RPPL Insights Hub
Check out the latest research and learnings from efforts across our network, including publications and reports, tools, webinars, frameworks, and more.
The Latest RPPL Insights
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Research and Reports, Tools
The Cost of Improvement: How Districts Spend on Teacher Professional Learning
This report and interactive map bring together national data to provide a clearer picture of how districts invest in teachers, and what that means for strengthening teaching at scale. By …

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Research and Reports, Tools
Reprioritizing Relationships: Using Teacher Professional Learning to Strengthen Classroom Connections
This brief is an extensive synthesis of what research says about how to improve teacher-student relationships. It elevates evidence-based strategies that PL practitioners and teachers can use to strengthen the …

All RPPL Insights
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ToolsDecember 11, 2025
Shared Measures Toolkit developed by RPPL and EdInstruments at Annenberg Institute
RPPL’s Shared Measures Toolkit is an exciting new resource that offers practical, research-informed instruments that districts and PL providers can use to measure and monitor the implementation of high-quality instructional …
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ToolsDecember 2, 2025
Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) Implementation Guide
In 2024–25, AERDF’s Reading Reimagined program partnered with two professional learning organizations to pilot the Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) in grades 6–12. RPPL worked with each of these …
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Research and ReportsNovember 12, 2025
Toward a Common Research Framework for Professional Learning
Insights from RPPL Network Organizations on Data Use, Standardization, and Infrastructure By Dr. Maciej Pankiewicz and Dr. Ryan Baker, University of Pennsylvania Penn Center for Learning Analytics This report summarizes …
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ToolsOctober 29, 2025
The Cost of Improvement: How Districts Spend on Teacher Professional Learning
This report and interactive map bring together national data to provide a clearer picture of how districts invest in teachers, and what that means for strengthening teaching at scale. By …
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ToolsSeptember 25, 2025
Reprioritizing Relationships: Using Teacher Professional Learning to Strengthen Classroom Connections
This brief is an extensive synthesis of what research says about how to improve teacher-student relationships. It elevates evidence-based strategies that PL practitioners and teachers can use to strengthen the …
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About RPPLJune 16, 2025
Portfolio of Studies: 2025-26
Our portfolio of studies is grounded in the focus areas of our learning agenda, which guide our efforts to deliver insights into how to scale effective professional learning in key …
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Research and ReportsJune 5, 2025
AI in Professional Learning: A Network Survey of PL Providers
Based on a survey of PL providers in RPPL’s network, this report explores AI’s increasing influence on teacher PL and how it can be leveraged to improve PL and student …
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ToolsApril 21, 2025
Defining Curriculum-Based Professional Learning: Building a Common Language
A consensus of the nation’s leading teacher professional learning (PL) organizations and researchers, this paper creates a unified and shared understanding of high-quality professional learning (HQPL), with a focus on …
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Research and ReportsMarch 27, 2025
Does Increased Agency Improve the Effectiveness of Self-Directed Professional Learning for Educators?
By Dorottya Demszky, Heather C. Hill, Eric S. Taylor, Ashlee Kupor, Deepak Varuvel Dennison, Chris Piech We’re excited to share findings from a recent RPPL supporting study conducted by RPPL …
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FrameworksMarch 17, 2025
Coaching Moves: A Taxonomy and Framework
This research by RPPL researcher Arielle Boguslav explores the many strategies PL coaches use, synthesizing them into a clear taxonomy that can support our understanding of effective coaching. The accompanying …
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About RPPLMarch 17, 2025
Moving Teacher Professional Learning Upstream: RPPL’s 2024 End of Year Report
This year’s Annual Report spotlights our network’s immense progress in building the enabling conditions for better, more rigorous teacher PL research and looks ahead to how RPPL will leverage that …
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WebinarsFebruary 13, 2025
LEARNING SESSION: Assessing ELA Curriculum Shifts: A Practical Guide for Measurement and Progress Monitoring
RPPL and EdInstruments hosted a learning session exploring a new toolkit designed to help educators, professional learning (PL) providers, and district leaders monitor progress and improve implementation. Looking to transform …