Instrument Overview
The Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA) is a classroom observation instrument that rates the nature and quality of classroom instruction by considering students‘ opportunities to engage in cognitively demanding mathematical work and discussions. The IQA uses the following elements to assess instruction: potential of the task, task implementation, rigor of the discussion, teacher‘s questions, and accountable talk.
Organization
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Administration Information
Access and Use
Melissa Boston, bostonm@duq.edu
Boston, M. D., & Smith, M. S. (2009). Transforming secondary mathematics teaching: Increasing the cognitive demands of instructional tasks used in teachers' classrooms. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 40(2), 119-156. https://doi.org/10.2307/40539329 Boston, M. D., & Wilhelm, A. G. (2017). Middle school mathematics instruction in instructionally focused urban districts. Urban Education, 52(7), 829-861. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085915574528
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Boston, M. (2012). Assessing instructional quality in mathematics. The Elementary School Journal, 113(1), 76-104. https://doi.org/10.1086/666387
