Foundation
- Place
- India
- Year
- 2022
The question
How can education programmes move from collecting assessment data to helping teachers respond to what students know and do not yet understand?
A step-by-step practitioner guide connecting classroom assessment with materials, professional development, academic support, monitoring, and system routines.
Context
Scores alone rarely change instruction. Teachers, coaches, school leaders, programme teams, and system actors each shape whether assessment evidence becomes a regular part of teaching and learning.
Our contribution
- 01Synthesised research, programme evidence, and practical examples into actionable recommendations.
- 02Helped define an assessment-informed instruction framework and the roles of actors at different system levels.
- 03Connected classroom checks with instructional adaptation, coaching, training, programme design, and monitoring.
- 04Translated the framework into accessible practitioner language, examples, and diagrams.
Methods
- Evidence synthesis
- Framework design
- Practice translation
- Systems analysis
Outputs
- Practitioner's guide
- Implementation framework
- Action steps
- Programme examples
What the work enabled
The published guide gives education organisations a practical route from student assessment data to systematic changes in classroom instruction.
Documented result
The Practitioner's Guide to Embedding Assessment-Informed Instruction in the Classroom was published by Central Square Foundation in June 2022.
Selected founder experience co-authored by Shivam Rawal.