90-Day Cycles

In addition, the ATIL program runs 90-day cycles to learn from emerging practices in order to build more effective information systems to advance teacher quality. The 90-day cycle inquiry process is an improvement research strategy to provide “deep-dive, quick turnaround” education research. The short cycles of inquiry focus on very specific, highly-relevant challenges school systems face. Engaging expertise in both research and practice, the process is disciplined to producing results and recommendations within 90 days. The 90-day cycle process consists of three phases: (1) a scan of the field distilling the knowledge of scholars as well as practitioners, (2) a focus on particular front line theories to refine and test understandings about what works, and (3) working to ensure the take-up and use of the findings by appropriate parties.