Discover
How Learning Happens.
Learning is happening all the time. The challenge is seeing it.
Learning is happening all the time. The challenge is seeing it.
We are working with educators to investigate questions that matter.
Can better-organized evidence reduce paperwork?
Can evidence over time reveal changes that tests miss?
What evidence helps teachers make stronger decisions?
How can learners contribute to the evidence of their growth?
We follow evidence from the classroom into research, pilots and improved practice.
Better evidence leads to better questions—and better questions lead to better teaching.
We begin by listening to the people closest to learning.
What information is scattered, difficult to use, or taking too much time to document?
What would help you move from information to action for individual students?
Organized evidence
Teacher judgment
Student growth
The SchoolWorks Lab exists to bridge gaps in student achievement through evidence-based educational research and actionable policy recommendations.
We believe every learner deserves to be understood as a developing human being—not simply measured by a single test score. Working alongside teachers, schools, universities, and communities, we investigate how learning actually develops and how educational evidence can improve teaching, assessment, and opportunity for every student.
To advance educational research that uncovers how learning happens, generates evidence that matters, and supports teachers in helping every learner grow, succeed, and thrive.